Wall Art Project

I was searching for a piece of art that would take up a good amount of space, but not break the bank. I found something that I liked and the tutorial that went along with it, but I didn't have the time needed to complete all the steps involved. This is what I found (I love it and will work on it at a later date).

These polished damask wall panels were found at www.horchow.com 

and after some additional searching I located them at Neiman Marcus

 

I found this awesome project on Pinterest, and followed the link

to Knock Off Décor. It looks like the original project was done by

Maria at A Hoover-gaton is tul.

 

I don't personally own a projector, so I used one at the school I worked at. I would

come in early and stay late to trace my stencil. It never turned out how I would have

liked and I really didn't have the time to dedicate to proper tracing, and painting. Our

home flooded and I was busy dealing with mushy drywall and wet insulation (yuck!).

 

Since I had decided to put this project on the back burner, I still needed a large

inexpensive piece of art to use as a focal point in my living room. Off to

youtube.com I went, searching for wall art tutorials. I was fortunate enough

to come across this video by Art Fusion Productions. I really liked

some of the results Glenn Farquhar's students had using his tutorials.

 

(This painting is a favorite of mine...I'll use a different

background color).

I purchased his tutorial, which was very well done and easy to follow,

and I started working on my wall art.

 

I found this great website to purchase your canvas at for very reasonable prices!

wholesaleartsframes.com

 

Here's a picture of my canvas once I have the textured flowers on it:

 

Here is my finished product:

 

Finished product on display:

 

I really enjoyed this project! I was definitely on a time crunch, but was able to complete it within 5 days (you need time to allow it to dry). Go check out Art Fusion Productions there are

many great tutorials there.