This Is How Easy To Make Gesso and Canvas Panel

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Hello! How are you? My goal in life is to do every DIY I dream of making. One of them is to make canvas. But wait, it is not just canvas, it is a mini canvas panel. My crafting skills are still at the beginner level. As I experience something, I can do more complicated crafting in the future.

My hobby lately is recycling, like cardboard, that I have been ignoring before now that thing makes me happy to take it with me and think about how I can reuse it. Now I know how it feels when my mom always recycles any box she can touch.

There was this time when I saw all the cardboard we used for groceries she asked me why there were so many "cardboard and paper folders inside my room" hehe I explained to her that I used it for my crafts things.

Cardboard and paper folders are a life.

But before I can make a handmade canvas panel I need to make a gesso first, yes even a gesso I make a DIY of it.

All the Materials:

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Gesso Materials:

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Lets Make Gesso:

I pour glue into a small container I use 30 ml.

I pour the glue into a bigger plastic container 120 ml.

I add the talc the same as the glue 30 ml.

Then I add the talc to the bigger plastic container.

Using the stick I mix the glue and talc until it combine.

I spray water on the mixture little by little.

Mix the mixture again.

After the glue and talc are well mixed I add any white acrylic.

Mix again until well combined.

The texture should look like this.

Gesso is ready to be used.

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Lets Make Canvas Panel:

I prepare the chipboard (3x3") on the cutting mat.

Using the stick I evenly coat the chipboard with glue.

With the glue part, I press the glue chipboard on the canvas fabric.

Using the bone folder, I press the fabric to make the glue stick more to the fabric.

I cut the excess fabric evenly using the metal ruler and cutter.

I glue the left and right of the canvas.

Using the bone folder I press the fabric on the chipboard.

I cut this part of the canvas before gluing the top and bottom fabric.

This is what it looks like.

I repeat the same process.

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I glue the last part of the fabric.

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This is what it looks like. I let it dry for a couple of hours.

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Gesso Time:

Time to coat the canvas with gesso.

I put enough gesso on the canvas.

It is time to use the plastic scraper.

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I evenly coat the canvas with gesso using the scraper, if their any excess gesso I can still use the sides and back of the canvas fabric. Let it dry for hours.

They are ready for the final process.

I evenly coated the thick paper with glue.

I make sure I put enough like this.

Make sure to evenly place the glued paper on the back of the canvas.

I use the bone folder to flatten the paper and to make sure the paper is glued to the canvas.

This is what it looks like.

After drying, I use sandpaper to file the canvas.

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I painted some of the mini canvas panels I made. I will share in the future the paint I will paint here, I am so excited to be back again on painting.

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Thank you for visiting, see you on my next blog.

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