Oh pinterest how I love you. I found this artwork and immediately knew I wanted to try it out. I had already thought of the perfect place for it too – right above our bed. Here’s how you do it…
1) Paint whole canvas in different colors
2) Cut strips of painter’s tape of the same size
3) Tape them onto the canvas in a herringbone pattern leaving some out
4) Spray paint whole canvas in white.
5) Finish painting edges of canvas
That’s it! I swear you don’t have to be an artist to do this. The hardest part is cutting the strips of tape just because it’s time-consuming. Here’s the pinterest version… Yeah I know it’s better than mine haha but I’m still happy with how it turned out! I like how it looks with my pillow shams :).
Now go make something you found on pinterest! Also here’s the first “I made this from Pinterest” post :).
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This is freakin’ awesome! I’m surprised I’ve never seen this on pinterest but I am definitely going to try it out.
Sam
That is sooooo awesome!! I’m pinning this and definitely trying my hand at this someday soon!!
I absolutely love this, and it may be in my future! Yours look great!
Oooh this is soo cute definitely got to make this soon!! Xx
I love it!! when I saw that you pinned it on pinterest I was immediately inspired but I have yet to try it out! i hope to soon though. how much do you estimate the project cost you?
Thanks Madeline! Just what I paid for the canvas (around $25 I think) and painter’s tape which was a couple dollars. I already had paint :)
I love it! The colors you chose are just lovely!
This is going on my project list!
Now that is so cute!
What kind of paint did you use on yours?
Hi Mike S – I used acrylic paint. The brand I like to use is Liquitex. Hope that helps!
Can you give any more details on how you painted the canvas and what colors/brushes you used? Also, how big were the canvases and tape strips? I’m a pretty low-level crafter, so any more information would be really helpful! Thanks, and I can’t wait to try it!
Hi Liz, Honestly I didn’t have a specific technique when painting the canvases – my goal was just to cover the canvas with lots of different colors. I used a lot of dry brush in order to blend the colors together. The canvas size was 18×18 and the tape strips were around 4-5 inches long. Good luck with yours!
I am not sure I understand how to create a herringbone pattern! Help! I think your colors turned out wonderfully :)
Gorgeous! I actually like yours better than the inspiration piece, which I also pinned a while ago. And I never would have guessed it could be so easy. Thanks for renewing and advancing this idea for me :)
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