Simple Art To Match Anything

After taking a photo of my bedspread (any pattern or design that stands out in any room will work), I painted a matching piece of art. This was supposed to be a rough draft of sorts since I don`t paint...at all...but before I finished working on it I purchased a new bed and needed a new comforter. I plan to do something similar with the new comforter but maybe bigger
and with some added colour.

To make the pattern for the canvas I took a photo of a part of the comforter.







I decided to invert the colours (I used Paint) so that I was painting the pattern and not the background. It`s an option but not a necessity of course.

Annnd print! 

I was tempted to take the printed sheet and stick it in a black frame and call it a day.

These are the materials I used. The smaller the 

paintbrush the better when painting in small details. 

I purchased the carbon paper from Staples for less 

than $3.00 and I have lots left for my next project.

Next I taped my print to the carbon paper and taped the whole thing to the canvas.

I used the other end of a paintbrush to trace the design onto the canvas. It was a bit tedious. 

I would suggest printing off extra copies and lining up the pattern and adding the carbon paper to the whole thing so that you don`t have to move it around. My pattern didn't quite match up and I ended up with a gap.

All the tracing is completed and we're ready to start painting.

 

Remember, it doesn't have to be perfect. Great art is never perfect.