The Mixed Media Painting is a perfect gift for hard-to-shop for family or friends? I am a fan of making gifts myself when appropriate and possible, as I actually dislike the commercial aspect of holidays and celebrations. Here’s one of many ideas I will share with you for this holiday season. While we are focusing on the holidays now due to that being in season, these gifts can be given any time you want to bless someone.
You don’t have to be an artist to create a mixed media painting. You only need to have some photos and objects lying around your house (or that you buy) that go well together, and a little bit of creativity. Mix is up, give yourself some time, and you’ll surprise yourself with the results.
What You Will Need
- Acyrilic paint – as many colors as you need to create the design you have in mind
- A stretched canvas of your choice
- A smaller, flat canvas
- Three pictures of the person you’re giving gift to
- Mod Podge to hold items on canvases and seal the work when complete
- Any objects that go with the theme of your pictures and will fit on a canvas without weighing it down. You can also use items from the Mixed Media aisle at your local craft store.
What You Will Do
- Paint both canvases as desired and let them dry.
- Use Mod Podge to secure the objects onto the canvases and let it dry.
- Using a brush, gloss over entire work with Mod Podge to seal your creation.
My daughter has a couple of these mixed media paintings and enjoys looking at them, especially since printed pictures are harder to come by now. She likes to look at how she has grown when she walks by our picture wall.
Another variation of this project is to do pictures on the thin canvas without putting it on the stretched canvas. Or to make one that accompanies the larger painting, like this one we did to match the above painting.
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