January always seems to be the month to get organized! For many creatives, that can mean piles of art and craft supplies that need to find a home. I thought it would be fun to do a little painting while making a canvas pouch to store some of my pencils.
I painted a few zippered pouches last year and still have some available in my Etsy shop…just in case you would rather not make your own!
In order to make it easier to create the size pouch I wanted, I used one of these canvas sheets from Fredrix. That way the only cutting I needed to do was to cut it in half before I sewed it up.
I started off the background by painting the entire canvas with watered down yellow acrylic paint. I then lay the 12×12 Square Scrolls stencil on top of the wet paint and wiped off through the stencil with a paper towel.
The next layer was to spray green paint through the 12×12 Hex Flowers stencil. When that layer dried, I stamped some circles with a hand carved stamp and black ink, and then added a bunch of circles with bright pink paint.
A bit of white spray paint muted down the background a bit. A swirl design taken from the 12×12 Impressions stencil created a pop of turquoise to the pink circles. I also drew a few loose marks with a white paint pen.
The final layers included applying a dark blue pattern by stenciling through a piece of joint tape; adding white acrylic paint splatters; and creating drips of blue ink from the top and bottom of the canvas. Once all the layers were dry, I cut the canvas in half to get it ready to sew together.
I sewed on a black zipper and then sewed the pouch closed. I love making art functional! The canvas sheets make it really handy to create these pouches and they have a ton of uses to get your supplies organized.
The Crafter’s Workshop provided me with some product to create this project.
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