Toilet Paper Art

Hello blogger friends, I have a tutorial for you today, it was published in SNR magazine last year and I never got around to posting it on my blog. It's a little unusual but so much fun!

The buzz word in mixed media these days seems to be texture. As artists we all want it, the more depth and interest the better. I'm always trying new ways to add texture to my canvas. Toilet paper is an inexpensive alternative to modeling paste and can be used to make outstanding embellishments too!

Supplies

Canvas

Decoupage medium

Ink pad

Ink Spray

Liquid adhesive

Paint brush

Scissors

Stamps

Toilet paper

Water

In this tutorial I'll show you how to cast a mold with a stamp and toilet paper. I'll also show you how to add incredible texture to your canvas by using this readily available supply.

Step One: Gather your paint brush, water, stamp and 8 layers of toilet paper. If your toilet paper has more than one ply you will need to separate it into single layers. How many squares you use per layer will depend on the size of your stamp.

Step Two: Cover your stamp, image side up with one sheet of toilet paper. Apply small amounts of water to the toilet paper with your paint brush making sure to press down into all the grooves.

Step Three: Repeat step two with the other seven sheets of toilet paper.

Step Four: Allow the toilet paper image to dry completely and peal it off the stamp.

Step Five: Spray your stamped image with ink in various colors. Set it a side to dry.

Step Six: Adhere layers of toilet paper to your canvas with a paint brush and a mixture of 1/4 decoupage medium and 3/4 water.

Step Seven: Continue to adhere more layers of toilet paper, bunching it up to add more texture. Repeat this step until you have achieved the depth you want.

Step Eight: Press a background stamp into the wet toilet paper, covering the whole canvas. Set a the canvas a side to dry completely.

Step Nine: Cut your stamped image out with scissors.

Step Ten: Spray your canvas with a few different colors of ink. Allow it to dry completely.

Step Eleven: Lightly rub an ink pad across the canvas. A contrasting color works best.

Step Twelve: Lightly rub the same ink pad over your toilet paper stamped image.

Step Thirteen: Apply liquid adhesive to the raised areas of your stamped image, adhere the piece to your canvas.

This art form is very simple and quick to make. The only time you might require patience is waiting for it to dry as a heat tool doesn't seem to speed things up. It's best to let it dry over night.

This fun technique can be used in other ways as well. Why not alter a vase by covering it with toilet paper like it was plaster or use a texture plate to create a funky unique ornament?