Home Do-It-Yourself Mixed Media Music Melody- Canvas With Chimpanzee

Music Melody- Canvas With Chimpanzee

April 9, 2021
You Will Need:

Fevicryl Acrylic Colours Black 02, Chrome Yellow 03, White 27, Neon Pink 018, Fevicryl Acrylic Colour Pearl Metallic Gold 352, Fevicryl Fabric Glue, 12” X 16” Fine Art Canvas Board, Fine Art Brushes, A3 White Paper, Yellow Carbon Paper, Pencil, Cotton, Scissors, Colour Palette, Water Container

Description :
Here is a quirky mixed media canvas to brighten up your day and more so if you are a music lover. Read more to know how was this made.


STEP 1 : Source the material and draw the design
• We are going to make the mixed media canvas with the painting of the chimpanzee hearing the music with headphones. • Take an A3 white paper draw the chimpanzee on it. • Take the canvas measuring 12” x 16” in size. • Trace the same design on it with yellow carbon paper.
STEP 2 : Paint the chimpanzee
• Paint the chimps with Acrylic Colours Black 02, White 27 and Neon Pink 018. • Leave it to dry.
STEP 3 : Paint the background
• Paint the background with Acrylic Colours Black 02. • Let it dry.
STEP 4 : Make the fur
• Take the cotton. Take out the thin layer of the cotton from the bundle. • Stick the cotton on the body of the chimps to depict fur of the chimps using Fabric Glue. • Let it dry.
STEP 5 : Source material for the headphones
• We are going to make the headphones with mixed media using corrugated box flap, bottle caps. • Take the material to make the headphones. • Refer to the image.
STEP 6 : Arrange the material of headphone
• Arrange the material and stick it using Fabric Glue. • Let it dry. • Paint the head phones with Acrylic Colours Black 02 and Pearl Metallic Gold 352. • Let it dry.
STEP 7 : Assemble the phone on the ear.
• Attach the headphones and the old waste wire aesthetically on the ear of the chimp using Fabric Glue. • Refer to the image.
STEP 8 : Typography
• Write letter “ i” on the top side corner of the canvas with Chrome Yellow 03. • Let it dry completely.