Chevron Art DIY Style

The other day I got the kids all set up painting away and then wondered what I should do while they were busy messing.  When they are painting I always make sure that I am nearby in case they take the notion to paint walls and furniture like they see mommy do on a fairly regular basis. So I decided to join in on the fun.

Here are the results.  I am pretty pleased with how it turned out, and although when I started painting this fabric I had no intentions of it being actual art, or for it to hang here I am pretty pleased with it.

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I started with a large piece of fabric.  I believe it was drapery lining that I was using (just what I found in my stash).  Then I primed it with white drywall primer.  Any primer would do the trick that is just what I had on hand.

I made myself a stencil out of paper from the kids art easel and started painted in between my two stencils.  It is best to use a fairly dry brush so the paint does not bleed underneath the stencil.

I continued painting until I had all my zigzag's painted.

I wasn't really happy with this crisply painted look and thought it needed a little more depth so I ran a couple of rows of double sided carpet tape down the full length.  Press down and rip off.  I reused my strips until I had the full piece done.

Here it is with a little more ruffed up look.

A close up of what the carpet tape accomplished for me.

I picked up a large frame at the salvage center for $1 and painted it our trim color. 

Here it is again in its new home.

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