last minute mother’s day diy all about you art :: tutorial

So you just realized that Mother’s Day was tomorrow? Yeah. Me, too. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t give a meaningful gift. You’ll need: a canvas, some black paint, a paintbrush, one piece of paper, one piece of chalk, and BIC Mark-It Metallic Permanent Markers.

Start by painting the canvas solid black. (You can buy solid black canvases but they aren’t as easy to find). And then print or draw an oval onto a piece of paper that will fit in the middle of your canvas. If you print it, you can type in the name you want to use if you want a guide for the next step. I just freehand wrote “Gramama”. Fold your oval long-ways and then unfold. Then fold it short-ways and unfold. Now you can easily see the half-way point of both directions. That’ll be important later, if you like things straight and even. 🙂 Position the oval in the center of your canvas and trace with chalk. Use those fold lines to mark the half way points on the edge of your oval. I drew a line in the lower third of my oval so that I’d keep the name straight. Write in the name and add embellishments (like the scalloped edges seen here) around the oval.

Use your BIC Metallic markers to trace the name and the embellishments. Allow to dry and use a (very) slightly damp cloth to help remove any remaining chalk that you can see. Do NOT use a baby wipe. I learned the hard way on that one!

Now the fun part! Make a list of words that come to mind when you think of this person. I got my kids to come up with a list of 20 things about my mom (their “Gramama”). While they were coming up with the list, I took a ruler and made lines across the entire canvas so that I could keep my words somewhat straight. Once again, if you can do this without lining it, great! if you do decide to use the lines, remember to let the markers dry completely and then use a slightly damp cloth to wipe away the chalk residue very carefully.

Now just write those words over and over and over again. I shuffled the words a little every now and then so that I never had the same words on top or below each other. I chose to separate the words with a little gold heart. You could easily do little flowers or check marks or dots.

BIC Mark-It Metallic 8-pack {found in Target stores} :: $11.15

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