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creativity
- Feb, 04 , 11
- windish01@yahoo.com
comes to those who seek it.
I saw this poster on etsy. (click creativity to go to the shop)
And I loved it. But I knew I could do something like that myself. And this country kitchen sign in my kitchen came to mind. I had previous ideas of painting over it but had never found the right inspiration.
First I just painted over it with some latex wall paint that I had left over from before. Then I cut out some colored paper and decoupaged it across the canvas.
Then to measure out my spacing for the rest of the words, I stamped them on a scrap sheet of paper. I really liked the way they laid out and decided to do a pencil transfer on to the canvas instead of trying to freehand it.
To do a pencil transfer, you need to trace the outline of the letters on the back of the paper with a pencil. Then place you marked paper on the canvas with pencil marks facing down. Then I used my fingernail to press down to get the pencil to come off on the canvas. That way I just used my sharpie to fill all the letters in.
So what do you think? I personally think it looks really cool over our art/school board. Both boys noticed it right away and wanted to know what it said. I hope they end up wanting to be creative.
COMMENTS
This is our urban farmhouse.
Feb 04 ,2011Your sign looks AWESOME! Good work!
Melissa H.
Feb 04 ,2011I love this! Need tonreacreate one of my own for my craft room/playroom.