Hello, How are you? As an artist with many mediums to try, buying art materials is kind of expensive. I love to repurpose materials that are just sitting around my room waiting to be used. Recycling makes me happy, and I always think I help a little by recycling my heart flutter at the result, like, "How did that happen?" LOL So, I saw the ASEAN Hive Challenge: Creative Repurposing. Oh, maybe my entry this can help on budget artists like me just a little hihi. What I am going to do is a canvas panel. I am going to repurpose the box of the graphic tablet I bought that will serve as the hard back of the canvas and make those as a canvas panel by using a canvas clothes on it. I will show you how easy it is to make one. :D
Materials I Used:
- Box/Thick Paper Folder
- Glue
- Ruler
- Bone Folder
- Mixing Tool
- Scissors
- Cutter
- Plastic Scraper
- Heavy Object
- Cutting Mat
- Water
- Talcum Powder
- White Acrylic Paint
- Plastic Container
- Canvas Clothes
- Sandpaper
- Thick Paper
Let's Repurpose!
Making the Hard Backing:
This is the box I am going to repurpose. I am going to remove all the covers of the box, and this process is messy but worth it. Now I have two thick hard paper.
I poured enough glue onto the hard paper and, using the plastic scraper, I evened out the glue.
I put the paper folder on top of the hard paper, then I use a bone folder to flatten any bubbles on the surface of the paper. I cut any excess paper with a cutter to make it even.
I place the paper on the floor and put a heavy thing on top of it. I let it dry for a moment.
Now the paper is dried, and I have a handmade chipboard. Next, I am going to cut it to the size I want using a cutter and a metal ruler.
I decided to cut it 4x4". Now I have chipboard! YEHET!
Making Gesso:
In a container, I pour 30 ml of talc powder, next I pour 30 ml of glue in.
Mix them until well combined. And I added little by little of water.
Next, I added just two scoops of white acrylic paint and mixed them again.
The texture should look like this.
Making Canvas Panel:
I placed the chipboard I made onto the cutting mat, and then I applied glue evenly onto the chipboard. Then, facing the glue part, I pressed it onto the canvas fabric.
Then, I used the bone folder to press the fabric to the chipboard.
After I glue the front, I am going to glue the back part, too.
Using the scissors, I cut the excess part of the fabric before I glued that part.
Then I poured the gesso I made onto the canvas chipboard. I just eyeball it literally LOL. Then, I used the plastic scraper to even out the gesso. Let it dry for a moment.
For this part, I am going to glue thick paper onto the back of the canvas panel to make it look professionally made. LOL
For the final step, sand the canvas panel.
After I made the chipboard, I tried to paint our adopted puppy using gouache. I love the result.
Thank you for visiting, see you on my next blog. :D
Please take care of your mental health as well.
I hope you are okay today :))
Please take care of your mental health as well.
I hope you are okay today :))
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👏👏👏 ito na naman tayo sa maraming steps hahaha pero galing! Para saan yung talc?
Hahahaha konti pa yan ate hahaha. Yung talc eh yung isa sa ingredients ng baby powder hahaha
Grabe hahaha dbale worth it naman ung output. 😆 i mean ano purpose nya sa canvas hahaha
Worth it talaga ate hahaha nagagamit ko siya kapag nagprapractice ako ng painting. 😁
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Thank you so much :D
Your drawing is so beautiful, and it's impressive because you make the canvas from recycled materials. Your talent is so enviable, I promise... I can't draw at all, I can only trace. Hehehe.
Thank you so much :D Yeah I save a lot of money because of that. thank you thank you :D hehehe
your welcome,Im happy to know that you save a lot of money by repurpose things, continue to inspired and continue using recycled materials.Your truly an artist.
:) thank you for encouraging me :D Yes I will :)))
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You are such making a beautiful creations from recycling and its good because it makes you happy .Thats so cool because our works must makes us happy not stress.keep doing it.
Yes, recycling is a way to help our environment in our own little ways. I have my own ways too but normally just repurposing old clothes into rags heheh... I used to have these materials in Art Class at school when I was in high school. You're so talented with that painting. Looks like a nice present for someone. This is recycling in an artsy way.
Wow fantastic, the result is so amazing! It's so cute you are so blessed with the talent that God has given you.
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Thank you so much 😁 oh yeah but i enjoy it so much. Yes that is true 😄