Our living room was looking rather pathetic due to the lack of decor. I didn't want to spend too much money on art since we're only renting, so I decided to make my own canvas artwork. I live with three other people and since we're all originally from different countries, I thought it would be nice to have something that represented each of us. So I picked 3 images: Brooklyn Bridge(for the boys since they grew up in BK plus I LOVE this picture!), Tokyo tower for Minami and the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur for me!
I went to Michaels to get the canvas. I paid $20 for a pack of 5(16"x20") and 59 cents for the bottle of acrylic paint.
This step is not necessary but I thought that it would look good with a pop of color around the border, so I got this citrus green color.
Here are the images I selected(I ended up changing the tokyo tower image because this one didn't really go with the others). I went to Staples and got engineering prints. I paid less than $5 for all three! They can only print them in standard sizes so I got them done in 18"x24" and then cut them to size.
Then I modpodged the image on the canvas. I brushed the modpodge onto the canvas first and then stretched the image on it, making sure to try to get rid of all the puckering and bubbles. This was pretty much impossible! But I tried and then covered the image with another layer of modpodge.
Here's what they looked like when the modpodge dried. There was minor puckering but it turned out pretty well!
Now the living room is not as lame and we have something to represent each of us! Super simple and inexpensive. Canvas away!
