Paper Art: Canvas Siblings

Paper Art: Canvas Siblings

 I have made my own printed canvas wall art.

 It only took two years to get around to it.

  I am such a slacker.

Especially, given how easy it is.

 Thank you to  Do It Yourself magazine (Summer 2011 Edition)

for the inspiration.

I can now finally un-bookmark you

in Zinio.

The process is really simple.

All you need is:

an art canvas

gel medium

 pimped up images 

 (laser printed onto paper)

+

a paint brush

My 'pimped up' images

are of my mother and her older brother.

Stunning as the original black & white images are,

I decided to jazz them up to see how well the colours

would transfer onto canvas.

Using photoshop,

I simply cleaned up the originals,

gave them a colour wash and then added

some colourful backgrounds.

 The hardest part was remembering to reverse my images

before taking them down to Office Works.

(yes, I failed first time)

As I mentioned earlier,

this project is dead easy;

Step 1:

Cover your canvas in Gel Medium using a sponge

or paint brush.

It doesn't need to be a thick covering, but enough

to allow the paper to sink in.

Step 2:

Place your printed image ink side down,

onto the canvas.

Step3:

Using a credit card or a pebble, smooth the airbubbles

out to the edges.

Step 4:

Leave to dry overnight.

Step 5:

Gently mist your paper with water and (gently)

rub away the paper.

Step 6:

Leave to dry.

Step 6:

Brush over a thin layer of Gel Medium,

leave to set.

 it's that easy!

The Rub & Reveal process

is alot easier if you first;

a) spray all of the paper,

and remove all of the top layer of paper off,

and then

b) then respray & rub a section of the canvas

at a time.

It's a lengthy process, but the results are worth it,

scratches 'n' all.