Looking for a simple painting idea on canvas? Begin with a drawing that is already printed on the canvas. It can be for kids to adults.
So much time goes into the drawing, that there may be little time to really get into the painting. With a pre-printed drawing, the painting can begin, sooner, rather than later. That means more time can go into shading, color mixing, adding extra elements, etc.
The first options that I am going to show is drawings on faux wrapped canvas. I ordered my own drawing from my CherylsArt store on Zazzle, so that I could give you a first hand experience of how it went.
I used acrylic paints, from both bottles and tube paints, so that I could see how well each performed on the faux wrapped canvas. The bottle paints dried much quicker than the tube paints, so that did mean there wasn't as much time to blend colors on the canvas. The tube paints, being a thicker paint, took a bit longer to dry, which did allow more ease in blending the paint right on the canvas.
Both types of paints, overall had good coverage. Some colors are more translucent than other colors, so for instance the orange on the pumpkin took at least two coats even though that was from the thicker tube paint.
For this particular painting, I used the bottle acrylic paints on the background of grass and sky, and the yellow on the pumpkin's face. I used the thicker tube acrylic paint on the pumpkin, leaves, stem, and tree stump.
Overall, I would estimate that I had put about two hours of painting time into the painting. This time will vary upon the painter, and how detailed or not that they want to be. But overall, I would allow at least two hours for the painting time, should this be done as a birthday or other group painting activity. The good thing about this activity, is that the finished painting should be pretty dry to take home unless the painter puts the paint on really thick.
As far as other supplies, two to three brushes per painter should be sufficient, i.e. a more detail brush and a bit of a wider brush. A cup of water for rinsing the brush between colors, and paper towels for dabbing off the brush after the rinsing. And a vinyl or plastic table cloth to protect the table.
Click on the link to see the drawings that are currently available. The $20.00 range prices are for the faux wrapped canvas options. Faux wrapped canvas is a sturdy foam board option that is pre-cut with channels to aid in folding the canvas. Sticky, double sided tabs come with the board for sticking the sides together, which is done on the inside of the back. A pre-cut triangle is already cut out for hanging. The unit is lightweight, and was easy for me to maneuver while painting.
The $80.00 and up canvases are regular wrapped canvas, with actual canvas stretched, wrapped, and stabled around boards, with hanging teeth already attached.
Once I do the other painting on the regular wrapped canvas, I will update this page with my painting experience on that.
If you have any drawing requests that you would like me to design, leave a comment below, and which type of canvas you would like it on.
Happy painting!
Cheryl Paton
