I love the look of pictures printed on canvas...but they can really be expensive. I tried out the gel medium transfer method and did my own at home picture! I loved it! It is simple to do but you have to have a little patience when it comes to removing the paper residue. Here is what you need:
- Any size canvas (I used 8x10)
- Gel Medium (You can find this with the oil artist's paints)
- Paintbrush
- Photo you want to transfer printed on regular paper with a toner based copier (Image will be reversed when placed on canvas so keep this in mind)
- Something to smooth out any bubbles
- Water
1. Coat the entire canvas with an even amount of the gel medium using your paintbrush.
2. Lay your photo faced down onto the canvas.
3. Smooth out any bumps...making sure that the photo is completely flat on the canvas.
4. Let dry at least 12 hours.
5. Once dry, you can start to wet the paper and gently begin rubbing it away. This process takes a long time as once the water dries you will see more residue left behind and will need to repeat this process. I repeated it about 4-5 times. So have patience...it will eventually all disappear.
All In All: I loved the way this came out and the possibilities are endless with the photos you can use. As you can see around the edges it looks distressed because some of the photo didn't transfer. Now you can keep it like this if you like that look or you can go in with some paint and touch it up. But all in all this is a great project to try out!
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