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Yesterday, I made a blank canvas from a box of Wheat Thins. Just hot glue the lids closed. Cover it in brown acrylic paint (so the graphics won’t bleed through). Once the brown paint is dry, cover it with white acrylic gesso (or any acrylic paint color of your choice). You can see a tutorial on my Youtube channel called Cereal Box Canvas Part 1. But with this Wheat Thins box, I didn’t go through all the steps of taping it with masking tape. I kept this one simple, and I think the simple approach is my favorite. I’m starting a series on this blog where I will paint for a few minutes every day and show the daily progress.
Just as I was about to get started, I saw my Youtube channel had a new subscriber, Melanie (moonweavings is her Youtube channel). She had a message in one of her videos “Don’t think. Just. Paint.” – and it was just what I needed today before I got started. Here is her blog link. http://www.weavingthemoon.com/
I started out by tracing my right hand with a paintbrush and black paint held by my left hand. Then I wrote a message to myself. I will only have a few minutes each day to do this, because my schedule is so busy with deadlines, but this is my chance to play and meditate through painting.
Hi Tim, I just wanted to congratulate you on your new blog. I really enjoy reading through your entries. Keep up the great work! I’m looking forward to your next entry. Love to see how the box came out!
Have a great day!
Paveena 🙂
Hi Paveena, Thanks so much for checking out the blog and taking the time to congratulate me. I’m looking forward to working on the box. It’s my play project, and I’m going to try to be brave with it and see what happens. Tim
I like the idea of keeping it simple. I would like to have a few blank ones on hand so a visiting grandchild could be my guest artist.
Hi May, Yes, simple is good. When I first made the video for the cereal box canvas, it was just an experiment, and I think I made it a little more complicated than it needed to be. It’s really easy to just glue the flaps down and paint it brown to cover the graphics, and then white or any other color on top of that – and like you said, you can prepare them in advance, so you always have some on hand.
Tim
It is fun to join you on your journey here Tim. Seeing you explore and be free, after all that it what art should be! 🙂
Hi LouisiLana, Thanks so much for joining me on this journey.
Tim
I thought I had commented on this one already. May has a great idea there too. Thanks for sharing!
Diana/b4ustamp
Yes, I think it’s a great idea to have several on hand for whenever the mood strike to create something.
Tim