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snowflake and pinecone DIY Christmas canvas paintings

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A couple of years ago I made the pinecone artwork in this post below. For this year I wanted to make a different similar piece and an actual video tutorial about how to make Christmas canvas paintings out of cheap engineering prints.

Since I had added more pinecones and some German wooden snowflake cutouts to our natural German Christmas tree, I thought, those two items were the perfect pieces to add to our fireplace this year just to switch it up a little without spending a ton of money.

DIY Christmas canvas paintings

DIY Christmas canvas paintings

Materials needed for Christmas canvas paintings

You can photograph your own items and I’m describing how I did mine below.
If you don’t feel like doing that then you can find my pinecone in my Etsy shop HERE and I’m offering my snowflake for a limited time for free as a downloadable file. This is my Christmas gift to you guys 😉 (click HERE and then click on the “File” tab in your browser window and then scroll down to “Save As” to save the file to your computer).
You could also use a darker wooden snowflake photo I have in my shop HERE.

  • I had my snowflake and pinecone images printed at a local Staples as an engineering print for $6 at 24″x36″
  • 24″ x 24″ canvas (or HERE) for snowflake and  24″x 36″ canvas for pinecone
  • matte mod podge
  • scissors (my favorite HERE)
  • small roller and different sized brushes (I used a roller for the pinecone but only brushes for the snowflake as shown in the video tutorial)
  • black, white, tan, beige and brown acrylic craft/artist’s paint (48 color set HERE or single colors HERE)

Step-by-step instructions for Christmas canvas paintings

I took the photos of the items by placing each on a white poster board outside with natural light and snapped my photo. Make sure it is filtered light which you get on a cloudy day or in the shade so you don’t get harsh shadows. After that, you only have to crop the image before getting it printed at a place that offers engineering prints. Like I mentioned above, I had mine printed at Staples. Always make sure that you double-check the print right away when you pick it up. The folks at Staples decided to resize my print twice and print it that way which ended up being very frustrating because I didn’t notice until I arrived home and was ready to start my project.

Watch my video tutorial in addition to the photos below:


{Music credit: Music from https://filmmusic.io: “Christmas Rap” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)}

 

If the video doesn’t work on my blog for any reason then you can also watch it on my YoutTube channel HERE instead.

how to snap a detailed photo with white background

1. Before applying the engineering print, I added a layer of white acrylic paint and a hard bristle brush to give the canvas some texture and make it look more like a real painting. Let the paint dry.

2. Cut your engineering print to the size of the canvas. Don’t worry about being exact.

pinecone Christmas canvas paintings DIY

placing print on Christmas canvas paintings

3. After that, it was time to cover the entire canvas in mod-podge with the roller or you can use a brush as I did in the video tutorial.

rolling on decoupage glue for Christmas canvas paintings

4. Take the engineering print and place it on top of the canvas. Smooth it out with a brush and fingers. Apply another coat of mod-podge with a big brush and fingers on top of the print. You can poke tiny holes into stubborn air bubbles to help with flattening the print.

decoupaging Christmas canvas paintings

smoothing out air bubbles while decoupaging Christmas canvas paintings

5. Let it all dry.

Some areas were imperfect and wrinkled which is fine because it gives the artwork texture.

6. When the print is dry, I added acrylic paint to the image and the surrounding areas as shown in my video tutorial. You don’t have to do this step but I think it adds dimension and texture to the overall look of the Christmas canvas paintings and makes them look more like an actual real painting.

And voila, you have two textured pieces of art that look like real paintings…

finished Christmas canvas painting of snowflake and

finished Christmas canvas paintings of snowflake and pinecone on mantle

Willy is the best little model and loves posing. I can’t get enough of taking photos of him.

fireplace decor with Christmas canvas paintings

I purchased the wood bead garland at Pottery Barn on clearance years ago but I came up with a wood bead garland DIY to make your own very similar one out of furniture feet or affordable wooden body massagers.

wooden snowflake and pinecone Christmas canvas paintings

tuxedo cat posing in front of Christmas canvas paintings

So you think this is something you can try as well? I think you can do it and it adds the perfect subtle holiday decor.

As always, I would love it if you’d share this post with your friends who might like this or on Pinterest. Thanks so much.

Tschüß

(Youleeya)

See more of my Christmas posts:

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Better Homes and Gardens Christmas Ideas Home Tour

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How to make 3D paper snowflakes using lunch bags

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Modern European Eclectic Christmas Tree with pinecones, white stars, clear Christmas balls and white Christmas balls on a real untrimmed fir tree | blue, white and black fireplace area with leather swivel chairs

My Home Style: Christmas Tree Edition

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Friday Favorites: My favorite faux Christmas Trees

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Blue, Black and White Christmas Tour (part 2)

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Blue, Black and White Christmas (part 1)

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  1. cathy says

    November 30, 2016 at 10:28 pm

    test

    • Julia says

      December 1, 2016 at 2:32 pm

      Test

  2. Aniko Levai says

    December 2, 2016 at 6:45 pm

    This is soo cool! I have to try this myself:-)

    • Julia says

      December 3, 2016 at 2:38 pm

      Thanks my friend

  3. Sarah says

    December 2, 2016 at 7:56 pm

    Such a great project. Thanks for showing how to do it!

    • Julia says

      December 3, 2016 at 2:37 pm

      Oh I’m glad you like it and good luck! And love finding fellow kitty lovers

  4. Sarah says

    December 2, 2016 at 7:59 pm

    PS- always like to see your kitties in posts. I’m a cat lover too 🙂

  5. Gretchen says

    December 3, 2019 at 9:17 pm

    I’ve always been a big fan of that pinecone, and the snowflake is an excellent addition!

    • Julia says

      December 4, 2019 at 8:16 am

      Hey Gretchen, thank you. I’m kind of addicted to making these now. I want to make one of a seashell for summer. Maybe even an outdoor piece so I can hang it by the stock thank pool 😉

  6. cassie bustamante says

    December 5, 2019 at 5:18 am

    i LOVE these so much! love the new snowflake addition but that pine cone still has my heart! Sorry I am so late getting to this- I saved it because I was busy and then it got buried!

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