Peanuts Diamond Painting

The 12" x 16" canvas and picture of Snoopy and Charlie Brown with the caption "I Love you to the Moon and Back" is a work in progress. 

Here is the layout tray I use for doing my diamond paintings. Each day I put about 1 hour of Diamond Painting and usually try to complete a section and/or colour.

I am up to #7 in this image and there is a lot of areas for that particular color. 

I purchased the tray at a Thrift Store for $2.  It is plenty big enough to hold the canvas along with the box of diamond dot bags. There is even more room for the tray and stylus pen along the side. I also have the light I use under the canvas. It is not turned on at this moment but I will share an image of that  in the future. 

he 12" x 16" canvas and picture of Snoopy and Charlie Brown with the caption "I Love you to the Moon and Back" is a work in progress.  I have now completed Color #7 which was the thicker layer of dark brown along the center top. The next color is going to be dark blue lettering. I use the light below to assist with this project.

The 12" x 16" canvas and picture of Snoopy and Charlie Brown with the caption "I Love you to the Moon and Back" is a work in progress.  I am now doing Colour #10 which is the letter 'L'. There is a lot of letter 'L's' so it will day more than a day.

I also located the Facebook Group printed on the canvas:

FACEBOOK GROUP for Diamond Dot Painting

I have made a short video to show how the light works under the Diamond Painting Canvas. If you CLICK HERE you will hear me explain some of the details.

I wanted to give you a nice closeup image of the area I did today and it is the lighter browns on Charlie Brown's face and just above. That area takes about an hour to do. 

I also wanted to mention that I do the color patterns in numerical order on the Table Key Color Codes. You do not have to do that. You can do row by row starting at the bottom or top or anywhere you want. IF you choose to do it that way, it means you may be using more than a few bags of diamond dots at the same time.

The way I do it means the plastic clear sheet is rolled back from all sides, becoming looser as I complete areas all over the canvas. That also leave room for dog/cat fur to sneak onto the sticky part of the canvas. A good pair of tweezers can pull that off.

IF you choose to start at the bottom (per say) then you can roll the clear plastic protector sheet up slowly  as you do each row.

That just means it's entirely up to you and do what is comfortable for you. Maybe you do not have any fur-babes with floating fur in the air...

I am now on color Key #12 of 18 and you can see Charlie Brown and Snoopy taking formation. Pardon the glare from the plastic protection sheet.

The canvas image is 16" x 12" and when I complete  it I will show you how I prepare and mount it for the wall.

I expect at the pace I am going it could take up to ten more days as the big areas are just upcoming.

Stay tuned for updates here and other Diamond Paintings I have already completed.

Titled: I Love You To The Moon And Back

Okay, here it is - all dotted! The 'I Love You To The Moon And Back' Diamond Painting is now completed and mounted onto foam board. 

You can see the image to the right does not appear clear or glittery but that's due to the way my phone cameras take photos.

Looking at it on my wall, it looks lighter and sparkly and clearer. I love it!

Below I will show you how I mounted it onto a foam board.

Above is the completed canvas  approximately  11.5" x 15.75" but the image actual size is just under 10" x 14". 

Below is the numbered bags of dot and you can see there is quite the surplus left over. I will be using these in an upcoming project.

Look carefully at where the arrows point. I have drawn 2 lines at each corner. Be ready to cut those corners out once you are ready to attach the back of the canvas edges to the foam board.

Use the following steps to easily mount your diamond painting project on your wall.

1. Gather the Supplies as indicted above.
2. Get the measurement of the exact Diamond painted area.
3. Use a pencil and ruler on your foam board to make the measurement square cutting line. I suggest all 4 sides be about 1/4" bigger around all 4 sides as they can always be custom cut before the actual mounting.
4. On the outer edge corners of the Canvas, cut out the corners so the four sides will flap over like gift wrapping - see to the right.
5. Once you have the approximate size of the canvas, 'field-fit' the Canvas and foam board to fit. First I folded the top over and taped only the top down. Then I went to the bottom and folded over the bottom. I made the adjustments by cutting the foam board to fit correctly - lining up the Diamond Dot edge to my cut. I did the same for both the sides.
6. Once you are satisfied that the canvas image fits nicely at the front of the project you may use the wide tape to seal down all the edges as shown in the image to the right.
7. Place the Hanging Strip into the center of the project at the back or slightly near the top as shown to the right. 
8. The final step will be the glue to stabilize the diamond dots into place. It is very smelly glue and needs to be used outside so I will get that done in the Summer. 

About these two glues. DO NOT USE the Elmer's Craft Bond for these Diamond Dot paintings as it will leave a milky coating and take away the Diamond glitter.

Now the Mod Lodge Super No-Shine is what worked quite well for me but that said, it appears to be not longer available in Canada. You may be able to locate it in the USA. 

I will have to try a new No-Shine Clear Coat this Summer.

Now the following 2 images share my collection of 27 more Diamond Painting projects I have plus below that, I have 4 that are on my wall to see every day. I have done more than a few others in the past.