Celebrate your time together with art featuring couples… When your honey is funny, why not treat them to some Valentine’s Day humor, like this original painting by Saatchi Art artist Kelly Puissegur?
Art on canvas for Valentine’s day celebration
My friend Mandy and I are the Room Representatives for our son’s fourth grade class. We met one day back in January to plan the upcoming Valentine’s Day Party. Planning kids class parties get harder the older the kids become. During research we found so many ideas for younger kids, and not as much for the older kids. We wanted to plan a fun and simple craft that the kids would not think was too “babyish” and one they would be proud to take home. We hope we came up with something they will enjoy.
–8×10 canvas (I found a good deal on a 10 pack at Michael’s Arts and Crafts)
–various acrylic craft paint (2 oz bottles)
–pencils
–cotton balls
–baby wipes (to wipe hands when done)
–shape cutouts (we chose a heart, arrows, and the word LOVE)
–painters’ tape (to secure the cutout on the canvas while painting)
Step One. Make sure you have each child write their name and the year on the back of their canvas before they start to paint.
Each child will need to choose a shape and process to paint their canvas. We decided on a heart, arrows, and the word LOVE. We thought the boys might appreciate the arrows since everything Valentine’s Day is so pink and hearts, etc. I cut the cutouts out of card stock on my Silhouette Portrait Machine, but you could also find shapes on the internet and print them onto card stock or trace them on cardboard. The last part of the prep step is each kid will need to decide on whether to use the pencil method or cotton ball method.
Step Two: Secure the cutout to the canvas with painter’s tape. Make sure to get the edges secure so that the cutout does not slide around during the painting process.
Step Three: Paint!
Pencil Method: Have one pencil for each paint color. Dip the eraser side of the pencil in the paint and dab on canvas. Easy!
NOTE: Depending on the amount of time your kids have to finish the canvas they might not be able to fill the entire canvas with dots (it did take more time than the cotton ball method). However, it would still look cool to do several layers around the perimeter of the cutout to get the same effect.
Cotton Ball Method. Have one cotton ball for each paint color. Dip the cotton ball in paint and dab on the canvas.
NOTE: You can also attach a clothes pin to the cotton ball for the kids to hold for less mess. The mess was still minimal without the clothes pin. The paint easily came off with a wet wipe when I was finished.
Step 4: Depending on the amount of time you have, you can let the paint air dry or bring a hair dryer to speed the drying process along. Our party is at the end of the school day, so we are planning on using a hair dryer so the kids don’t leave school with a wet canvas and risk getting paint on clothes, car/bus seats and floors.
A fun Valentine’s Day craft that any age kid will love!
Check back Monday for my favorite Valentine’s Day childhood memory that I’ve continued with my own kids! It’s a fun one!
Love Canvas Supplies:
- A blank canvas: This is a 7 by 14 inch
- A paint brush
- Nuvo Embellishment Mousse
- Nuvo Drops
step by step valentine’s painting
Step by Step valentine’s painting for a love canvas wall art piece. Start with a pencil sketch if you are unsure of spacing your letters.
Total Time: 35 minutes
Using a dry paintbrush, pick up some mousse and thin it out a bit with water (I used the lid as a palette).
Mentally divide the canvas width into four equal parts and in each fourth space letter an alphabet of the word “LOVE” loosely; replace the O with a heart.
Keep the paintbrush quite dry to avoid the paint from dripping.
Using a thicker paint, like the Nuvo drops or any puffy paint, carefully outline the word. This gives you a chance to neaten the lines and hide any imperfections.
Make it colorful by using a red outline for a pink painted word.
Jazz up the word by adding tiny evenly spaced dots of glitter!
Love canvas done!
Our simple love canvas is done and I hope you enjoyed following along this step by step valentine’s painting. I love pink, I would really like to try this with a nice black paint instead too!
You can stop at step 2 or 4 itself and give it a different look. The options are endless!
Lost Love
Art about love doesn’t always need to be rosy. This minimal modern painting by Gino Belassen speaks volumes about the ebb and flow of love in our lives.
(Image: Gone, an original modern painting by Saatchi Art artist Gino Belassen)
Romantically Retro
If you or someone you love is a Mid-Century Modern fan, we have romantic art ready to fit the bill. For a more blissful bedroom, reach for a statement making pink and purple nude reminiscent of a vintage pin up… Or, remind your special someone just how much in love you are with a gilded text-based artwork in sign painted style.
(Image: L: Shade, an original figurative painting on wood by Saatchi Art artist Shaina Craft; R: A detail from ALL THE WAY, an original typographic painting by Saatchi Art artist Archie Proudfoot. You can learn more about Archie in our Meet the Others feature.)
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About the Author
Daryl Gammons-Jones is a contributor to Saatchi Art’s blog. In addition to writing about art and design, she specializes in collecting, creating, and producing images for a diversity of creative endeavors.
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