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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
I've had the canvas for a few years now, and it had gotten a little dirty through the three moves it's seen, so I decided to paint over it.
Dirty canvas. Ick. |
I had quite a bit of oil paint left over from an art class I took in college, but it's been so long since I used it (sad, I know) that I couldn't even get my gesso open! I ended up just directly painting on the canvas without priming it first.
Lonely little dollop of paint. |
The paint was old, and dried quickly and in a slightly crumbly manner, so I swirled it with my palette knife to give it a little texture and avoid the canvas looking completely gross.
So here's how I went about this.
I decided what I wanted to put on the canvas. I picked a lyric from our wedding recessional song, "As Lovers Go" by Dashboard Confessional.
I picked a font I liked, and printed out the lyrics I was going to use. Virginia puts them under waxed paper, but we had none, so I slid it into a gallon-sized Ziploc bag. It worked out well.
I went over the letters as carefully as I could with the puffy paint, which is saying something. I'm not known for steady hands.
So they didn't look too bad, right? I let them dry awhile.
Well, I started putting them on the canvas. I didn't even need to use adhesive -- they were sticking on their own (to be fair, I only let them dry an hour or so, because they had hardened and I'm impatient).
The letters ended up being smaller than I anticipated, but I was figured it was okay. But then I ripped one taking it off (this is where I began wondering if waxed paper and patience would have been more in my favor). At this point, I was like, well, why not just use my own handwriting? It's bigger.
So I did.
This is how it turned out.
Am I satisfied with how it turned out? No.
Will I redo it in the future? Yes, but I'll make changes. I'll either use a thicker font (and certainly make it a larger size) or use wooden letters. This is okay for now, but it's by no means the best I can do. I just felt like I should be honest with you guys -- not everything turns out the way you want it to, and that's okay. Practice makes perfect :)
And don't forget to check out what our hosts did as well -- check out Sherry's, Katie's, Kate's, and Michelle's.
Don't forget to vote for us on the fence!
I decided what I wanted to put on the canvas. I picked a lyric from our wedding recessional song, "As Lovers Go" by Dashboard Confessional.
I picked a font I liked, and printed out the lyrics I was going to use. Virginia puts them under waxed paper, but we had none, so I slid it into a gallon-sized Ziploc bag. It worked out well.
I went over the letters as carefully as I could with the puffy paint, which is saying something. I'm not known for steady hands.
What they looked like on the bag with the paper removed |
So they didn't look too bad, right? I let them dry awhile.
Well, I started putting them on the canvas. I didn't even need to use adhesive -- they were sticking on their own (to be fair, I only let them dry an hour or so, because they had hardened and I'm impatient).
The letters ended up being smaller than I anticipated, but I was figured it was okay. But then I ripped one taking it off (this is where I began wondering if waxed paper and patience would have been more in my favor). At this point, I was like, well, why not just use my own handwriting? It's bigger.
So I did.
This is how it turned out.
Am I satisfied with how it turned out? No.
Will I redo it in the future? Yes, but I'll make changes. I'll either use a thicker font (and certainly make it a larger size) or use wooden letters. This is okay for now, but it's by no means the best I can do. I just felt like I should be honest with you guys -- not everything turns out the way you want it to, and that's okay. Practice makes perfect :)
And don't forget to check out what our hosts did as well -- check out Sherry's, Katie's, Kate's, and Michelle's.
Don't forget to vote for us on the fence!
2 comments
I love the idea, and I have seen those on Pinterest too! I think you are right with thicker letters, but it turned out really cute! I love the lyric too!
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