If you’re looking to add a personalized touch to your Valentine’s Day décor, Nicholas Rosaci has two great DIY projects for you!
Chanel bottle washi canvas art
Materials required:
- Paint (small sample size, colours of your choice)
- Paint brush (2″ wide to paint canvas)
- Artist paint brush (1/2″ wide to paint detail)
- Artist canvas (sizes of your choice)
- Scotch washi tape (black and other colours of your choice)
- Scissors or small Exacto-Craft knife
- Stick-on letters (for the label lettering)
- Sharpie or gold pen (optional)
Method:
Paint the canvas a solid colour of your choice using a 2″ wide paint brush and let dry. You may need two coats of paint for a perfect finish.
Cut a piece of black washi tape which matches the length and width of canvas outside edge. Affix the tape along the edges to create a thin black banding. Use scissors or an exacto-knife to trim the tape for a perfect size and fit.
Create the lid of the bottle by cutting small pieces of washi tape to create an upside down-trapezoid shape, with the longest side of the trapezoid positioned just below the banding at the top centre of the canvas.
Continue cutting and affixing pieces of washi tape to the canvas to create the bottle neck and body as desired. If the bottle outline is not perfectly straight, simply lift off the washi tape, trim if needed, and re-position until perfect.
To make the label, cut pieces of tape to create a simple smaller box rectangle within the bottle outline.
Carefully center gold letter stickers that resemble the “Chanel” or other font of your choice!
- Use a sharpie marker or gold pen and scribble your own message of love on the canvas inside the label for a more personal touch.
- Also try using washi tape to create many other kinds of interesting objects like diamonds and hearts. For a more permanent effect, glue the washi tape down onto the canvas once the perfect design is achieved using white glue and an artist brush.
XOXO painted canvas art variation
Method:
Paint the canvas a solid colour of your choice using the 2″ wide paint brush and let dry. You may need two coats of paint for a perfect finish. You can also just leave the canvas white if desired.
Use a small artist’s paint brush and a single colour to paint on the canvass alternating X’s and O’s of the same size. A simple grid pattern has a bold and “loving” graphic effect.
Tips:
- Instead of a grid pattern, try painting X’s and O’s of various sizes to form the shape of a pair of lips that stretch diagonally from one corner of the canvas to the other.
Courtesy Nicholas Rosaci
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