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Fun with DecoArt: Textured Wall Art Tutorial

March 10, 2010 by Jessica 31 Comments

I have been trying to find my inner artist lately and had this painting thing in mind to try out. A little while ago I was contacted by a sweet lady from DecoArt who introduced me to some of their new products and asked if I would like to try any out. Guess what? Their new line of things was exactly what I needed to make my painting come to life!!!! I got really excited and of course said I would love to try some stuff out. I shared with her my vision and she sent me some wonderful products. I even have a few more things I’m going to make and share with their stuff, but here is the first thing, a graduated color textured wall art piece.

Textured Wall Art Tutorial

Now, I am not a painter, drawer, etc. like some amazing people (ie Ashley) are, but I do like to dabble with that stuff here and there. I find it fun and relaxing. This is really simple to do and would be wonderful to make on a “date night” with one you love, a friend, or your child (one that’s old enough ;).
You can buy their products online here, but I’ve seen all of these in places like Michael’s too. You can check out a whole bunch of other fun tutorials for their products here as well!

What you need:

–Canvas or Wood piece to do the art on
–Paint in whatever colors you choose. I used these by DecoArt’s line Americana

Paint of choice

–DecoArt Texture Thick and or Modeling Paste (I used a bit of each)

Textures used

–Texture Tools (you can buy the plastic pieces or some random things from around the house)

1. Take your canvas, wood, etc. and smear on the texture pastes as you like. I used the groovy ends of my texture tools and just went crazy with it all to have a messy look.

Beautiful textures

With texture on

2. Let it dry completely. This might take a bit.

3. Time to paint! I squirted some paint on like this to begin with:

Beginning the painting

Then I used the flat end of a texture tool to smear it all around. I of course kept adding paint until I was satisfied. I used the tool to smear paint on the sides of the canvas as well. Note: I did try paint brushes, but it didn’t give it enough of the texture look because it filled inbetween the bottom texture layer making flatter.

Texture tool of choice

4. Let it dry. All done 🙂

Textured Wall Art Tutorial

And this is one art piece that anyone can touch and feel the texture!

Textured Wall Art Tutorial

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Comments

  1. Hi I'm Amy, says

    March 10, 2010 at 2:19 pm

    that looks great!

    Reply
  2. MichMade says

    March 10, 2010 at 2:30 pm

    This is just the post that I needed in my life. I bought a canvas for my apartment but wasn’t sure of how I wanted to paint. But now I know!

    THanks

    Reply
  3. kermiefrg says

    March 10, 2010 at 7:07 pm

    how pretty! I love the texture!

    Reply
  4. Alida@IMakeStuff says

    March 10, 2010 at 8:10 pm

    This is amazing! I am so going to try it!

    Reply
  5. The Activity Mom says

    March 10, 2010 at 10:17 pm

    Love it! I’m inspired!

    Reply
  6. Anna says

    March 10, 2010 at 10:32 pm

    really cool, this is so modern and fun. I think I know just the spot in my house where it would be cool. Thanks for sharing! I used to really love to paint, but dont’ have enough time now – so this is a great alternative!

    Reply
  7. CraftCrave says

    March 10, 2010 at 10:39 pm

    Just a quick note to let you know that a link to this post will be placed on CraftCrave.com in the Handcraft category today [10 Mar 09:38pm GMT]. Thanks, Maria

    Reply
  8. Jenny @ Anything Pretty says

    March 10, 2010 at 11:12 pm

    I have never heard of this but after seeing your results, I so have to try it!

    Reply
  9. leobrat says

    March 11, 2010 at 1:54 pm

    I. MUST. TRY.

    thanks for starting a new obsession for me – it looks amazing!

    Reply
  10. Disconnected says

    March 11, 2010 at 8:31 pm

    That looks GREAT! I’m need to try this. Thanks for the tutorial.

    Reply
  11. melonbelly says

    March 12, 2010 at 5:00 pm

    I love this! How simple! How fun! 🙂

    http://www.melonbelly.blogspot.com

    Reply
  12. Live the Home Life says

    March 13, 2010 at 9:40 am

    This is great! Can’t wait to give it a try!

    -Cara @ Live the Home Life

    Reply
  13. Contessa Kris says

    March 14, 2010 at 9:04 pm

    Simple, yet beautiful!

    Reply
  14. Rachel@oneprettything.com says

    March 16, 2010 at 11:28 am

    What a fun activity and the finished product is fantastic! Thanks so much for sharing this, I’ll be linking.

    Reply
  15. ArtSnark says

    March 16, 2010 at 8:25 pm

    great tutorial & fun piece. thanks for sharing

    Reply
  16. michabella says

    March 18, 2010 at 7:25 am

    absolutely love this!!! <3

    Reply
  17. Lisa Anne says

    March 22, 2010 at 10:12 am

    I made it. COme check it out, I gave you a shout out!

    http://smellthecoffeelisa.blogspot.com

    Reply
  18. sandandstarfish says

    March 23, 2010 at 11:03 am

    oh my gosh. i have been searching everywhere for instructions on how to make my paintings look like this and was never satisfied with the instructions… until now! this is amazing! and it looks so simple! i know what i’ll be doing this weekend! thank you!

    Reply
  19. Erin Ferree, elf design says

    April 14, 2010 at 12:27 am

    You can use an old, used-up gift card (or gym membership card, or expired credit card) as a texturing tool – it’s flexible plastic and can create great drags and texture.

    They’re also great as impromptu spakling tools.

    Reply
  20. canvass wall art says

    April 24, 2010 at 5:51 am

    An interesting stuff to do,fun to have tutorials in that crafts it enhance your talent and develop your skills to create your own art decor.

    Reply
  21. Heather says

    March 3, 2011 at 11:25 am

    I have been wanting to paint something like this, thanks!

    Reply
  22. Apurva says

    December 7, 2011 at 9:37 pm

    This is really simple. Going to try it out this weekend.
    Thanks for such creative ideas.

    Reply
  23. Apurva says

    December 7, 2011 at 9:38 pm

    awesome.

    Reply
  24. meg shaklee says

    January 7, 2012 at 10:09 pm

    where did you find the texture material?

    Reply
  25. Happy Together says

    January 9, 2012 at 8:28 pm

    Meg,

    You should be able to find these at Michael’s and Hobby Lobby. Maybe even other places or if not by this brand something similar by another company.

    Reply
  26. BluKatDesign handmade artisan jewelry says

    January 21, 2012 at 1:15 pm

    Wow! I have a photograph that I wanted to paint using these exact colors! I think I will try your method for an abstract grass and lake Thanks!

    Reply
  27. CarolAnne - camdesign says

    December 31, 2013 at 11:02 pm

    fun fun fun I love your piece, great job, Happy New Year!

    Reply
  28. Anonymous says

    March 30, 2014 at 11:40 am

    wow! will do using greys+browns….tnx so much

    Reply
  29. Amy says

    August 17, 2014 at 12:10 am

    Good tutorial! Going to try some texture in my next painting.

    Reply

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