Surface Design Final Project Examples

The options for this project vary widely.  Be original and creative.  You could create pillow, book covers, bags, t-shirts photo boards, wall art, lamp shades, quilts and so on.  Here are a few examples:

Stencil and Stamped Bag

Mixed Media Wall Art

Mixed Media Make-up Bag

Fabric Painting with Silk Screened Animals Pillow

Mixed Media Bag

T-shirt Painting or Stenciling

Accessory Painting or Stenciling

Fabric Painting Day #5

These are the steps used to make your painting displayable once the silhouettes are complete.

1-cut a piece of cardboard 2" to 2-1/2" smaller than your canvas.  It will allow a 1" to 1-1/4" border of fabric to wrap the board with.

2-place the cardboard on the center of the back of your painting. Using the same techniques as the photo boards, glue the 4 corners in place first. 

3-fold and the glue the top and bottom edge next, followed by the left and right edges.

4-cut a piece of heavy weight paper that is 1/4" smaller than the back no all sides.  Center it on the back, and hot glue in place.

5-a hanger is optional.  Write you name on the back and hand them in.

Fabric Painting Day #4

#1-Check for new colors, and add them to you pallette. Black can be added if all of your color work is complete.

#2-Spray down your canvas.  Add more color details as needed.  Don't skimp on these details.  They make you piece more interesting.

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#2-If you have completed your colorwork, you can begin the silhouette. The silhouette painting is created with straight black paint.  The canvas must be dry, or your silhouette will not be crisp.  Use enough paint to produce a clean edged lines, and then fill in the rest.  Use the right sized brush for the job.

#3-Place on the drying rack.

Fabric Painting Day #3

#1-More details are being added today.  Look at you reference images.  Look at your paints.  Do you need to add new colors today?  No black, yet!

#2-Spray your image down to the counter top.  Smaller brushes can be used to get finer details.  More details look more interesting.  Don't give up yet.

#3-Dry your work on the drying rack and store your paint if you have more details or open your paint to dry for clean up next week.

Warping an Inkle Loom

Fiber I-Fabric Painting Day #2

#1-Lay your canvas on the counter and spray it down with water.

#2-Look at the colors in the background that did not blend with the colors painted yesterday.  These are the colors that will be applied today.  For example, if you painted blues and purples yesterday, today you could paint the yellows and oranges. Add these new colors to your paint pallette. No Black allowed today.

#3-If you do not have a more complex background of color, now is a great time to look at clouds, sun or water from a different photo reference.

#4-The color added today will still be blended and wet, but will be thicker to cover yesterday's paint color.

#5-Only paint with colors that blend together nicely. 

#6-You will not finish your painting today!

#7-Place the painting on the drying rack to dry.