Monday, July 9, 2012
Canvas Transfer
Last year I used this DIY on A Beautiful Mess to make a few canvas image transfer of my kids. I had a bunch of trial and errors and I finally figured out what the trick was. When you "paint" on your medium (or glue), paint in on to the canvas and then paint it on the image side of the picture. That way, when you apply the image, it will be glue on glue which will create the best adhesion. Seriously, I had to literally take sand paper to remove the transferred image during my trial and errors. See for yourself, here is the finished project.
Hope this helps with your future canvas transfers!
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Hi Cortney. I just read your comment on "abeautifulmess" post under canvas transfer and am interested in using the method you describe. But would like a bit of clarification on the paper removal process. Do you still wet the paper and then rub it off? Your end result is awezome. I just want to make sure I understand how you did it as I lifted way too much of the image off while rubbing on my first attempt. I was curious if the papers weight was a factor also. It took a long time for the paper to start "rolling off" under my finger. Any advice would be so much appreciated.
@susan, yes you still wet the paper and rub it off. The trick is to get the paper to adhere to the canvas glue on glue. So make sure that after you cover the canvas with the medium, that you also cover the image side of your paper also with medium, then stick the paper, image side down onto your canvas. This will give you the best result. Feel free to e-mail me if you have any other questions.
I'm trying to figure out which kind of Liquitex to use. Amazon lists several: Heavy, Super-heavy, etc. Which one do you recommend?
@TalentlessCrafter, I recommend the Liquitex Gloss Medium or Matte Medium, such as this one http://www.liquitex.com/us/Shop/Medium/Gel_Medium/Gloss_Gel_Medium,_8-oz.aspx You can also use Mod Podge, it will give you a similar effect.
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