Father’s Day DIY Scrape Art with Acrylic Paint
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Scrape Art is a new and fun technique used to create abstract art. It’s easy and requires just a few pieces of supplies and creates a unique design every time. Create you personalize scrape art for Dad following the simple steps below.
Supplies Used
Instructions
Step 1: Gather your supplies – cover your work surface to prevent a mess due to the paint.
Step 2: Start by laying out your message with masking tape on the blank white canvas.

Step 3: Paint the entire canvas black with our Color Splash! Tempera Paint. Tip: Make sure to completely cover the sections where the message is laid out.

Step 4: Let the paint dry.
Step 5: Using your favorite paint colors, squeeze several dots (or lines) of paint around the canvas. We used lime green, metallic blue and neon pink for our design.

Steps 6: Using a ruler, firmly push down and scrape the ruler from one end of the canvas to the other.

Step 7: Let the paint dry.
Step 8: Peel the tape off to reveal your message!

[…] This craft uses a fun painting technique called Scrape Art. Create a painting for Dad on any size canvas. Write out a message or simply write out Dad using masking tape and paint over the tape with black paint. Once dry add dots of paint using your favorite color. Now for the fun part, using a ruler scrape the paint to from one side of the canvas to the other. Let this dray then peel off the paint to reveal the message. See the tutorial here. […]
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