DIY Disaster

[Deleted User]

I made a couple melted crayon canvases for my maid of honor and bridesmaid and had the idea that I should do one for my flower girl as well. Today I stopped at Michaels and picked up the supplies I needed and planned to make the canvas today.

I taped off a letter 'm' and set to work melting the crayons. I knew there would be a little bleeding under the tape; I planned on painting the 'm' white once I was all done.

Unfortunately, it didn't work the way it did in my head.
What.A.Disaster!
I hoped the crayon would run over the tape, leaving the 'm' lots of color to pop out of. Instead, the crayon pooled around (and under) the tape and down the sides. Then when I went to pull the tape off, most of the adhesive from the tape remained on the canvas. I thought I could maybe save the canvas by texturing the white paint for the 'm' to add a contrasting texture from the smooth crayon (and hide the leftover adhesive). I don't know; what do you think? Salvagable? Or scrap?




^^^ Closeup of the 'm' showing texture

jm squared

I definitely don't think you should scrap it!   I'm not the artistic type so forgive this suggestion if its not what you want, but you can defininitely see the "m" outline.  What about filling it in lightly with a slightly offset color to really make it pop?

[Deleted User]

I just went in to look at it (after giving it some time to dry) and the 'texture' I put in didn't hold at all. I should have remembered from painting class in high school that just blotting the paint with the brush won't leave texture. It looks terrible with the paint dried flat. If I can get some texture to stick I think I could maybe get it to work out.

Melissa603

I can definitely see the M outline but if you are not happy with it then I don't think anything we say is going to convince you.