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Modern Minimalist Wall Art: Transform Fabric into Elegant Home Decor

teacher avatar Hadis Malekie, Detective in C4C Flat

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Topics include illustration, design, photography, and more

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Lessons in This Class

    • 1.

      Introduction

      1:34

    • 2.

      Project 1: Fabric Cut

      2:15

    • 3.

      Project 1: Shape Forms

      8:04

    • 4.

      Project 1: Add Texture

      5:38

    • 5.

      Project 1: Paint

      2:34

    • 6.

      Project 1: Golden Touches

      3:21

    • 7.

      Project 1: Wrap-Up

      2:10

    • 8.

      Project 2: Definition

      1:04

    • 9.

      Project 2: Embossing Fishes

      5:29

    • 10.

      Project 2: Painting

      4:14

    • 11.

      Project 2: Glue Technique

      3:06

    • 12.

      Project 2: Glittering Fishes

      2:01

    • 13.

      Project 2: Foil-bond Technique

      2:02

    • 14.

      Your Project

      2:09

    • 15.

      Final Thoughts

      2:12

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Unleash Your Inner Artist: Create Stunning Ocean Wall Art

In this class, we have 2 projects,  first I will teach you how to transform your interest in creating and passion for details into the

process of making minimal decorative wall art. This art can enhance the beauty of your home and workplace, making it a wonderful gift idea for family and friends. Additionally, you can create these artworks for future clients, including personal clients and businesses such as restaurants, beauty salons, nail bars, and other companies.

Minimalist wall art has become a prominent trend in home decoration due to its understated elegance and versatility. These pieces emphasize simplicity, often featuring clean lines, subtle colors, and geometric shapes. By incorporating minimal wall art into your décor, you can create a sense of calm and sophistication in any room

  

In the second project, you dive into the world of creativity with our Ocean-Themed Wall Art class! In this fun and relaxing class, suitable for all levels, you'll explore the art of creating stunning wall decor featuring a serene ocean scene with embossed fishes. Whether you're a hobbyist looking for a new artistic outlet or someone aiming to start a business in interior décor, this class is perfect for you.

Throughout the session, you'll learn three exciting techniques:

  1. Forming embossed shapes on canvas
  2. Applying glitter for a sparkling finish
  3. Using foil bond to add a metallic touch to the edges of waves

I'll guide you step-by-step as you paint your canvas with waves, fishes, and sky, apply gold sheet glue, and embellish your artwork with glitter and foil. By the end of the class, you'll learn new technique that you can apply to your own wall art also if you want you will have a beautiful ocean-themed piece to display proudly in your home or offer as a unique gift. Join us for a creative journey and let your imagination flow like the ocean waves!

Key Takeaways:

  • Create beautiful textured fish using embossing techniques.
  • Master the art of applying glitter for a touch of sparkle.
  • Learn how to use foil bonding to add a touch of elegance.
  • Take home a unique piece of ocean-inspired wall art.

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Hadis Malekie

Detective in C4C Flat

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1. Introduction: If you search for shopping a minimal plastic fabric wallet, you see these results, but how we can make one? Imagine Sarah has a workplace. Nazi has a beauty salon. Tim is in the dining room of his home, and Park Energy, a company that is about renewable energy, has a big entrance hall. They all have something in common. The space is empty, and they want to fill it with something decorative, but not with figurative patterns or repeatable patterns. So they ask you to make a wall art for them. And you, a creative person who likes the tranquility of working with forms, make a three D fabric wall art for them. Hello, my name is Hadis. And in this class, I teach you how to make that three D decorative Waart. This class is for you. Welcome to the class. 2. Project 1: Fabric Cut: In this lesson, I explain you the material and tools you need, and also we cut the fabric proper to the shape of our canvas. What we need for this art project is Canvas. I chose round one. You can choose rectangular square eclipse triangle based on what you like. Texture. I use ceramic texture. Wood glue. This type of glue is white and after drawing it becomes transparent. A glass of water. We also need fabric. I use fasten and acrylic paint, and the tools, art spatula, brush, scissors. First, I want to cut the fabric that we need to cover the camas. If you go to buy fast, the seller might ask, do you want medium or T fabric? You can choose what you prefer. Here I chose medium. We want the cloth to have wrinkles, so we should cut the cloth in a little bit larger size to be able to produce the wrinkles. I want to cover half of the canvas, so I put cloth here and cut considering the xs margin. Okay. 3. Project 1: Shape Forms: Now in this lesson, we make a liquid mixture and form the shape we want using the fabric on the canvas. To have the fabric, stay in the forms that we want, we soak it in a liquid mixture. Now we make that mixture. Have a bowl, either glass or g of water. The temperature is mind, not so hot and not so cold. If you use very hot water, fabric might shrink. Now add one spoon of wood glow. One spoon is based on the size of my fabric here, you can change the amount, and it does not need to be very precise. Now, stir it, Then I add about a skin texture. Here it looks this texture is old and dry. I will tell you later what to do to prevent this happen. But now, let me just open a new one. Okay. Okay, now we add texture and we stew it well to solve it. The final mix is like dog. I mean, drink that is made of mixing yogurt and water. You see, it's not very watery, but not very. Now, I soak fabric and the liquid well. I personally also prefer to add some wood glue over it by my hands. Now then ring it very well and let the excess water go. Now I put it on canvas and shape the wrinkles that I want. Since I will cover the wood canvas with texture, we don't need any canvas preparation. Just I rub my hands on the canvas on the surface to cover it with the excess of mixture that is on my gloves. Notice to put the fabric in a way that we can bend the margins around the canvas. To fix it better and more, you can add wood glue on some points like here. For fixing the margins, use stables. But here, since our work is not very large, I have a simpler and better solution. Use texture bend fabric and stick the margins over the corners of the canvas and fix it with texture. Here, because the camera is low, I should turn the canvas back to show you. But you can do this step just by holding a canvas in a slightly angle. No need to turn it back. Okay, I turn back the camas, correct the forms, and put it in a place to let it dry. The time it needs to dry depends on where you are temperature and also humidity. So let it dry. I should clean the table now both you at home or your studio can cover table and the ground with a spreadsheet. Here, just because I didn't want to have excessive reflection on the camera, did not do that. Now I close the lids of wood glue and texture. After it dries, I show you the next step. Okay. 4. Project 1: Add Texture: Now the fabric is dry and let's apply texture on the canvas and over the fabric. Now it has dried, I touch it. Yes. It's dry now. It is about 4 hours and half that I have left it here. Now I want to cover it with texture. I use art to cover this part of Canvas and brush to cover over fabric. I take some texture. Notice to mix it well, so let any probable bubbles leave the texture. Okay. Now, look, I pick and put some texture with the back of patula under canvas. Very randomly in random directions, I start rubbing the esptula. Look at the movement of my hands. We don't want to cover all the surface. We just add some texture to some parts. Now we want to add a spider web pattern. I dab the ropatula on the canvas. Da da. Move your hands in different directions and get a random pattern. No need to do this all over the surface, some parts. If you think your texture is sick and heavy, you can splash water on it and mix it. Now it's time to cover the fabric. Use a wet brush and pick a rather large amount of texture, put it on fabric, and then by brushing it spread it. Use water to do this smoother. Continue this and pay attention to cover all the deep spaces too. Okay, now I have covered it all with texture and I made patterns. I let it dry. The color of texture we turn corns after being dry. You can add acrylic color to the texture before applying it. But here, I prefer to paint it in the next step. Now that we don't need to work with wood glow and texture for a long time to prevent them from drying out, splash a layer of water over them without stirring and then put the leads on. 5. Project 1: Paint: Okay, it's now time for the paint to enter the scene. In this lesson, we paint the texture. Okay, I have left it over at night. Now the texture is completely dry. As you see, the color turns corn silk, so now I want to paint it. Here, I painted with white and add some gold touch, but you can paint it with whatever color you prefer or your client asks for. You can also paint this part of canvas with one color and the fabric part of the canvas with another color. For example, you can color this with shiny white, black and so on. I use acrylic paint, which is a water based color. It covers the surface underneath completely. Acrylic paint is in a way that after it dries, it does not solve anymore with water. Pay attention to paint all the deep parts too. Also, I cover the corners of the canvas. Now it is finished, I let the paint dry. Probably I will paint it another time to cover it well. After that, I will show you how to add some goes on that. Okay. 6. Project 1: Golden Touches: We can continue adding more details. In this lesson. I teach you how to use a sponge to add more touches of color over the wallard. Look how beautiful it is. Now I have applied painting two more times and it is dry. Now it's a complete work and you can use it as a decorative wall art. But I add some gold touches on it too. You can use brush or sponge. Put some gold acrylic paint on a palette. Put the sponge on that. And dab the sponge for sometimes on a surface. We do this to get the excess paint on it, so it gives me a real smooth and slight touch. Okay, now I gently very gently with no pressure, put the sponge on the surface. So the parts of the texture that are extruding will be covered with gold paint. Now, I touch some parts of the fabric section two. Do this very gently with patients. Take some steps back, look at your art, and then continue to apply the touches. The colors you apply are totally based on your choice. Or if it is a commission, contact their client and let them know. For example, here, I could make it black with gold touches, white with silver touches, and other variations. For example, a beauty solute might order pink with silver touches. Let it dry and come to the final lesson. Okay. 7. Project 1: Wrap-Up: Well done, congrats, and thank you for being with me by far. By far, you learned how to use a technique using fabric and texture to form patterns over the canvas. But of course, for larger scale projects, there are other techniques, for example, using metal grid instead of fabric or using wood sheet instead of canvas. These types of works are abstract and minimal. The beauty of them is in the forms, the shapes, the colors, the patterns, the textures, and the abstraction they have from the physical work. To enhance their beauty and show their beauty, you can use light. So I recommend to hang them under a light, or you can add a light above them. And also, you can suggest your friend or at your home place or your client that hang this wallart on a wall that has an angle with the window. So when the sun ray and sunlight enters the window, it hits the wallart with an angle and show the up and downs of the wall art. I hope by far you have enjoyed learning and hopefully then creating your wild art and adding beauty to your home workspace or your friends home and workplace or your clients workspace. Okay, my dear creators, keep creating, keep your home workplace and work beautiful by your art and also by your beautiful smile. 8. Project 2: Definition: If you search for shopping a gold plaster wall art, you see these results. But how we can add gold embellishment ourselves. We learned how to make a treaty minimal wall art. We learned fabric technique. How to turn that art into this one. I learned this CaspNC. I will teach you three techniques. First, how to make emboss shapes on the canvas like these fishes. Second, I teach you glitter technique. We apply this technique on the fishes. And third, I teach you foil bond technique. We apply that on the waves to make a reflective metallic effect. Everybody who is interested to learn and create are welcomed, see you in the next lessons. Oh 9. Project 2: Embossing Fishes: In this lesson, we decide about the arrangements of fishes in our canvas and then we learn how to make and bust shapes using texture paste. Okay, the idea that I have is to turn the fabric part referring to water and adding some fishes here. Now, let's decide about number, form, and arrangement of the fishes before starting to create them with texture paste. I use pieces of paper. I cut them. First, I try a single fish. We can draw with pencil. But here, to make it visible under the camera, I use a marker. Now, on another piece of paper, I try drawing two fishes. And now on another piece of paper, we try a combination of three fishes. Then now I draw an arrangement of small fishes. Yes, you see, I don't draw them randomly. I have some invisible circles in my mind and draw the fishes over those imaginary circles. This is a good tip that in character design, logo design, and composition, you always use invisible shapes like circle, triangle and square. Let's try them all. I prefer this one. Now I try to transfer the design and canvas. You can use pencil. Here, again, I use marker to be visible under the camera. Okay, the design is ready, and we go for applying texture paste or modeling paste to form the tree de bust forms. To apply the paste on canvas, we make a cone using plastic bag. I use a glass or a mic to fill the bag with texture paste easier. The plastic bag should be a little bit thick. Here, I use both a thin plastic and a thick one. So you see the difference. I place the glass and put the corner of plastic bag in the glass. Then I pick amounts of paste and put that in the bag. I shape it like a cone and then cut the tip with scissors. By pushing the paste toward the hole, we draw borders of fishes and fill inside of them. This thin plastic needs more power, is not efficient and might be torn. Yes, it's torn off. Now I use the thick one. Fill it with paste. You know, walking with texture paste is so relaxing. You should be patient, and that takes you away from the rushes in life. Now I cut a hole and start pouring paste. I think I need to make the hole larger to work easier. Let's cut it with scissors. Yes, now I draw the borders of the fishes and pull the case inside. Notice this step needs speed. Right after this, you should start forming the paste into fish shapes. So if you think you can't be fast or your canvas is large, or you want to pause and take a rest, then instead of working on all the fishes simultaneously, do it one by one, cover one fish with paste, shape it, and then go for another. Here we use brush, artspetula and water. We dip the brush in water to make it wet, and start forming the paste, resembling a fish. Add more texture if needed. Be very patient and enjoy this concentration state. We call it flow state. In flow state, mined focuses in a way that you don't feel passing of time. Okay, I have finished making forms and let it dry. Let them dry, prepare some acrylic paint, and see you in the next lesson. 10. Project 2: Painting: Now it's time to cover the paints you want for different parts. Here I cover the waves with dark blue, here with golden color, and the fishes with light blue. I prepare some blue colour, mix it with a little bit of water, pour it over canvas, and start covering the fabric part. First, I use a big brush to cover the surface. And then I use a smaller brush to work on the details of their wrinkles. Look at different angles to make sure you paint all over the wrinkles. Since it's resembling water, I don't want it to have a flat color. I like the dark and light in different areas, so I paint it only once to keep these patterns. Now it's time to color the flat area. We can leave it white. Also, light blue is nice choice. But here, I pick golden color. This is also a good choice if you want to have your art both and with energy. I have another class on my channel that helps you learn how to choose combinations of colors. Save it to attend later after this class. I pin the link of it down below. Okay, now I prepare gold paint. I cover the surface with a brush. I want to paint it with pattern. So look how I change the direction of brush and how I use short strokes. Now it's time to paint the fishes. I want a light blue, so I mix white and blue to make a lighter blue. In my other class about colors and storytelling, I have explained how to make tins, shades and tons of colour, bookmark the class to watch it later. Look, they are now dry and smooth. Now I gently start painting the fishes. Do this carefully. Now, let them dry. In the following lessons, I teach you two techniques glitter technique and foil bond technique. Let the paint dry, and then we go for adding embellishments to our art. 11. Project 2: Glue Technique: Okay. In this lesson, I teach you how to use a special glue to prepare the surfaces that you want to add glitter or metallic effect over them. I want to give a theme to my decorative art. So I want to cover fishes with blue glitter powder, and I want to add some metal shine to the waves of the sea as resembling reflection of sun and wave. There is a special glue called gold sheet glue or foil bound adhesive or foil bound glue or gold leaf glue. When you cover a surface with this after leaving it for some hours, it becomes sticky. So you can stick gold sheets, silver sheets, and so on. Here, I have a brush that I use it only for this glue. Since your brush will be sticky, don't use a good expensive brush. Just put a regular brush aside and every time use only that one. I also here have an unusable lid. I pour some glue in it and start covering the fishes. Mm. Well, then, now I want to cover some small part on the edges of the waves. In my other class, I taught you how to cover wrinkles with the touches of gold acrylic paint. But now I want to create a metallic look, so I use glue. I add some yellow color to be able to detect the parts I cover with glue. Now I brush some small touches of glue on the edges. We are done, leave it for at least 2 hours and come back. The glued surface should be prepared and sticky by then. Okay, now let the glue get active and make a sticky surface on the places that you want to add embellishment. Let the glue be there at least more than 2 hours and that make a sticky surface. See you in the next lesson. 12. Project 2: Glittering Fishes: Okay, now the surfaces are sticky. Look how it looks when I touch them. It's now time to learn how to add glitter powder on them. Now, more than 2 hours has passed. Look, When I touch it, it's completely sticky. I pour glitter powder gently over the fish area. Now using a brush, I gently spread glitters to make sure all the sticky parts are covered with glitter powder. Then I pick a piece of paper, put it under the canvas. No. Lift the canvas and with hand or a pen or a spatula gently that over the surface. These strokes makes scalia fall on the paper, and you can collect them for later uses. Now, the embellishment of the fishes are down and we go for the next technique. And the next one is a wonderful technique. Come to the next lesson and I teach that. 13. Project 2: Foil-bond Technique: And the next part is to add some reflections to the edges of the waves. In this lesson, I teach you how to make that metal effect. In the previous class, we made gold touch effect, but now I want to make a gold reflective effect like metal. This material is called foil bond. This is a gold color. They are available in other colors like silver, copper, rainbow, and so on. I got a piece of it. It has two sides. One of the sides are a non shiny side. We stick this side over the sticky surface, rub it and or with a piece of cloth. Then we remove the foibon fast. Look, a golden metallic effect is on the sticky part, giving a reflective effect. I repeat this for all the parts that we have applied glue on them. Look at the foil bond. You see the parts that we use are now empty of the coating layer. Repeat this until there is no sticky part remained. Wow, look, it's so beautiful. In the next lesson, I talk to you about the project. 14. Your Project: Okay, now time for the project of this class. What is the project of this class? The project of this class consists of three parts. First, an image, second, a title, and third a sentence. First part, image. In the image part, you draw a rough sketch of a Canvas art idea that you have in your mind. Then with arrows, you define which of the one, two, three techniques you have learned in this class, you want to apply to which part like this. O and the second part, put a name for your art. For example, Chocolate Hops. And in the third part, write a sentence about where your art you can imagine is used. For example, on the wall of my dining room, in the hall of the company that my sister works in or in the wall of the spa saloon that is in my city in that street. In the project and resources section, I have put a sample project, so you can download and check that. By the way, if you want to do more than a rough sketch, yes, that's welcome. You can add a drawing. If you buy some of the materials and you have experimented with them, yes, take your photo and share that. In the project, Gary, please make note that to share a project, you should go to the project and resources. So right now, make your project, and yes, you can and it's possible that you add changes, you make them change or add other photos or remove something later and update your project. See you in the next lesson for the sum up. 15. Final Thoughts: Thanks for being with me by far and congrats. Some final news I should tell you first about the materials. I didn't name any brand during the class because it's obvious. So brands are available in different parts of the world. So if you have any question, please, yes. Ask in the discussion board. Also, I put a file in the resources section, check that please. And yes, yes, yes. If you have any experiments, if done any techniques or you have innovated any new techniques. Yes, take your photo and share that in the discussion board with me and other students, they say sharing is caring. The other point and the final point that I want to mention is their review section. I myself, when I want to buy a material, a product online or attend some classes or buy a digital product, read their reviews. So please write a review for the class. So other new students can decide whether this class fits their goals or their interests or not and decide based on your reviews. And I ask you to please make note to use the sections project discussion and review separately, for example, if you want to share your project, use project section, not the discussion board. Or if you have a question, ask that in the discussion board, not in the review section, because if you ask that in the discussion board, then the other students can read the answer and learn more. I wish you success, and I hope you create an experiment, and I wish you success in your creative journey. And make sure to follow my channels and sketches for upcoming new techniques and creative projects. See you soon and goodbye.