Posts tagged: canvas
Paint a Floor Canvas.
By Chrisjob
Oh my goodness, rugs are such a pain to purchase. They're either 1) crazy tacky, or 2) crazy expensive.
So, make your own. Begin with a preprimed canvas, and get creative. The result is a surprisingly durable floor covering that can be as graphic or demure as you design it.
Super Easy Cup & Bucket Artwork
By DIY Maven
The lovely pieces of art seen in the pic above were made with a bucket and a plastic cup. Seriously.
To make one for your own, you'll need:
Ceiling tiles as canvas, and why art teachers ROCK!
By DIY Maven
Have some old ceiling tiles laying around? You might want to think about using them as ‘canvases’. That’s just what art instructor Carrie, known as orangesoc12 on Flickr did. Although, her tiles weren’t just laying around; they were actually in the ceiling of her classroom. She had her 8th grade students take them down and draw on them--using Georgia O'Keeffe for inspiration--and then they put them back up. You can see more examples of he » READ MORE
Skin Condition as Art
By DIY Maven
Ariana Page Russell suffers from a skin condition called dermatographia. According to a recent article, ‘Dermatographia, which literally means "writing on the skin," is a disorder that produces hivelike welts on the skin when scratched. Russell, 29, always blushed easily while growing up, but it wasn't until her teens that she noticed she could draw designs and patterns on her skin.’ She uses a blunt needle to trace the designs and then photogr » READ MORE
Original Painting "Recursion" by Elena Filippova
By LenkArt
This is the painting I did for my living room. I couldn't afford to buy one big like this, so I've decided I do It myself. So do not be afraid to try something you never done before. Just tell yourself that you can do it!
More Audrey
By DIY Maven
Although IKEA doesn’t market this print on canvas piece as an image of Audrey Hepurn, it certainly looks like her to me, but you can be the judge. When I saw it at the store yesterday (while trying to find the 'shortcut' to lighting) I thought of badbadivy’s glorious rug, and although this 35½" x 35½" canvas might not be as impressive (it is only $79.99) it just might give you the Audrey fix you’re jonesing for.
