Two things I love: Bower Power and YoungHouseLove’s Pinterest Challenge and DIY Ombre Art! This is my first time participating in their challenge, but I have read about them since the beginning.
So here are my supplies:
11×14 canvas, a large paint brush (I alternated between 2–a 1″ and a 1 1/2″), a tiny paint brush, a tube of color paint and a tube of white paint, something to mix the paint on, water, paper towels
The first stripe is just the color by itself without any white mixed in.
I did not measure out the width of my stripes; I just eyeballed how wide I wanted each shade of color. Make the stripes much wideer than you think you should. The stripe above is much too small in my opinion afterwards.
Then, I squirted a drop of green in seven different places on a painters palette extra lid from the kitchen. I made all the squirts about the same size except the last two, which should be a bit smaller. Then, I went back and squirted one drop of white paint on the first green squirt. Then, the next green squirt, I added two drops of white and so on.
I mixed each one with a smaller brush as I went along. After it was mixed, I used a larger brush and overlapped the stripe over the previous stripe.
And here is the final project!!
It is going to go into the craft room, but not just yet. I still need a few more pieces to go with it.
Budget Breakdown
- 11×14 canvas (Hob Lob sells them in 2 packs for $7.99 and I used my 40% off coupon)–$2.50
- a package of acrylic paint (I only used 2 tubes though)–$7.00
- 3 paint brushes (1″, 1 1/2″, and a smaller brush)–already owned $0.00
Total: $9.50
What do you all think? $9.50 for a customized piece of art is not bad. I love it! Are you all participating the YoungHouseLove and BowerPower’s Pinterest Challenge? You should do it! No project is too big or too small and it will get you to stop pinning and start doing! Have you ever made any of your pins? How did they turn out? Have you ever tried painting your own artwork? Do you have any tips?
Oh, and here is the original pin.
And, this post has been linked on: Young House Love, Bower Power, Decor and the Dog, and The Remodeled Life.
Little Mrs. ApartmentMaker 
Oh, this is brilliant! I’ve been thinking of making a long ombre canvas for my bedroom. I don’t know why, but for some reason, I figured I would need to be like 700 different little things of paint… OBVIOUSLY, dabs of white are a way better idea. Thank you for your common sense, haha. Looks amazing!
Thanks, you should totally do it! It is such a fun, easy project!
Love me some turquoise and love me some ombre so you pretty much nailed it for me. Looks great!
My favorite kind of ombre is turquoise ombre! This looks so great 🙂