So last week I made a really easy piece of DIY Wall Art for my study using nothing but a canvas, some paper circles, a bit of glue and a splash of paint. It was so easy to do, I thought you might like to make one too! So here we go with my very first Craft Tutorial. Which is a sentence I honestly never thought I’d write, so feel free to hold an intervention when I start offering lessons in the joyous art of raffia hat making.
DIY Wall Art, Step One:
Pick a colour scheme. I used my current favourite colour crushes of gold, pale green, silver and various shades of pinks as my jumping off point for colours.
DIY Wall Art Step Two:
Makes the circles using a 2″ circle punch.
To do this, I sorted through the hundreds of old pieces of card stock I had in my cupboard from when I used to do scrapbooking, selected the colours that worked with the scheme and began creating lots of circles using my trusty circle punch.
DIY Wall Art, Step Three:
Decide on your layout.
Once all the circles were punched I started to play around with layouts on the 61 x 76.2cm (24″ x 30″) canvas I picked up on sale for $14 at Lincraft. I did this with the plastic wrapping still on it to protect the canvas from any marks I might accidentally make while moving the circles around.
DIY Wall Art, Step Four:
Prep the canvas.
When I was happy with the rough layout and knew I had enough circles to complete the job, I gave the canvas two coats of white acrylic paint. I used a very cheap and slightly dodgy paint brush to do this and it’s something I would never do again. It left brush bristles all over the canvas with every stroke I made, which resulted in me having to pick them off and re-applying paint to the area I’d just scratched with my fingernails while trying to remove the bristles. The moral of the story here is don’t be stingy when it comes to brush purchases because you’ll be sorry you were!
DIY Wall Art, Step Five:
Glue on the circles.
Once the paint was completely dry, I measured border of 3.5cm from the edge of the canvas and placed all the circles inside that area. Once happy with the final result, I began gluing each of the circles in place. I did this by using a small, good quality brush (not a bristle was left behind this time!) and covering the back of each circle in a thin coast of acid free craft glue.
DIY Wall Art, Step Six:
Display your art work!
I waited patiently for all the circles to dry, gave the canvas a very light wipe with a micro fibre cloth to get rid of any excess gold glitter and ta-da we’re all done!
I hung my DIY Wall Art above my computer, using a large 3M hook. When Sophie celebrated her 9th Birthday with a Milk and Macaron Party, I lifted the DIY Wall Art from the hook and used it as a backdrop for the party table!
For all of the party details, click here: Milk and Macaron Party
How about you? Ever made a DIY Wall Art piece?
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