DIY Christmas Art That Makes a BIG Impact

This enormous Christmas canvas is a straightforward DIY that can make a huge effect in any area in your house for the vacations!

If you happen to comply with me on Instagram, you recognize I have been engaged on creating an enormous DIY Christmas canvas to show my 12 Days of Christmas artwork prints. I believed this may be a enjoyable various to framing them since I haven’t got 12 8″ x 10″ frames to place them in. And I knew this may make an even bigger affect in our entryway than frames would anyway!

Learn on to learn to make your personal!

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DIY Christmas Artwork Canvas Tutorial

Supplies Wanted

Steps

You may watch a brief video of the method beneath. I’ve additionally typed out directions for you beneath the video.

1) Paint your canvas till you get full protection.

2) Kind out no matter phrase you wish to gold leaf in your canvas and print it out on printer paper. I selected “my real love gave to me” and used a script font set to round 400 pt.

3) Determine on the position of your lettering and tape your printed phrase onto your canvas. I used light painter’s tape–washi tape would work as properly.

4) Use carbon paper and a pen or embossing instrument to hint your lettering onto your canvas.

5) Use a small artist’s brush to color your lettering with the gilding adhesive. As quickly because it turns into cheesy (which is fairly fast), apply your gold leaf. I did one letter at a time in order that the adhesive did not get too dry.

6) Use a dry bristle brush to softly “buff” the gold leaf off the areas the place there was no adhesive. If you happen to miss any spots, simply apply extra gilding adhesive and a bit extra gold leaf to fill within the spots.

7) Use washi tape (and Quake Maintain if wanted) to hold your 12 Days of Christmas Artwork prints to your canvas.

That is it! Then model your DIY Christmas artwork nevertheless you need. I used a colourful garland that we have had for a few years and a copper stag head (that can be outdated–sorry, I haven’t got hyperlinks for you) to ours and love the way it turned out.

What do you assume?!

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