Once it’s dry, it’s ready for you to grab the paint brushes.ĭon’t be afraid to paint over your texture once it’s dry, to accentuate areas. Pop your shapes in using a palette knife and add directional lines to create arch shapes. How cool?! Now I just need to figure out where to hang it.How satisfying are these?! You can create your own arches by using modelling paste! Apply a layer of modelling paste over your artwork, then smooth it out. Mine took about 1 hour to dry and I didn’t need a second coat.Īnd the final product (which I have yet to figure out where to hang in our home): Once it dries completely (usually after ~24 hours), grab your paint color of choice (I used this one from JoAnn) and just start painting the canvas with your paint brush. In fact, I’ve always sucked at creating “art.” But I just need to say that this was NOT hard at all! If I can do it, anyone can.Īnyway, here’s what my canvas looked like after using different palette knifes to create texture: I just want to say that I am not an artist. There’s a limited amount of time you can play around with the drywall until it starts to cure, so keep that in mind when planning the time it will take for you to complete this step. I also took a step back and made sure that it looked good from afar too. This took me about 30 minutes to do and I used this video to guide my palette knife motions until I was happy with the canvas texture. Once the entire canvas is covered in a layer of drywall mud, use the knife to make whatever texture design you want.
#White paint canvas texture crack#
This will cause the canvas to crack while it dries, which mine did. DON’T make the same mistake that I did and spread too much on at one time. Using your drywall taping knife, start applying the drywall mud to the canvas in a thin layer and spread evenly to ensure the canvas (the original art) is completely covered. You don’t want to get paint or drywall mud on the frame or on your floor/table. Once you have all the materials, lay your canvas on a protective flat surface and tape the edges of the frame. Even a sample size or two of a color could work, because this really doesn’t require that much paint! With a coupon, I paid $4.78 for this paint from JoAnn. Because you’re using drywall mud, you can get away with chalk paint, acrylic or latex paint. Paint color of choice to use over the drywall texture.Paint brush – I use Wooster paint brushes, and the one I used for this project was $7.89.Painter’s tape to cover the edges of the frame.I bought plastic ones in the fine art section at JoAnn for less than $5 Palette knife set for spreading the drywall around the canvas to create the texture you want.Drywall taping knife to apply the mud to the canvas.The canvas I used was 26″x26″ and $24.99.
A framed canvas – Try your local thrift store or the clearance section at HG/TJMaxx/Marshalls, as most of their art is relatively inexpensive.Drywall mud – a smaller tub is fine, which is less than $4 at Home Depot/Lowe’s.Here’s everything you’ll need to create textured canvas art (pssst – you may even already have some of these items in your home): So I went to Home Goods and found this simple gold framed canvas for only $24.99! I considered going to a thrift store, but figured it would be easier to just go to Home Goods since their canvases are relatively cheap. She had the idea to go to Home Goods/TJMaxx and buy a framed canvas and paint over that. ….Until I stumbled upon Miracle on Thirty Fourth’s IG stories a few weeks ago.
#White paint canvas texture how to#
I knew I wanted to try out the drywall mud thing, but quite frankly, I was feeling lazy about figuring out how to frame a canvas. This textured canvas is beautiful, but goes for nearly $600Īfter doing some research, I stumbled upon Gesso art which is what some artists use to create the textured canvas look, and eventually found that using drywall mud/spackle could create a similar look. I fell in love with textured abstract art after seeing it on Pinterest, but it never occurred to me until recently that I could achieve the same look without the hefty price tag of buying original textured art. It can take a while – years even – to find art that speaks to you.
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