i started with a bright warhol-style self-portrait done in a painting class a few years ago. it was always too bold for me to display as-is... just looking at a 30" x 30" picture of myself all day... not my thing ;)
i applied letter stickers to spell out some song lyrics that have been deeply placed in my soul as part of my journey with God over the last couple of years (from a Ten Shekel Shirt song called "over the room").
note: the "repositionable" stickers stuck to the canvas much better than the "permanent" adhesive ones for some reason, giving a much crisper edge to the letters.
then, per elsie's recommendations, i used spray paint (we did this project at artsycrafty club last week, and used craft paint then, with brushes, and i wanted to see how superior the spray paint really came out) and covered the whole canvas. it actually was no better than with brushes... i think the trick is more how well-adhered the stickers are before you paint.
but i love how it turned out (and you know me - never disappointed by the little "imperfections" - love the character imprecision brings :)
here is an instagram shot of one of the girls' canvases from last friday - she started with a landscape painting and used blue instead of white - turned out so fun!
and this is such an easy project, i tried it the next day with my 2-year-old. i just applied the stickers for him and let him go at it painting all over the (white, in this case) canvas - now he has new wall art for his room!
and then the project started evolving. if you saw my post earlier this week, you saw we broke out of just letters into the wide world of stickers in general...
the only caution i have is do not try this on paper. haha. i thought it'd be cool to send some of joey's "art" out to friends and family in the mail, so i took some watercolor postcards and did the same process... no good. it just pulled the paper up with the stickers, ruining whatever design we were trying to accomplish...
but try it with a canvas! and have fun!
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