Fun with Canvas!

 

8x10 Peacock

16x20 Konza Prairie Collage...I always take tons of pics out there, it's about time I do something with them.

How to make puffy paint canvas art:

Materials:

Blank Canvas

Acrylic Paint (to paint the canvas)

Paint brush or foam brush

Tulip Paint (Puffy works best, but you can also use glow in the dark, matte, slick, etc)

Wax Paper

Pen and Paper (for your own design) or computer printed design.

Mod Podge

First tape down the design you want to trace to a flat surface.  Tape wax paper down over the design.  Trace design with puffy paint.  Set aside to dry.  

While waiting on puffy paint to dry, paint your canvas with a paint brush or foam brush.  Set aside to dry (I usually let them dry overnight).  

Peel design off of wax paper.  Foam brush on a layer of Mod Podge on the canvas.  Carefully place your design on the canvas.  Brush on another layer of Mod Podge all over the canvas, making sure to cover the design area really well.  Let dry.

 A cool twist is using glow in the dark puffy paint:

How to make photo canvas art:

Paint canvas with acrylic paint. Let dry. Cut out and layout your pictures how you want them.  If you don't have a lot of patience, you can eyeball the placement of the photos on the canvas.  If you are patient, go ahead and measure out the photos so they will be placed exactly where you want them, but be sure to mark just inside where you will place the photo so you don't have pencil marks showing afterwards.  Put a light layer of Mod Podge all over the canvas, then place photos on top.  Put another even layer of Mod Podge on the photos/canvas.  Let dry.