Update an Outdated Painting

By Alyssa

If you have ever been on Pinterest, you know that it has a ton of great craft ideas! I recently pinned a project to update an old painting, and this weekend we got the chance to try it out. Here is a tutorial on how to create this fun and simple piece of art! It is perfect for a cute and inexpensive addition to a dorm room or apartment.

First, choose your painting! You can use an old one that you have laying around the house, or you could buy one at a garage sale or thrift shop just for this project. We chose this unique nature/duck painting that our friend's mom had in her garage. As you can see, we thought these random ducks in the middle of the painting were just great :)

Next, pick the words you want to add. We decided on these song lyrics because they are meaningful to us. Since we were making the letters so large, we made our own letter stickers with this transparency and projector.  Regular letter stickers would be much easier, so if you are using those, skip this step!

My friend Jenna helped cut out the letters onto tape with an x-acto knife. This step was a little tedious but well worth it to get our desired look!

Next, attach your letter stickers onto the painting. Be sure to place them in a straight line, and use a ruler if you need to.

Here is the fun part! After the stickers are securely placed, paint 1-2 coats of paint (darker colors work best) over the whole canvas.

Wait for the paint to dry, then slowly and carefully peel off the stickers.

Here we are, along with our good friends Meagan and Jenna, with our finished product. This craft was so easy and so much fun! Thanks for stopping by our blog, and have a great day!