Gothic Halloween Decor Using Paint Poured Canvases

 

I shared last week about the fun I had w/ my husband and son showing them how to do acrylic paint pouring. The canvases I did were always intended for Halloween projects so I'm excited to share what I did with them and am really happy with how they turned out! 

These were the two canvases I did last week. As I mentioned in that post, I was not happy with how the white paint mixed, especially on the bottom canvas, so I decided to do what Makers do and play with it until I was happy with it so here's what I did: 

Step 1: 

Using masking tape, section off where you want to make stripes on your canvas: 

Step 2:

I painted white stripes in the exposed spaces. I ended up using 3 coats to get an opaque white

Once the stripes were dry, I went over the edges with a black paint pen. I didn't care that either the stripes or the edges were clean given the swirled nature of the canvas and I like a "messy" look anyway. 

Step 3:

I found this silicone mold at Dollar Tree last year and used it to create the skull out of hot glue. 

Step 4: 

I debated about doing the whole skeleton but decided to just go w/ the head. Once that was set, I painted white, then dry brushed it with silver. 

Step 5: 

I pulled some stuff out of my stash, little poison bottles and a small frame that I'd picked up a pack of 2  for $1.47 at Michaels on clearance. I dry brushed some silver on the frame and then added rhinestone eyes to the skull. 

It already had some gold so it matched the colors on my canvas perfectly. 

Step 6: 

I added the poison bottles on either side, added some Tim Holz chipboard Halloween themed words and finished with a few silk flowers. 

For the other canvas, I decided to go w/ a Frida Kahlo inspired Quilled Sugar Skull as the focal.

Step 1

I recently ordered some quilling strips from Quilling.com and the colors worked with this project so I gathered my quilling supplies and then cut out my base image on my Cricut Explore Air 2. 

Step 2

As I've been doing with my quilling projects, I cut two images and layered them together with foam tape. I like the depth and sturdiness of doing it this way. I lined the eyes and nose with black. 

Then went around the edges: 

And then started filling in with different swirls and coils: 

In my "Quilling Quest" I've figured out that if you have some spots that aren't perfect you can always stick another coil in to resolve it, so I don't worry about getting the base image perfectly clean. 

Step 3: 

Once I decided I was done gluing my coils in , then I finished by making some coiled roses from crepe paper I had in my stash. "I had in my stash" appears a lot on my blog and should tell you all you need to know about "my stash"! 

And now, despite not being happy when I did my paint pouring, I am thrilled with how these both turned out! 

Stay tuned...more Gothic Halloween fun to come! 

Supplies Skull Canvas

• Painted Canvas ( I used one I'd already paint poured)
• Coordinating Paint
• Paint Pens
• Masking Tape
• Silicone Mold , Hot Glue and Glue Gun or Melting Pot
• Embellishments ( I used Poison Bottles, Frame, Silk Roses and Halloween Words from my stash)

Supplies Frida Sugar Skull Canvas

• Painted Canvas ( I used one I'd already paint poured)
• Sugar Skull Base ( I cut mine on my Explore Air 2 or you could use a pre-cut diecut)
• Quilling Papers ( Quilling.com, Astrobrights Black)
• Glue (Aleene's Turbo Tacky and Elmer's)
• Crepe Paper for Flowers ( Lia Griffith Aubergine and Gold)