Easy Lace Canvas

So I needed some new art things to hang on my wall. At my last apartment I hung shutters and they were really cool but I wanted to do something new this year. So I have this new fascination with lace and as I have said before I LOVE grey. I had a few canvas' laying around along with spray paint so I all I needed was lace to make this piece of beauty!

So what I started with was a canvas, I like the ones that have the canvas pulled across a boarder of wood, not the flat ones but I'm sure those would work just as well. I also had a piece of lace that was a little bit bigger than my canvas, tape, and the two colors of spray paint. You want to use contrasting colors or colors that go really well together.

First I spray painted it yellow, I wanted the background to be grey. Whatever color you want to be the main color you paint over the lace. Also, make sure you spray paint the sides, when you hang it you don't want the edges to look strange.

 Let it dry. I also sprayed a clear coat just to protect it. I waited for that to dry as well and then covered it with lace. The tricky thing is keeping it tight and stationary. You don't want it to move in the middle of you spray painting. So I taped the lace to the back and made it tight.

Then I spray painted the grey. This was tough because I didn't really know how much grey was actually on the canvas and I wanted to make sure it was even. I did the sides first and then worked inward. Make sure that all of the lace looks like it's the same shade. It will look like this

 Then let dry. I let it dry a little longer. then I removed the lace. The lace was actually stuck on the canvas in a few places but just pull delicately but hard enough that it comes off.

 I also went over it again with a clear coat just to set the paint. And now you have a masterpiece!

 I think it turned out pretty cool, and it only took about 45 minutes and most of that was just waiting for the paint to dry :) I hope you like!!!