Supplies:

1. Flexible modeling paste.
2. Canvas. I used a 12 by 12. I purchased mine in a bundle pack from Michael’s, but you could also get a cheap canvas from Dollar Tree.
3. Acrylic paint.
4. Paint brushes. I like the more flat and slightly stiff ones.
5. Plastic sandwich bag to use as a piping bag since you will need to throw it away when you are done.
6. Scissors to cut the tip of the sandwich bag to make it into a piping bag.
7. Optional: carbon paper to help you drawl your flower or other design. A printed photo of your desired design. A pencil or something to trace your design.
8. Optional: spatula and scraper tool.

Steps:

1. Cover your canvas and wait for it to fully dry. You can do this in a few different ways. You can simply paint your canvas. You can cover your canvas in the modeling paste to give it some texture. You can also apply some acrylic paint to your modeling paste to color it and then apply it to your canvas.

2. Drawl or trace with the carbon paper your design. I tend to be a little heavy handed when I do this, but I recommend making your lines lighter.

3. Put some of the flexible modeling paste into a sandwich bag. Try to remove any extra air. You can also leave the bag open to help prevent extra air from getting stuck and making your bag pop. I then twisted my bag to encourage the modeling paste to move towards one corner. Use scissors to cut a small piece out of that corner.

4. Pipe your modeling paste over your design lines. Then with a wet paint brush drag the modeling paste down. You may need to wipe off extra water or modeling paste as you go. I recommend working in small sections (do not pipe everything first) so the modeling paste does not dry before you finish.

5. I then decided to repaint my canvas a darker blue. You could also spray paint your piece if you want everything to be the same color. (Watch my YouTube channel for a technique on how to repaint the canvas without getting the blue paint on the flowers.)

6. Add touches of gold as desired. I used gold acrylic paint to add gold touches to the center of my flowers. You could also add gold touches to the petal edges. You can also add gold leaves with an adhesive for a more elegant look.

I was very surprised with how easy and beautiful this piece turned out! It looks very intimidating, but was actually very easy and relaxing. It makes me want to make more in different color schemes.

I really liked the light blue under the white flower. This really helped make those detail lines from the modeling paste pop and show.

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