DIY Canvas Scratch Art

My oldest loves the Eiffel Tower. She wants to go there for her 10 yr birthday trip. Being that she has a huge cityscape of Paris on her bedroom wall, I thought a homemade scratch art of the Eiffel Tower would go well.

Needed:
Canvas
Oil pastels
Acrylic paint
Paintbrush
Stencil (if desired)

• You take a canvas (mine was formerly watercolored on parts of it...which showed through in some areas) and cover the entire canvas with oil pastels. Coat it on thick:)

• Next, take your acrylic paint and cover the entire canvas with paint.

• Allow paint to dry.
• Next, place your stencil(s) *if using* on the canvas. Scratch an outline of the stencil (I used the pointy edge of a pen cap).

• If desired, scratch off the paint inside the outlined piece.

• Next, place your word stencils *if using* on the canvas and scratch out the letters.

• Enjoy and display in some place fun!

This project was an impulse one. I had a slightly used canvas, oil pastels and acrylic paint, so I set to work this morning making this. It took 3-3.5 hrs, including feeding kids breakfast, printing & cutting out stencils and dealing with whining kids. I owe my friend Kim for introducing me to homemade scratch art (on paper) last Friday. It sparked my creative side.