Custom Made Canvas Painting

Someone requested that I put a tutorial on how we made our picture, so here is goes.

I first painted the canvas all black, then I cut out the letters in vinyl from the cricut and placed them where I wanted.

 I had the boys paint the canvas right over the words.

 We took a couple of days to paint because I wanted the colors dried before we added another color to make sure it didn't just turn brown or black.

 We made sure every spot was covered with paint so no black was showing through.  

 After all of the paint was dry I peeled off the letters.  Some paint seeped under the letters so I went over the letters with black in a couple of spots and around the edges.

I think it turned out great.  I might try having the kids paint the colors first next time then putting the vinyl lettering on and painting over in black.  This would have the opposite effect, the letters would be colorful and the rest would be black.