FreeHand Buffalo Plaid on Dollar Store Canvas
Hi Everyone!
The simplicity of this project is very FARMHOUSE. And the supplies I used are very simplistic too. Keep scrolling for the finished picture…..
- Dollar Tree small canvas
- Black paint
- Pewter gray paint
- Brush the size you want your plaid to be
- Evergreen greenery to make a simple wreath
- Holly Berries
- Wire Cutters
- Glue
- Hot glue
As you may know by now, I am obsessed with BUFFALO PLAID. I capitalize it because it is an entity of it’s own in my mind.
I saw several pictures on the internet of Buffalo Plaid done in a messy, random fashion. I wanted to try it. So this little canvas (shown above and below) was in my stash and I decided to just free hand the Buffalo Plaid. I am glad I did. I plan to use this method to paint many backgrounds for other paintings or crafts.
I made my horizontal AND vertical stripes with the medium colored gray paint. Let the brush strokes show through. That is the look you should be going for. I did not even paint my canvas first. I choose a paintbrush the size I wanted the plaid to be. You could choose a bigger brush or a smaller brush.
I then went back with black paint at all the intersections. I did have to do two coats of the black to get the look I wanted.
I wish I had taken more pictures. I am new and learning how to blog better. I just get in the mood and begin a project without thinking that I need to stop and take a picture.
Then I added the wreath when it dried. I wrapped the evergreen greenery around twice and tied it with a red ribbon. I hot glued it on the canvas in a just a few places.
Then I added the berries in randomly with Elmer’s glue.
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