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With pastel pictures, your home will be swimming in color

With pastel pictures, your home will be swimming in color

The art of stripes. You can't paint? No problem; just tape tesa® masking tape to a canvas at different widths and angles, then paint it. Easy, right?

Level of difficulty Original & quick
Duration 30

We need:

4 rectangular stretched canvases pastel crafting paints brush folding tool tesa® masking tape PREMIUM CLASSIC (19 mm and 30 mm)

How we do it:

DIY Pastel Pictures / Step 1: Tape
01

Attach strips of masking tape to the canvas at various widths and angles (we also cut the 19 mm masking tape in half lengthwise).

DIY Pastel Pictures / Step 2: Press
02

Press the edges down firmly with the folding tool.

DIY Pastel Pictures / Step 3: Paint
03

Apply crafting paint to the surfaces.

DIY Pastel Pictures / Step 4: Remove tape
04

Remove the masking tape from the canvas.