I Painted a Tote Bag for a Gift to a Friend

@leannwithdoublen · 2025-03-23 03:30 · Hive Diy

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Hello! How are you? Sometimes my brain only fully functions at night, and I am more active doing something without distractions and noise. Yesterday the tote bag, paint, and brush I ordered got delivered, and I am so eager to paint something, it has been a while since I painted a tote bag. So I decided not to sleep and just paint until past midnight to rush a gift for Ate @straykat( which she posted an unboxing Unboxing: A Surprise Gift from Leann!) the last time we were supposed to meet was canceled because I got sick, and I assumed we were going to meet the next day when she asked me to go hang out, but she has no idea that I am on my way LOL. She asks me before we call it a day if that day we are supposed to go out. I was so excited that I did not realize, LOL. Sorry, I am just excited to go out. :D


Materials I Used:

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  • Tote Bag
  • Pencil
  • Eraser
  • Brush
  • Two Bottle of Water
  • Acrylic Paints
  • Dish Pallete
  • Textile Medium
  • Plastic Cover
  • Tissue Paper

Lets Paint!
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I lay flat the tote bag and then I put it in this Plastic Paper inside the tote bag just to protect it from paint.


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And then on the piece of paper, I sketch the design I am going to paint and then I prepare the pencil and eraser I am going to use to draw the reference.


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Then I sketch the line art lightly.


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For this part, I am going to mix lemon yellow and burnt sienna to make different shades of yellow.


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Textile paint is what I am supposed to use to paint fabric so to convert the acrylic paint to textile I used textile medium.


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Mix the paint until fully incorporated.


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I like to start with light colors first at first it still looks unappealing but it is going to get better later.


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I first paint the petals.


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I then mix paint to paint the middle part of the sunflower.


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I started to paint the middle part of the sunflower I started to paint the outline of it first.


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Then I started to mix the paint green with the shades I was going to use.


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I start with the lightest green first.


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Then I mix it again with a darker shade of green.


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I painted where the part is darker.


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I do not regret buying this brush.


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I mixed burnt sienna and phthalo blue for the shadow.


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I start adding more details to it.


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Now the paint starting to have more life to it.


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I wanted to add more dark line art to it so I mixed more of it and started outlining the line art.


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This is how it looks like when it is done.


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Then mix red to add my signature. I should use a thinner brush for it but I like it.


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This is how it looks like when it's done.


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The next day, I started to pack it. By the way, it was fully dry.


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Need to pack it securely and I added some of the stickers I made. :D I hope Ate Kat like it.



Thank you for visiting, see you on my next blog. :D Please take care of your mental health as well. I hope you are okay today :))

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