But instead of making that, I'm going to show you how to make a different, just as cool piece, which you can customize with your own sayings or quotes you find.
Supplies Needed:
Paint; I used red and blue to try and make a blue to purple ombre effect, which wasn't as effective as planned, but still came out nicely.
Foam letters; any kind you want to use because you'll be taking them off anyway
Canvas; you can use any size canvas you want, depending on how big you want your piece to be
and a paint brush; I used a brush like the one third from the left
So I suggest starting out with a saying or a quote that you particularly like and I originally had "They call us dreamers but we're the ones who don't sleep." but I didn't have enough letters and space for that so I paraphrased it to "They call us dreamers but we can't sleep." which I felt worked just as well. After arranging the letters in the words you want I then began to stick them on the canvas. (note: I started out with the word don't then changed it to can't)
After your letters are secured on to the canvas, you can begin painting. I mixed red and blue to create a purple
I tried to create a slight ombre effect by adding more blue at the bottom and having a more purple color at the top.
After it completely dried, I peeled off the letters and then decided to add some little stars with some yellow paint. The letters didn't come out as clean as I would have hoped but I really like how it came out in the end.
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| Here it is on my bedroom wall |
I really quite like this and like doing these kinds of things. Maybe I'll show how to make the New Jersey piece that is on my instagram.
Talk to you later,
-Karin xx
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