Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Spray Paint Canvas

FIRST THINGS FIRST:
MAKE SURE YOU ASK YOUR PARENTS BEFORE USING SPRAY PAINT!
& This DIY didn't turn out as expected but still looks pretty cool at the end.
Materials needed yarn or string, scissors, tape, spray paint, gloves (optional),clothes you don't care about, a cardboard like thing to use under your canvas, and a canvas.
I'm using yarn, for the string and my canvas is 8 inches by 10 inches.

Scissors

Yarn

Cardboard Like Thing





Canvas














You can use whatever size canvas you want it doesn’t matter.
(I used 8 inches by 10 inches)












First, cut as many strings of yarn as you'd like to use and then tape them onto the canvas.







I recommend doing this outside and wearing clothes you don't care about getting dirty. Bring the spray paint out with you & gloves if you feel your hands may get dirty but gloves may make it more difficult to spray paint. (I tried doing it with my gloves which were like the ones you use when dying your hair and I didn't like it. But, whatever you're comfortable with, doesn't matter.)Place your cardboard like thing on the ground with your canvas on top of it.

Then it's time to use the spray paint. Read the directions on the can! 
WARNING: TRY TO AVOID INHALING THE SPRAY PAINT. OH AND THE SPRAY PAINT DOES HAVE A WEIRD ODOR.
I didn't have access to a mask and didn't feel like buying one so this is what I did..

Not 100% effective but better than nothing!

Since I am using 3 colors, I started out with one at a time..
I chose the corners because it's random and I'm random. Spray as much or as little as you'd like to. Be creative!

I kept going, this time I added purple.

This is random but, I spray painted the sides too. If you want to go ahead. I just wouldn't like the white around it.

I just kept going with the purple and the black.


So, you're probably wondering how I got the white to look like that. Well, I pushed the thing you spray to paint very lightly and for like a second or two. That's what I did for the parts that look like splatter paint a little. For the light white part I just did two light layers.

Then, I had this dry in my garage overnight because it rained later and din't want this ruined.
In the morning I took off the string and was a little disappointed because the purpose of the string was to create lines all over. But, I liked the outcome a lot!








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