Habitat bright ideas with Fleur Thorpe – DIY projects
Make your own poured art masterpiece with testpots to reflect your homes colour palette.
Wall colour in final image: Resene Quarter Crisp Green
Step 1: Cut your MDF to size – this one is 20cm x 25.5cm. Using Resene Quick Dry, undercoat the MDF. Once dry, use a fine grit sandpaper to sand the MDF board, particularly on the edges where MDF gets the roughest after priming. Stand your MDF board up on a couple of cups or tin cans and use a large piece of paper to catch the drips.
Step 2: One at a time, pour your test pots on to the board. Make swirls and swizzles – have fun experiencing with different colour combinations.
Materials
Step one
Step two
Step 3: Once finished pouring, use your finger or the back of a teaspoon to spread the paint to the edges and to fill in any gaps. Don’t worry if the paint runs over the edge.
Step 4: Using a skewer or toothpick, make lines through the thick paint. To get the same effect as this example, do lines up and down the board, alternating in direction. You could also have the lines all going the same direction, or cross-hatched or wobbly. Leave to dry for a couple of days… in a place where small, curious fingers won’t poke it!
Top tip: Paint pour art also works well on plant pots and decorative bowls. Simply tip them upside, pour the paint on and let gravity take care of the rest.
Step two contd.
Step three
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Styling and images by Fleur Thorpe, 2018.
Habitat bright ideas
Need to add colour, pattern or a little creativity to your place? Check out these easy step by step DIY project ideas created in collaboration with Fleur Thorpe. We hope you enjoy making and painting these bright ideas and bringing colour to your home inside or out.
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