This Reverse Canvas Heart Wall Art is a super simple craft to make at home and display for Valentine’s Day.
To make sure this is the best holiday ever, check out our other Valentine’s Day posts for more inspiration.
I love Valentine’s Day because it’s all hearts and love and happiness. And we all could use some more of that in our life every day.
You can add a little of it to your décor with this Reverse Canvas Heart Wall Art.
It’s really easy to make. And you probably have all the supplies for it at home, except maybe for the reverse canvas. But if that’s your only expense, that makes this a really cute and affordable craft.
Or maybe even a homemade gift idea.
This Valentine’s Day Wall Art is just one of our Valentine’s Day crafts on Drugstore Divas. For more, check out our Easy To Make Valentine’s Day Crafts & Treats post.
Reverse Canvas Heart Wall Art Tutorial
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Reverse Canvas Heart Wall Art Supplies:
- Stretched canvas
- Scissors
- 1 sheet of printer paper
- Pencil
- Black acrylic paint
- Baby wipe
- Red acrylic paint
- Paint brush
- Glue
How To Make Reverse Canvas Heart Wall Art:
Carefully pull the canvas off of the wooden frame.
You may need to use the scissors to help you remove the canvas from the frame. Don’t worry about removing the staples. But, if they come out, that’s okay.
Measure the inside of the frame onto the sheet of printer paper. Cut out that shape from the paper.
Fold one-quarter of that page over.
Cut a heart from the paper, using the center fold as the center of the heart. Don’t go all the way to any of the edges. You want to leave room around the edges.
Lay the frame on top of the canvas. Use that to position the heart cutout in an appropriate space.
Use the pencil to lightly trace the heart shape onto the white side of the canvas.
Paint the heart shape with red acrylic paint. Let it dry.
Trim the edges of the canvas down to the size that will fit behind the frame.
Put a little of the black paint onto a baby wipe (or a napkin).
Use the wipe to “paint” the frame. This will make it look like a wood stain rather than acrylic paint.
Set it aside to dry.
Glue the frame to the canvas. Make sure to pull the canvas tight so it doesn’t bubble.
Let it dry and display wherever you like.
Reverse Canvas Heart Wall Art: Frequently Asked Questions
A reverse canvas project is when you take a store bought stretched canvas (also known as a back stapled canvas) and turn it into wall art.
This technique is really popular with at home crafters because you have the canvas and the frame in one piece. You don’t have to worry about buying both a canvas and a frame that fits or buying a canvas and using power tools to make a wooden frame.
When you’re making a reverse canvas project, you want to be mindful of two things: the side of the canvas you paint on and the side of the frame you paint.
You want to paint on the white side of the reverse canvas. The tan side was always meant to be the backside and the white was always meant to be the frontside. So be conscious of that when you’re painting.
For the frame, you want to paint the side without the staples. The side with the staples will be glued against the canvas and you won’t see them. That’s why you don’t need to worry about pulling out the staples when you’re removing the canvas from the frame. You won’t see them anyway.
You need to purchase a stretched canvas to make a reverse canvas. The stretched canvas wraps around the frame. A standard canvas board doesn’t do that. So, if you try to take one of those apart, you won’t have the extra canvas to glue onto the back of the frame once you take it apart.
Using a baby wipe is a really cool painting hack. You’re able to make acrylic paint look like a wood stain — for a fraction of the price. Wood stain is expensive and it’s not worth it to purchase it just for a simple project.
The baby wipe applies a thin layer of paint with extra liquid, so you’re able to spread the paint out in a way that you can’t when you’re using a paint brush and acrylic paint.
If you don’t have any wet wipes in your home, you can wet a napkin or paper towel and then use it to apply the paint. That will work, but a napkin or paper towel is less durable than a wet wipe, so you run the risk of it falling apart and leaving debris behind on your frame. Just be conscious of that and wipe it away before it dries.
Purchase Heart Wall Art Online:
If you like this Reverse Canvas Heart Wall Art, but you don’t feel like making it yourself, that’s fine. You can purchase heart wall art, like the 3D heart canvas above, at the following stores:
Don’t forget to double check a store’s cart minimum to qualify for free shipping. Also consider curbside or instore pickup to avoid shipping charges.
More Reverse Canvas Wall Art Tutorials:
This Reverse Canvas Heart Wall Art is just one of the times we created reverse canvas wall art for Drugstore Divas.
So if you like this technique, but you’re not into the heart shape, check out our other tutorials below:
Reverse Canvas Heart Wall Art Tutorial
This Reverse Canvas Heart Wall Art is a super simple craft to make at home and display for Valentine’s Day.
Materials
- Stretched canvas
- 1 sheet of printer paper
- Black acrylic paint
- Baby wipe
- Red acrylic paint
- Glue
Tools
- Scissors
- Pencil
- Paint brush
Instructions
Carefully pull the canvas off of the wooden frame.- Measure the inside of the frame onto the sheet of printer paper. Cut out that shape from the paper. Fold one-quarter of that page over. Cut a heart from the paper, using the center fold as the center of the heart. Don’t go all the way to any of the edges. You want to leave room around the edges.
- Lay the frame on top of the canvas. Use that to position the heart cutout in an appropriate space.
- Use the pencil to lightly trace the heart shape onto the white side of the canvas.
- Paint the heart shape with red acrylic paint. Let it dry.
- Trim the edges of the canvas down to the size that will fit behind the frame.
- Put a little of the black paint onto a baby wipe. Use the wipe to “paint” the frame. This will make it look like a wood stain rather than acrylic paint. Set it aside to dry.
- Glue the frame to the canvas. Make sure to pull the canvas tight so it doesn’t bubble.
Have you made this Reverse Canvas Heart Wall Art? Let us know in the comments.