How To Create a Work of Art in Your Home !

You can create your own stunning artwork such as this piece by Diego Tirigall. See more examples of work at.Diego Tirigall website..

You can basically move anything on wood, from pictures to wallpaper pattern. It’s something anybody can do, and you can accomplish a gorgeous outcome!

How to Transfer Image on Wood – What you’ll need:.

• Acrylic gel medium (such as.Mod Podge.): The beauty of this technique lies in the nature of the acrylic – you can adjust and customize the gel to suit your needs. Whether using a retarder to increase smoothness, mixing in acrylic pigment, or even blending in other materials. I have actually seen everything from gold flake to sand combined into the acrylic gel.
• Brush.
• Water.
• An image to transfer. Print a picture out with a.laser.or inkjet print on routine paper (NOT picture paper). If your picture has any words on it, you will need to print it out as a mirror image..Note: Laser images transfer much better. Inkjet images may or might not move also – they might come out more faded. Constantly test on a scrap.piece of wood..

Image transfer on wood in 6 actions – How to do it:.

1. You have to.gently.sand the face of the wood with a.sanding block.or any sander, and after that sweep off the wood dust. See.our wood sanding ideas..
2. Paint a thin layer of gel medium over the whole front surface area of the wood with a bristled brush if you desire your picture transfer to look more rustic. Paint gel medium on with a foam brush instead if you want a more refined and total photo transfer. See our helpful info on.wood pallet painting..
3. Make the layer of gel medium as thin as you can without parts of it drying as you paint. Quickly however carefully lay your image face down on the gel-coated pallet.
4. Tidy and dry your hands, and utilize a bone folder to carefully press the picture flat onto the pallet, pushing out as many air bubbles as possible. (If any air bubbles remain, those parts of an image will not transfer.).
5. Wait at least 24 hr for the gel medium to dry thoroughly. Then, utilize a sopping damp washcloth to wet the back of the image paper, and gently and slowly rub away the paper support from the photopigment with your fingertips and/or damp washcloth.
6. After you rub away as much of the paper as possible, wait another 24 hr for your pallet and photo to dry entirely.