DIY: Imagination Grows Here Wall Art

DIY: Imagination Grows Here Wall Art

• Tuesday, February 18, 2014

When I was pregnant with Nora, I had all these grand plans to make art for her room. I didn't make much art while I was pregnant because I didn't have an easy pregnancy and all my creative energy was just zapped.  Fast forward to now- I am completely motivated to make art for her room. The plan is to work on an art gallery wall- where I make some art, we make some projects together and hang some of her own creations.  I love having art in my home and am always rearranging, making new art and am always on the look out for new art.   I hope by making art with and for my daughter it will inspire her one day.

Supplies:
Letter Sticks- I used Project Popperz by Elmers
Acrylic Paint - I used Black, White, Gold, Turquoise, and Red- I added white into the colors to make them more pastel.  I would suggest not using the cheapest craft paint because it will be watery and it won't provide the best results. I like Delta, Folk Art, Americana, or Martha Stewart.
Acrylic Varnish- I used a matte, but a high gloss is fine.
Paint Brush- a big brush and then a flat head for details and lines.
Painters Tape
18X20 Canvas but wood would work fine also.

Lay out your canvas and I applied a layer of Gray paint (mixing white and black paint) and let dry. Put on the letters onto the canvas. Now tape off what you want to paint and apply were ever you want to color. Let this layer dry before removing the tape.  Remove tape and letters and lay down another layer of tape in whatever shapes you want and paint! You can remove the tape before this layer is dry but before applying another layer you want to let this layer dry completely (which should only take a couple of minutes because acrylic paint drys pretty quickly). Now apply as many layers as you want when I satisfied with the amount of layers and colors. I outlined the letters with black to make the letters pop a little more and not get to lost in the shapes.

I really love how it turned out and think it's a good start to Nora's art gallery.