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Chevron painted canvas tutorial (silhouette project)
I am loving chevron and gray lately. So, I made personalized silhouette canvas art.
I went with red and yellow as contrasting colors for the scheme.
The happiness of yellow and neutralization of gray is a perfect for sunny days.
And black and white decorative accents will add some glamor to the room.
(I’ll be sharing updates on the room later).
So today I am sharing with you:
Chevron painted canvas
Make silhouette canvas
YOU WILL NEED:
- Canvases
- Black paper (for silhouette images)
- Cardboard
- X-Acto knife and self healing mat
- Acrylic paints
MAKE IT:
I made a Chevron (Zigzag) printable online.
If you would like to use the chevron pattern for your projects, you can Print/Download it here.
There are 4 sizes for ease and suitability.
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Now (with the help of an X-Acto Knife) cut the chevron pattern out of a piece of cardboard.
Use self-healing mat for safety purposes.
You can also use freezer paper or transparency sheet for making a stencil.
Using the Chevron stencil as your guide, paint on the canvas.
I used acrylic paints for painting.
For Gray color– The simple black and white combination.
For Dark Yellow– I added a hint of red to bright yellow.
I couldn’t make up my mind about using the canvases horizontally or vertically.
So, I hung them on the wall to decide.
And I realized:
If the wall is wide, the horizontal chevron looks better.
and if the wall is high, go with the vertical chevron.
It makes sense that way and adds feature to the room.
Take side images of your family. And outline the details.
Use the outline as your guide to cut out silhouettes on a black paper.
It took me ages to have my son’s one sided photo.
Try to display silhouettes on canvas and see what works best.
I decided to arrange the family silhouettes like this:
Mod Podge the silhouettes on the canvas.
See a detailed tutorial on how to decoupage paper onto any surface!
And that’s it.
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34 responses to “Chevron painted canvas tutorial (silhouette project)”
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Santosh Bangar says:
lovely wall hanging specially images are beautiful
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I love how this turned out! Looks great!
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Hi dear Hani,its really smart 🙂
Love the color scheming,very well
Best wishes
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Such a creative idea! The color scheme looks great!
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Very cool Hani!! It creates an interesting family “picture” of sorts! I like it.
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OH I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS!
Saw it over at the Look What I Made Linky Party! Super awesome!
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Very cute idea! Love the chevron. Decorations are best when they are personal like this.
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Adorable craft! I am definately doing this!
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Very cute idea! Thanks for linking up to this week's Catch a Glimpse party.
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I am in love. Seriously these are so cute, original and personalized. Love love. I found your cute canvas idea through the Paisley passions linky party and just had to stop by. I am your newest follower and cant wait to check more of your blog out. Come and visit me and say hi and please follow back 🙂
A mommy's life…with a touch of YELLOW
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Great tutorial, thanks for sharing, now following, please pop by, Karima x
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Thanks for sharing @ catch as catch can. I would appreciate a link back.
great tutorial!
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I never would have thought to do a silhouette on a chevron. You are so clever. It looks great!
<3
Risa
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Thanks for linking up to my blog hop – this is an exciting and creative blog. Love your creations. Shah X http://wordsinsync.blogspot.com/2011/07/weekend-creation-blog-hop-dead-party.html
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Hi Hani. Thanks for linking this up for Friday Favorites. I'm featuring you this week!
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Hey Hani! I'm your newest follower! I love your canvases! I just mades some chevron canvases of my own but I love the silhouettes. Would love for you to come check out my blog at brandenjessicakeck.blogspot.com
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Really awesome post! Thanks for linking it up at the Creative Bloggers' Party & Hop 🙂
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Really awesome post Hani! Thanks for linking it up at the Creative Bloggers' Party & Hop 🙂
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Love this idea! You have such a cute blog. I get so much inspiration from your blog.
Your newest follower,
Abby
i—create.blogspot.com
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Love, love, love this! The combination of the silhouettes and the chevrons is just perfect! Thanks so mych for sharing with the Pink Hippo Party.. and I am your newest follower!
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That is so cute!! We would LOVE to have you link this up to our giveaway and party! http://sixsistersstuff.blogspot.com/2011/07/strut-your-stuff-saturday-week-1.html
The Sisters @ sixsistersstuff.blogspot.com
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This is a great idea! i DEFINITELY want to make one of these!
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This is so cute! I can't wait to be able to make one of these when my son is born!
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Love, love, love these!!! Great job and super creativity inspiring. I made a chevron bow/ruffly wreath a while back using some interesting colors. I'd love for you to check it out sometime:
http://sceneofthegrime.blogspot.com/2011/05/rag-wreath-redux-makeover-of-makeover.html
PS Great blog – following [email protected]
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Hey! Stopping by to let you know I featured this on my blog tonight! Thanks for linking up to Delicately Constructed Friday and I hope to see you around tomorrow!!
Michelle
http://www.delicateconstruction.blogspot.com
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What a fantastic idea! I love chevron and you have used it in such a creative way. Thank you for the tutorial!
I found you from the Creation Corner link up party.
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I love this! I've seen this on quite a few blog parties, and it always jumps out at me, great work!
I would love for you to link it up at my weekend Link Party, Once Upon a Weekend. Today is my first-ever party, and I am so hoping someone will participate! 🙂
Here's the link if you're interested:
http://www.familyeverafter.blogspot.comAlso, if you have a list of favorite link parties, I'd love to be included on Fridays. Thanks a ton!
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I love this! Thanks for sharing!!
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LOVE the silhouette's! Thank you for linking up to Sew Woodsy last week!
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These are adorable! I love the contrast of the yellow and black!
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Thank you for the chevron printable! I've been searching for one!
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I love silhouettes! Cute idea!
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