Chevron Art Tutorial

I love chevron, something about it just really speaks to me. Today I am going to share quite an old craft. I made this art probably about 2 years ago, but I still love it and I still use it as decoration. 

I started off with an old canvas I painted in a moment of boredom. I was bored and felt like painting something really simple, and oh its so ugly! Sorry aboutsome of the photos as well, they are not the best of colours.

I started by painted three coats of white paint. You can still see the heart through it, but I think it makes a really cool effect.

 

I wanted to have a pretty chevron pattern and first I tried using masking tape, but it wouldn’t stick to my 5 layers of paint. I then decided to try it using a ruler and a pencil. I was hoping the pencil marks wouldnt show, and since I was planning on using blue and red paint I gave it a shot.

First I painted the blue stripes, two layers of it.

I then continues with the red paint. Oh my goodness, the colours gave me a slight headache and pain in my eyes.

I needed to figure out a way to tone down the colours, I added a tiny bit of white paint and really worked it into the brush strokes to give it a slight distressed look. Much better, but not wuite finished.

I really liked the background and did not want to distrurb it with more colour so I decided to try a silhouette. I ended up choosing a bird on some branches. 

I love the way it turned out. Its just so beautiful! A lot better than the original painting and better that I expected. Lets just look at the before and after photos again. From Bleh to WOW!

If you like my art, check it out in action in my bedroom reveal. Also check out my “words that inspire my blog” for more inspiration.