Lighted Canvas Art

We love a TV series that features great motivational and inspirational quotes. To celebrate the home release of “Star Trek Prodigy” Season 1 Ep. 11-20, we created this fun Lighted Canvas Art.

Lighted Canvas Art

Lighted Canvas Art Supplies

• Blank art canvas
• Pencil
• Black Sharpie
• Acrylic paints (3 or 4 colors)
• Spray bottle
• LED lights, battery-operated
• Ballpoint pen (to punch holes in canvas)
• Cotton swabs

Lighted Canvas Art Directions

1. Choose your quote and stencil it onto the blank art canvas using a pencil.
2. Trace over the pencil with a Sharpie/black permanent marker.
3. Decide where you want the lights to be and gently push the tip of a ballpoint pen into the canvas to make a hole for the LED light bulb. Make holes to correspond with the number of lights on your strand.
4. Fill a small spray bottle with a few drops of paint and some water.
5. Shake gently and spray on canvas. Spray does not need to be even. The goal is to create a textured/varied background of colors.
6. If you have any heavy drops of paint on your lettering, use a cotton swap to wipe the paint off the lettering.
7. Let the sprayed paint dry (you can use a hair dryer on a low setting to speed up the process).
8. Rinse out the paint from the spray bottle.
9. Repeat steps 4 through 8 with the remaining 2 or 3 paint colors.
10. Once the art has dried, gently push the LED bulbs through the pre-punched holes.
11. Turn on the lights and enjoy your art.

This work was contracted prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the movie being covered here wouldn’t exist.

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Jana Seitzer is a writer, traveler, podcaster, and geek. Although well-versed in many fictional universes, Star Wars & Marvel have always been her favorites.

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