Create your own abstract art with this easy DIY guide
Create Your Own Abstract Art with This Easy DIY Guide
Looking for a fun weekend project that doesn’t take much time, effort, or money? This DIY abstract art project is perfect for you, and it will leave you with a beautiful piece for your home.
Materials You Will Need
- A framed canvas (you can buy a cheap artwork and paint over it)
- Resene Acrylic Undercoat
- Low-tack masking tape
- Pencil
- Paintbrushes
- Paint (we used Resene Caraway, Resene Cement, Resene Coffee Bean, Resene Doeskin, Resene Dusty Road, Resene Fossil, Resene Jambalaya, and Resene Okey Dokey)
- Craft knife
Instructions
- Prep your canvas by masking the edges. There is usually a small gap between the frame and the canvas. Using the masking tape, mask around the four sides and fold a little overhang into the gap between the canvas and frame.
- Prime your canvas with Resene Acrylic Undercoat. Depending on what you are painting over, one to two coats should be sufficient.
- Once your canvas is primed and dry, lightly draw an outline of a large shape with a pencil, covering 70 percent of the canvas. Leave two opposite corners coated in just the primer for balance and symmetry.
- Choose your Resene color palette, comprised of one light tone, two medium tones, and two dark tones. Paint your first light tone within the pencil lines and let it dry. Depending on coverage, you might need to apply more than one coat.
- Once the first color has dried, draw your next shape, making it overlap with the first. Make this shape half the size of the first one. Paint your medium shade inside the pencil lines.
- Once the second layer of color has dried, repeat the previous step for your second medium-tone color, creating a shape on a different area of the canvas.
- Once dry, it’s time to get into the darker layers. Because these colors are more intense, make these shapes smaller, covering about 10 percent of the canvas. Outline your first shape in pencil and apply the first dark tone within the lines.
- Repeat the previous step with your final dark tone. Make sure you space the dark tones far enough apart so they don’t look heavy and clumped together.
- Once it’s dry, slowly peel back the tape to complete your masterpiece. Before you remove the tape, use a craft knife to carefully slice through the gap between the frame and the canvas, where the paint has collected and dried.
For more creative ideas, check out Woman Magazine.
