Okay, I'll try not to do back-to-back posts as a rule, but since this was a completely different topic I thought I'd let it have its own post.
Last weekend I got a hankerin' to do a project I saw on one of the many blogs I have been interested in: http://annamariahorner.blogspot.com/. She demo'd one of her projects on Martha Stewart's television show:
Basically, you take a pre-fab ready-to-paint canvas and stretch it with fabric you like, then prime it with Mod Podge or an acrylic painting medium and let it dry. Then you take an image for a silhouette, either paint the silhouette itself in opaque acrylic paint or (as I've done) paint the background in acrylic and let the silhouette be the negative space. It was really fun. Next time I'll stretch the fabric even tighter, but other than the occasional pucker, it was a really fun, easy project. I imagine it'd be really fun to do with kids.
This is so funny that you did this. I have one of these birds in the bathroom (in my classroom). You should check it out. It was my first one and now I have about 20 canvases in my attic for future use. We must frequent the same blogs...
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