Valentine Art 💛

angel heart valentine's day Feb 05, 2025
 

Celebrate love this Valentine’s Day with a beautiful heart and wings canvas! This project combines rich metallic gold tones with sculpted texture to create a stunning, dimensional piece. Whether you're making it for yourself or as a gift, this artwork is a perfect way to add warmth to your space.

Begin by applying a coat of Metallic White paint to your 12x12 canvas, ensuring smooth, even coverage by pulling the paint in one direction. This helps the metallic finish lay flat and reflective. Dry with a heat tool.

Next, secure your tracer to the canvas, place graphite paper underneath, and use a stylus to trace the heart and wings.

For the heart, apply a layer of Metallic Antique Gold paint. Then, for the wings, use a heavy-bodied paint like Master's Touch Antique Gold. Dip the back of a palette knife into the paint, start at the tips of the wings, and pull the paint downward to create texture and movement. Continue layering and sculpting the wings, blending some of the paint...

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Faith Balloon 💕

heart valentine's day Jan 29, 2025
 

This heart balloon design features the word faith as its string, creating a simple yet meaningful piece of art. We originally made this for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but it’s a great project for any time of year. With soft pink tones, a touch of sparkle, and an easy process, it’s a fun and beautiful piece to create!

Use a sponge brush to paint your canvas with Metallic Pearl White, along with the edges as well. To achieve a smooth finish, pull the paint with your brush in one direction. Dry with a heat tool.

Grab your tracer, tape it to your canvas, place graphite paper underneath, and trace the heart and word "faith" with a stylus. 

Apply a base coat of Poodleskirt Pink to the heart and dry it using a heat tool.

For the second coat, apply another layer of Poodleskirt Pink, and while the paint is still wet, blend White into the left side and Dragonfruit Pink into the right. Incorporate a touch of Cinnamon Drop throughout for added depth. To enhance dimension,...

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Heart Balloons ❤️

 

Transform a simple 9x12 canvas into a heartfelt masterpiece with this fun and creative art project! With minimal painting for the background, abstract brushstrokes for vibrant hearts, and a touch of sparkling red glass for texture, this tutorial is perfect for all skill levels.

Begin by applying a base coat of white acrylic paint to your canvas. While the paint is still wet, blend in a few drops of French Blue to add subtle texture and depth to your background. Use a heat tool to dry the canvas completely.

Next, lightly sketch heart shapes onto your canvas with a pencil, or use a tracer if you prefer.

With a 1/2-inch brush, loosely apply red acrylic paint where the sketched heart shapes are on your canvas. Keep the strokes imperfect to achieve an abstract, artistic effect for your hearts.

Using a palette knife, apply a darker red shade, such as Napa Red, to your hearts to add dimension. Keep your strokes loose and abstract for an imperfect look. Layer more of the original red...

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St. Paddy's Heart ☘️

heart st. patrick's day Feb 21, 2024
 

We are creating a festive St. Patrick's Day art piece today with a green heart and shamrock. I found these adorable plastic shamrocks at Hobby Lobby that we will add to our canvas along with some green glass. This is an 8x10 canvas and is perfect for the upcoming holiday!

Start by covering your entire background with white paint. Then, I'm going to use a large dot sponge brush and pounce a light green paint color throughout the background (I am using Fresh Cut Grass). I'll mix in some white to get the right shade that I want. I'll use the plastic from my canvas wrapping to pounce the paint as well. Dry with a heat tool.

Grab your tracer, tape it to your canvas, place graphite paper underneath, and trace your heart and shamrock onto your canvas with a stylus. 

I am going to paint a basecoat of Fresh Cut Grass onto my heart and shamrock. Dry with a heat tool. Add a second coat of light green to your heart, and while it is wet, blend in a darker green color...

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XOX ❤️

heart valentine's day Feb 14, 2024
 

We are making a cute Valentine's Day project using an 8x16 canvas! I have been testing some tinted red glass in the warehouse and will be using that today to create this love-themed art piece. My goal is to tint and provide colored glass so you don't have to do it yourself! This red glass worked perfectly and I'm excited to use it for more projects.

I'm going to start by painting my background with white paint and then adding Poodleskirt Pink on top, blending it into the wet white. Dry with a heat tool.

Grab your tracer, tape it to your canvas, place graphite paper underneath, and trace your heart and Xs onto your canvas with a stylus. 

I'm going to paint the hearts and Xs with Primary Red paint. Add a second coat as well. Dry with a heat tool.

I'm going to use a dotter sponge brush and add polka dots to my Xs with Dragonfruit pink paint. I'm going to use a piece of paper around the edges so I can add some partial dots too. Dry with a heat tool.

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Red Heart ❤️

heart valentine's day Jan 31, 2024
 

We are using a 10x10 canvas to create a red Valentine's Day heart! I found red and pearl glass filler at Michael's that I will add to my heart along with some gold accents. This is very simple - you only need to be able to paint a heart and then add your glass goodies and resin! This is perfect for Valentine's Day decor or gifting to someone you love. 

I'm going to start by painting the background with pearl metallic paint. I'm going to get the paint on my canvas and then pull the paint all in one direction so that my metallic lays nicely. Dry with a heat tool.

Grab your tracer, tape it to your canvas, place graphite paper underneath, and trace your heart onto your canvas with a stylus.

I'm going to use Primary Red and Dragon Fruit along with a little bit of white paint right along my tracer line to outline my heart. Dry with a heat tool.

Take a Gold Posca or DecoColor gold metallic marker and scribble around your heart with short strokes. I'm...

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You and Me Heart ❤️

heart valentine's day Jan 17, 2024
 

I am using a small 6x6 canvas to create a heart art piece. We'll be painting the background and adding glass pieces that I have cut from a glass globe. We'll form the glass into a heart and paint the words "you & me" for a cute little Valentine's Day art project. I'll explain how I make this from start to finish!

Start by painting your canvas with one coat of Metallic White paint. Then, we will create our heart!

I had a glass globe that I literally whacked with a hammer because it's pretty thick. Then, I cut off some smaller pieces to create my heart halves. When you're cutting something round, you want to cut from the inside, not the outside, so you can follow that curve. 

I used a scoring tool to cut a line and then used my breaking pliers to break that piece off. Then, I grabbed my wheeled nippers and nipped off any glass to create the two ovals for my heart. Use a honing stone to dull the sharp edges of your glass.

Before we add our glass and resin, we are...

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Lace Heart Trio 💕

 

I am using an 8x16 canvas to create a trio of hearts! I am using a stencil to paint the first heart, adding foil and beads to my second heart, and adding glass to the last heart. This is very simple to make - especially if you have a few stencils in your stash! This is also a fun way to explore different embellishments, like foil, glass, and seed beads in your artwork.

Let's start by painting our background! I am using pink paint, teal paint, and white paint. Start by applying a coat of white to the entire canvas, then add the teal towards the top and the pink toward the bottom. I like keeping my strokes messy and random, blending the colors together where they meet. Dry with a heat tool.

Add your first heart using pink paint. I'll also blend in some white for highlighting. Then, grab your lace stencil, tape it to the canvas on top of your heart, and use a stencil brush to apply red paint. Dip your brush into the red, swirl some off onto a paper towel, and apply your paint in a...

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Teal Heart 💙

heart valentine's day Jul 19, 2023
 

We are working with an 8x10 to create a simple teal heart art piece with clear glass, seed beads, and some gold leaf flakes. Plus, I am sharing a new technique with you that you can use for lots of future art projects - reverse stenciling! 

First, we are going to paint the background of our canvas. I am using Aqua Sky and applying it to my canvas with a big, flat brush. Paint the edges of your canvas too. Dry with a heat tool.

I traced a heart onto a piece of cardstock. I'm going to cut out the heart with scissors and use that heart as my reverse stencil. 

Add a little bit of double-sided tape to your heart and place it onto your canvas so that it stays in place. Next, I'm going to use Desert Turquoise, which is a darker teal, and apply it around my heart with a stencil brush, moving in a circular motion. I'll do the same with another teal called Mermaid Tail and white paint, blending the colors as I go out toward the edges.

Remove your stencil. I'm going...

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Key To My Heart 🗝

heart valentine's day Mar 01, 2023
 

I am using a 6x6 canvas to create a gold heart on a black canvas, complete with a gold key and some glass and resin. You can get a gold key at pretty much any craft store, or try to find a real one at your local antique store! This piece is very simple to pull together, especially if you are using a heart stencil, which I will be demonstrating today.

First, I am going to start by painting my canvas sides and front with black paint. I am just using Anita's Black, but you can use whatever you have. I will apply this with a sponge brush. Let dry or dry with a heat gun, and add a second coat of black paint.

Next, I'll take my heart stencil and tape it to my canvas. I'll use a stencil brush to apply my gold paint. Make sure your brush isn't loaded with paint (rub some off before applying) and just pounce your paint onto the canvas. Let dry or dry with a heat gun, and do a second coat of your gold paint.

Next, I'll take a graphic pen and outline my heart on the gold paint. I'll just do...

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