Friday, June 19, 2009

Resist Painting Silhouette

After seeing this great idea, I knew we had to try it! Since I'd already made a silhouette of O for Elliott for Father's Day, I just traced around that silhouette on contact paper and cut it out. I then pressed the contact paper silhouette onto an 8 x 10 canvas, and O painted. Instead of watercolors, O painted with tempera paint. She really enjoyed herself, and I was surprised by how into it she was. She was kneeling down to get eye level with the canvas as she painted :)
I am so happy with the end result, and I think painting will make a great birthday present for O's Guh-guh! I am also looking forward to trying this same technique with handprints, which would make great Christmas gifts for grandparents!


O asked to do more sticky paper paintings, so I cut out another silhouette on Thurday. This time we used both pieces of the contact paper, and we are so happy with the results!

Here are the paintings before I pulled off the contact paper.

Here they are after removing the contact paper.

Elliott really likes this one...good thing since it's going to be his birthday present!



O wants to hang this one in her sister's room :)

I am also really excited about turning these paintings into scrabble tile pendants!

10 comments:

  1. Oh, I just love the reverse silhouette one, too! So cool! :)

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  2. I love the reverse silhouette. It has so much personality! =)

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  3. OH, I LOVE THIS!!! We'll be adding this to our art time this week.

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  4. I love that! We will definitely have to try this!

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  5. Just gorgeous! I love how you took it one step further! We will have to try it on canvas. Love the colors too! Thanks for linking!

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  6. Those are beautiful! Great idea for some meaningful, DIY art and sophisticated looking too!!

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  7. Love this! How did you make the silhouette? (I know, silly question, but I need help.)

    Thanks!

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  8. Oh wow! Those are SO beautiful! What a great twist on the silhouette's I've been so wanting to try.

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  9. Also, if you get a chance to answer: Did you follow the technique to the link you posted? Putting the picture on a window and tracing it? I remember you (or somewhere) posting about cutting a picture out and using that as a template?? Thanks, I love it w/ the canvas too.

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