The first thing I did was apply base coat colors. I chose the basic colors blue, green, purple, and pink, mainly because that is what I had. These paints were not the fancy acrylics I used before, instead they were run of the mill washable kid's paint so it took several coats to hide the picture that was on the canvas when I bought it.
I made my own stencils off of google (the process is more detailed out in my second post) and used adhesive spray to stick them onto the canvas. Then I sprayed a beige spray paint over the stencils. If you notice the paint job I did is a little uneven, if you are particular about that you can just simply spray more coats on. I wasn't too picky.
After the spray paint dried I peeled off the stencils with tweezers and my design was revealed.
The cool thing about using spray paint is that it gives a faded affect to the image in some areas, giving the painting more dimension.
