Hello! How are you? My goal in life is to do every DIY I dream of making. One of them is to make canvas. But wait, it is not just canvas, it is a mini canvas panel. My crafting skills are still at the beginner level. As I experience something, I can do more complicated crafting in the future.
My hobby lately is recycling, like cardboard, that I have been ignoring before now that thing makes me happy to take it with me and think about how I can reuse it. Now I know how it feels when my mom always recycles any box she can touch.
There was this time when I saw all the cardboard we used for groceries she asked me why there were so many "cardboard and paper folders inside my room" hehe I explained to her that I used it for my crafts things.
Cardboard and paper folders are a life.
But before I can make a handmade canvas panel I need to make a gesso first, yes even a gesso I make a DIY of it.
All the Materials:
- Glue
- Talcum Powder
- Water
- Plastic Container
- Stick
- White Acrylic Paint
- Cutting Mat
- Chipboard
- Canvas Fabric
- Scissors
- Plastic Scraper
- Bone Folder
- Sandpaper
- Cutter
Gesso Materials:
Lets Make Gesso:
I pour glue into a small container I use 30 ml.
I pour the glue into a bigger plastic container 120 ml.
I add the talc the same as the glue 30 ml.
Then I add the talc to the bigger plastic container.
Using the stick I mix the glue and talc until it combine.
I spray water on the mixture little by little.
Mix the mixture again.
After the glue and talc are well mixed I add any white acrylic.
Mix again until well combined.
The texture should look like this.
Gesso is ready to be used.
Lets Make Canvas Panel:
I prepare the chipboard (3x3") on the cutting mat.
Using the stick I evenly coat the chipboard with glue.
With the glue part, I press the glue chipboard on the canvas fabric.
Using the bone folder, I press the fabric to make the glue stick more to the fabric.
I cut the excess fabric evenly using the metal ruler and cutter.
I glue the left and right of the canvas.
Using the bone folder I press the fabric on the chipboard.
I cut this part of the canvas before gluing the top and bottom fabric.
This is what it looks like.
I repeat the same process.
I glue the last part of the fabric.
This is what it looks like. I let it dry for a couple of hours.
Gesso Time:
Time to coat the canvas with gesso.
I put enough gesso on the canvas.
It is time to use the plastic scraper.
I evenly coat the canvas with gesso using the scraper, if their any excess gesso I can still use the sides and back of the canvas fabric. Let it dry for hours.
They are ready for the final process.
I evenly coated the thick paper with glue.
I make sure I put enough like this.
Make sure to evenly place the glued paper on the back of the canvas.
I use the bone folder to flatten the paper and to make sure the paper is glued to the canvas.
This is what it looks like.
After drying, I use sandpaper to file the canvas.
I painted some of the mini canvas panels I made. I will share in the future the paint I will paint here, I am so excited to be back again on painting.
Thank you for visiting, see you on my next blog.