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DIY Text Painting

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is a detailed how-to for the text painting I made last week for the <a href="http://dans-le-townhouse.blogspot.com/2011/06/guest-half-bath-update.html">guest half bathroom</a>.  Spoiler: I found a neat use for parchment paper!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDi7EgXKDsXm0-4ZR4eFjxXozwxFS6kdVN2IwAqafi9ThehG8Llp0KCDCvT9q8r8ilLcEY0weWIWqpiYyZXIanymGtf0kwSrvZEHf-4VxexGPNel779KhZj4jQgO5Ru2MdIUApTu2O837O/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDi7EgXKDsXm0-4ZR4eFjxXozwxFS6kdVN2IwAqafi9ThehG8Llp0KCDCvT9q8r8ilLcEY0weWIWqpiYyZXIanymGtf0kwSrvZEHf-4VxexGPNel779KhZj4jQgO5Ru2MdIUApTu2O837O/s640/003.JPG" t8="true" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>How-to:</strong>  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I taped off the first colour blocked section.  I painted it a pale blue/turquoise, using a large paintbrush and acrylic paint.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuQZW6eazBgQl9j3vv1N3vNSnu_FzAdnHrpTolYxo5zZlz94FQO0xd4JDSsjsGWGIUYTYwStL6pPIuUO2A36gGo_pkD1vukTlMgvtzSE_IPbqJcMpo3Djh4Rn89pQy9AH_SwTv-lQb39x/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuQZW6eazBgQl9j3vv1N3vNSnu_FzAdnHrpTolYxo5zZlz94FQO0xd4JDSsjsGWGIUYTYwStL6pPIuUO2A36gGo_pkD1vukTlMgvtzSE_IPbqJcMpo3Djh4Rn89pQy9AH_SwTv-lQb39x/s640/002.JPG" t8="true" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't mind the dim lighting in my "studio" a.k.a. messiest basement ever.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I waited three hours for the paint to dry, then taped off another section and painted it.  I waited for three hours and finally painted the final cream block of colour.  For all three colours I used a dry paintbrush and brushed away from the tape to help avoid bleeding.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYOzG2llqIiMucS8tcTV67lLEEu4XzmFcdekcwAmc_pdOYMJlPt0EB20NstcS_cPRCG7L9YzLzNoUQRDODZcktQQ4IT9oRm5iXAOCS8U-_e3_eAtFxlAl4159JuP9iRYLkav_UKq1ebEj/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYOzG2llqIiMucS8tcTV67lLEEu4XzmFcdekcwAmc_pdOYMJlPt0EB20NstcS_cPRCG7L9YzLzNoUQRDODZcktQQ4IT9oRm5iXAOCS8U-_e3_eAtFxlAl4159JuP9iRYLkav_UKq1ebEj/s640/003.JPG" t8="true" width="480" /></a></div><br />While I waited for the paint to dry (as tempting as it was to watch), I worked on the letters.  I printed out the letters I wanted and taped them together with spacing that looked "right".<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7lHTgqWXjhkxrZ9pCGh1wdyuixsA1ncT3vjR0wiZfObWrx5ydRTm2b928KTDVj73my-vWcn_2ZFqVTycaQxy6szLDSjLlsSjhaB3Q_XDPAOo9ky0WsTjvcDMUQV3BppseqLCdEk2C2ag/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7lHTgqWXjhkxrZ9pCGh1wdyuixsA1ncT3vjR0wiZfObWrx5ydRTm2b928KTDVj73my-vWcn_2ZFqVTycaQxy6szLDSjLlsSjhaB3Q_XDPAOo9ky0WsTjvcDMUQV3BppseqLCdEk2C2ag/s400/012.JPG" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><br />I laid parchment paper over the word and carefully traced the perimeter of the letters.  You can also purchase artist's tracing paper, but parchment paper was convenient and I found it worked just as well.  And thanks to Costco I have oodles of it.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwz_yzZAQQo9TtN1lnZi3Aoa-_y1gpSeP_9SvM5Fb07n2uthGgXpKb_S0j1YoRlrNSzJqvKpGzt9BoVxfgvIqr8URoHY-m9OUN1QnNt10fOtM6dFi8TpI3doTAuca425OKBIzFRWx7-FMN/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwz_yzZAQQo9TtN1lnZi3Aoa-_y1gpSeP_9SvM5Fb07n2uthGgXpKb_S0j1YoRlrNSzJqvKpGzt9BoVxfgvIqr8URoHY-m9OUN1QnNt10fOtM6dFi8TpI3doTAuca425OKBIzFRWx7-FMN/s400/013.JPG" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6a-lsfDqiovlJwVNgVkNjmWi67moIaFOfGHNIVORcQWv6eZISfpXnqQL5n1vgu_r4lpTWEaK3xzodcGqf6NTYt-7gdaacDh8RvE1zX8aLmAKXbt7aBmQG5MOlJMitRuGtlD1b7Z60bcS/s1600/016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6a-lsfDqiovlJwVNgVkNjmWi67moIaFOfGHNIVORcQWv6eZISfpXnqQL5n1vgu_r4lpTWEaK3xzodcGqf6NTYt-7gdaacDh8RvE1zX8aLmAKXbt7aBmQG5MOlJMitRuGtlD1b7Z60bcS/s400/016.JPG" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><br />Then I flipped the parchment paper over and followed the outline of the tracing I had done.  I placed paper under the parchment paper because the graphite transferred.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOWmfXpKrc0sCqbsLF8Xod6rGaNJAHoTDLfHsdWOnOBruZu7kdtQ5VafIq57Yq_ZJPbU9tayM-Yw903qyARbJBDALZuN3RiOX10BT033VkqWwyPQALen4kLf4k4QdjIDX3vMRERGHb4Boh/s1600/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOWmfXpKrc0sCqbsLF8Xod6rGaNJAHoTDLfHsdWOnOBruZu7kdtQ5VafIq57Yq_ZJPbU9tayM-Yw903qyARbJBDALZuN3RiOX10BT033VkqWwyPQALen4kLf4k4QdjIDX3vMRERGHb4Boh/s400/019.JPG" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><br />I flipped the parchment again and followed traced the letters with my pencil again.  The tracing I did on the back side deposited graphite on the canvas.  <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3SGoqESfYXby3OTb1bqPreSBTgPPKfDdA1ixh7a0gW2Zq1bC8mMph13nXBnAYlKtKBO2VuKz-DS7tkwP3BpP_ugmVlh2zwpGLpwP4hegZrseoOpFL6tLnTzFL41nYg3ysmN3nPpzwCzym/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3SGoqESfYXby3OTb1bqPreSBTgPPKfDdA1ixh7a0gW2Zq1bC8mMph13nXBnAYlKtKBO2VuKz-DS7tkwP3BpP_ugmVlh2zwpGLpwP4hegZrseoOpFL6tLnTzFL41nYg3ysmN3nPpzwCzym/s400/021.JPG" t8="true" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yup, that is a Dora the Explorer pencil.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWQFGJ4UJvBsxDyZtWTfY-pVLiMOfxp8romFSaR7H0rkn75Af7ObgH5B_yaWKPKFIth6qwOeyjOSU3q4cuFpsgwwUPExbvIzKQocxt9psbwE3B_xIDLBi-IL6poPExBqG0zXLHLh7Ss3W/s1600/022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWQFGJ4UJvBsxDyZtWTfY-pVLiMOfxp8romFSaR7H0rkn75Af7ObgH5B_yaWKPKFIth6qwOeyjOSU3q4cuFpsgwwUPExbvIzKQocxt9psbwE3B_xIDLBi-IL6poPExBqG0zXLHLh7Ss3W/s400/022.JPG" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><br />I filled in the lines using a very small, angled paintbrush.  I prefer this method because it created a hand drawn look (but much neater than my hands could do unassisted) and not a stenciled look.  But this project would work with letter stencils too.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMIStbkPBFAYhHTbBfDlZ4JTQEfQxbrbtcEsKUzfRdLLDAl38JX5Uztz7mCMU28BDfQE5EDDea4quDoi8RNGy9twxAZ9oyjkPMpzLEXzaA49wuLn_9WnukthNYN0ZGVckNr_TjRvygxE-/s1600/023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMIStbkPBFAYhHTbBfDlZ4JTQEfQxbrbtcEsKUzfRdLLDAl38JX5Uztz7mCMU28BDfQE5EDDea4quDoi8RNGy9twxAZ9oyjkPMpzLEXzaA49wuLn_9WnukthNYN0ZGVckNr_TjRvygxE-/s400/023.JPG" t8="true" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Half-way done.  More paint needed to make the letters opaque.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDn_ZqENjlfswTVYiqGm0WCdfAu2N0H0MS2IRnG9RYM3Pd0XRJUsSROJhaN20QMZzi753rc7zd9qkfPTvYFcUyVB4Z_Y1yNzanX2jgnmAq1y-K_vw6P0LBwIcLUWQM7yo_vujsry8_x9V9/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDn_ZqENjlfswTVYiqGm0WCdfAu2N0H0MS2IRnG9RYM3Pd0XRJUsSROJhaN20QMZzi753rc7zd9qkfPTvYFcUyVB4Z_Y1yNzanX2jgnmAq1y-K_vw6P0LBwIcLUWQM7yo_vujsry8_x9V9/s640/009.JPG" t8="true" width="480" /></a></div><br />Here is my colour inspiration: an ad I filed away just because the colour combo was so inspiring.  Looking for some inspiration of your own?  Check out <a href="http://dans-le-townhouse.blogspot.com/2011/05/art-attack-textalicious.html">this post</a> for some text-y works of art.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3qN7OJ7DRcsxk5_Mf80wGoiPAsoYgEgW4pYAAXEj0mlq-7OHbgJk4Sa5rRC58eQgs_gZ9wxXIXAkUdKSsemtx7Hiq_3Ta7AY_E6-2PMue-W1KAdFSTgDOuUf9IYko0pKf_3ITIJi6-GQ/s1600/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3qN7OJ7DRcsxk5_Mf80wGoiPAsoYgEgW4pYAAXEj0mlq-7OHbgJk4Sa5rRC58eQgs_gZ9wxXIXAkUdKSsemtx7Hiq_3Ta7AY_E6-2PMue-W1KAdFSTgDOuUf9IYko0pKf_3ITIJi6-GQ/s640/028.JPG" t8="true" width="474" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My inspiration.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk5CEPXGM7Riz44cYtmLBM2s85NxKCBzUN2L4bs6l5-xGsLiD9bxQ3j4OrZ-1yhqnK3UxtlBTmqgTEM5RB90d_6aYQb5PwVYnlgc3r1RlHWU425vP97SPgqyLRkl0mtQEm1znN6SaSW96o/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk5CEPXGM7Riz44cYtmLBM2s85NxKCBzUN2L4bs6l5-xGsLiD9bxQ3j4OrZ-1yhqnK3UxtlBTmqgTEM5RB90d_6aYQb5PwVYnlgc3r1RlHWU425vP97SPgqyLRkl0mtQEm1znN6SaSW96o/s640/024.JPG" t8="true" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Word.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWJWhe8hmmhB1aq8gNeFlrieOAAFvIADC-ROLs1eimA6vRNuAd5Qy9yr6NTjwFIJObjNqEWAkfBuGzq07GD2E-BUfFsS5KTID-USAVgDXcQQpnqR26yWtBPMk6NAZIhfKdIHimRYZlAx2s/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWJWhe8hmmhB1aq8gNeFlrieOAAFvIADC-ROLs1eimA6vRNuAd5Qy9yr6NTjwFIJObjNqEWAkfBuGzq07GD2E-BUfFsS5KTID-USAVgDXcQQpnqR26yWtBPMk6NAZIhfKdIHimRYZlAx2s/s640/005.JPG" t8="true" width="480" /></a></div>

DIY Text Painting

Here is a detailed how-to for the text painting I made last week for the guest half bathroom . Spoiler: I found a neat use for parchment pa...