Painting Disney Purses

November 8, 2023November 8, 2023 | Jasmin De Anda

Hello and welcome to my Blog! In this post, I’m going to show you how I took these purses and painted them with Disney characters!

the purses

A few months ago, I bought these cute purses through a wholesale website. When I first started selling on Etsy, I actually started with painting jackets and purses with different character art. My first sale was a green Loki jacket. But when I started painting wood letters, I left that behind and thought it was time to start again. Of course my first thought for these bags was Disney characters! I actually picked out characters for all six of the purses, but I painted two of them back in February and I got tired of waiting to release the video.

MATERIALS USED

Faux Leather Purses

Leather Filler

Angelus Leather Paint

Stencil Vinyl

Masking Tape

WHAT PAINT TO USE

With faux leather items, I always use Angelus leather paint. It’s a really great leather paint that is waterproof and scratch proof, and I can confirm I learned that the hard way when I messed up while painting a spider-man jacket. It only took me five seconds to get to the sink and by then it was already too late. But if you paint anything and make a mistake, rubbing alcohol is your best bet to get it removed. Let’s get onto the painting.

purse 1: Steamboat Willie

For the first purse, I really wanted something black and white. I had already decided that one of these bags would have Mickey Mouse, and with the black and white idea in my head, I started looking at steamboat willie pictures. But first, I wanted my bag to have a black border. I painted the edges past the stitching, making sure to get every side.

Normally when I paint on leather, I paint my sketch in white leather paint because it’s the easiest color to cover up, but I couldn’t exactly do that with a white purse. So I grabbed a pencil instead and got to work drawing. Unfortunately I couldn’t record this because the light made it hard to see my pencil lines and I had to get really close to paint it. With my sketch complete, it was time to paint!

Luckily I had all the colors so mixing paint wasn’t necessary. The colors I used were “Light Grey”, Dark Grey, and Black. With leather paint, it’s best to work in thin coats and to let them dry really well before painting the next coat. If you paint another coat too soon, sometimes it lifts the paint on the layer before and makes things really patchy.

pURSE 2: Stitch

For the blue purse, I thought it was just grey enough where I could paint Stitch. Lilo and Stitch was one of my favorite Disney movies as a kid, and I had the perfect picture for the bag. For this purse, I used Pale Blue, Light Blue, Hot Pink. For his ears, I did have to mix paint. I mixed together hot pink and lilac to get the perfect shade.

I then used burgundy for the inside of his mouth, white for the eyes of course, and Navy blue for the nose. For stitch’s teeth, I needed a yellowed white, so I mixed white, pale yellow, and some light grey. Finally it was time for the line art. I grabbed my fine point paintbrush and used my black paint to finish my painting.

I could have stopped here, but I couldn’t get this hawaiian flower pattern out of my head. Using the cricut design space, I uploaded a floral pattern and made this stencil, making sure I had a circle opening at the center for the magnetic clasp. I cut the stencil on stencil vinyl and weeded out the pattern then used masking tape to transfer the stencil to the bag. Whenever I use stencil vinyl to paint, I never use a paint brush.

Using a paint brush always makes it streaky and more likely to bleed under the stencil. I love using makeup sponges to stamp on the paint instead in order to get an even coat. Once I finished, I removed the stencil vinyl and used a paint brush and some rubbing alcohol to clean up the places where the paint bled through. You do have to work fast though because if you wait too long, the paint might not come off.

After I finished the purses, it was bothering me how noticeable the purse metal text was even covered in paint. I bought a paintable filler on the Angelus website and used my bone folder to fill in those spaces and try to get it as smooth as I could. All that was left was to repaint the covered section and the purses were finished!!

THE FINAL PRODUCTS!

What’s Next?

I am planning on painting the remaining bags eventually. I already have the characters mostly planned out. I have my sketches finished for Ursula, Hades, and Eeyore ready to paint.

I am selling these purses on my Stargazer Artistry Etsy, home to all geeky products.

I recently started a Patreon where I am uploading any stencils and images I use in these videos, but since I’m having a slow start, there isn’t much on there. But I’m excited to get it running. I really hoped you liked this video. If you did, please like it, and subscribe if you want to see when future videos are up. If you have any suggestions or requests for either DIY videos or characters you want me to paint, comment down below. Even though this isn’t exactly a tutorial, I do have all the materials I used linked down in the description. Thank you for watching and I’ll try to get the next tutorial uploaded soon. Bye.

Painting Animated Characters

April 11, 2023June 26, 2023 | Jasmin De Anda

I used to paint canvases all the time, I hadn’t in a few years. Since my painting skills have improved over the years, I decided it was time to get back to it.

Where do I get my canvases?

Michaels is a great source for good canvases, at least for someone who doesn’t paint exclusively for their career. They often have wonderful bulk discounts, and the canvases come primed, the corners are smooth, and the base is stretched tightly. Earlier last year, I purchased a 12-pack of 10″x10″ level 3 canvases for a great price, but they had been in their storage container for far too long.

Deciding what to paint

VANELLOPE (WRECK IT RALPH)

I knew I wanted to stick to animated characters, but I didn’t want to limit myself to a particular style. When I decided I was going to paint fictional characters, I asked my mom if she had a preference. She selected Vanellope von Schweetz as my first subject. For those of you who don’t know who that is, Vanellope is a quirky and energetic character from the Disney animated movie, Wreck it Ralph. She is an outcast racer in a racing arcade game with a candyland style. Since she is a 3-D animated character, I at first worried I would be unable to capture her energy and adorable appearance.

SESSHOMARU (INUYASHA)

Next I asked some friends to tell me who some of their favorite animated characters were. One of the girls recommended a few anime characters who were familiar to me. As soon as she gave me her list, I just had to paint Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru is a character from the Japanese anime, “Inuyasha”. He is the demon half-brother of the titular character. He is an antagonist at the start, but eventually became a common fan favorite due to a subtle shift in his nature. He was actually a little more difficult to paint because of the many line details, but I was happy with the result.

PIKACHU (POKEMON)

Another recommendation from a friend was to paint Pokemon characters. As someone who only watched the first two movies and played one of the nintendo ds games, but never watched the show very much, I am not familiar with many of the Pokemon. But it’s impossible not to know who Pikachu is, so I decided he would be the first to paint. Pikachi was definitely the easiest of these three characters to paint due to the simple 2-D animated style.

Capturing the process

Painting reels are everywhere, so I of course had to record my own. I’m still working on ways to improve how I record the process, but for now I was able to get some of Vanellope and Pikachu.

Where to find future Paintings

Of course I am planning on continuing to paint characters in the future, and hopefully improve the recording process. If you’re interested in seeing these youtube shorts in the future, you can find the link to my youtube channel on the homepage, or click here to find it.

If you aren’t interested in watching the videos, but do want to buy one of these paintings, you can find them on my other Etsy, Stargazer Artistry. The painting prices vary based on how much time was spent on them. Have a character you want to see painted? Comment below or on any of the youtube shorts. Want to order a custom character painting? Email me at stargazerartistryus@gmail.com or message my on the Stargazer Artistry Etsy.

“Be your own rainbow” painted faux leather purse tutorial

January 16, 2023 | Jasmin De Anda

Today I’m going to show you how I turned this cute faux leather purse into this adorable rainbow purse!

EQUIPMENT

Cricut Explore Air 2

Mini Iron Heat Press

MATERIALS USED FOR BAG

Angelus Leather Paint

–petal pink

–salmon

–pale yellow

–grinch green

–pale blue

–lilac

–pewter metallic

Glitter Siser HTV

-black

-silver confetti

Step 1: Sketch the outline

Using a pencil and ruler, measure the width of the purse base and separate it into six lines. Sketch the cloud shape and connect the lines to the cloud. Don’t worry about the pencil marks, the paint will cover them up later.

Step 2: Paint your bag

Using an angled paint brush, paint your stripes in rainbow order, one thin layer at a time, allowing each coat to thoroughly dry. This will ensure even coverage.

Using a fine point paint brush, outline the cloud with the “pewter” metallic gray paint for a more defined shape.

Step 3: Prepare your text file

Upload a picture of the bag onto procreate. Add your text and select the font you would like. Line the text the way you would like. Save the text only as a PNG file and convert it to an SVG using the convertio website. Want the SVG file shown on the video? Buy it here for $1

Step 4: Cut the text on a cricut machine

Upload the SVG file. Using the photo reference, estimate how large your file should be. Cut your glitter HTV to the correct size and place it on your cricut mat.

Remember to set the design to mirror. On the custom setting on the cricut dial, set the material to “Glitter HTV” then set the pressure to “MORE”. This will ensure the material cuts through.

Step 5: Prepare and apply the HTV

Using a pair of pointed tweezers, weed out the design.

Preheat your iron to the lowest setting. Since the quote is on the pouch portion of the purse, I placed my hardcase wallet inside in order to give me a hard surface.

Line up the design, then place a piece of parchment paper above the design for extra protection.

Working in ten second intervals, iron on the HTV onto the purse until the plastic easily lifts.

Results: One Adorable Rainbow Purse!!

And our project is complete! One adorable bright rainbow purse with shimmering vinyl.

If you don’t have the equipment or supplies to complete this project, this bag is available on our store stargazerlilyboutique.com. However, there is only one available, so get it before it’s gone!

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Painting Elephants

May 1, 2022 | Jasmin De Anda

Painting is something I haven’t done much of lately, but last week I was able to purchase three 30×40 inch stretched canvases from Michaels on a buy one, get TWO FREE deal! When I bought the canvases, I immediately had this elephant painting in mind.

Painting the Background…

I knew from the beginning that I wanted an effect similar to a marbled counter, but slightly more blended. The first step was to prime my canvas with a layer of gesso. Although the canvas was already primed, I always add another coat just in case. Next I prepped my temporary paper plate palette with lots of white paint, some grey, and a navy blue.

At first, I mostly dipped my large fluffy brush into the white, occasionally dipping my brush into the grey and blue, spreading the paint around to blend, then continuing to brush over the drying areas in a circular motion for that cloudy blue on the negative space.

I continued by building up my layers with blue and grey until I had something I liked (at least in the sections I knew wouldn’t be covered by the elephants I planned to paint). Once that was finished, I grabbed my small brush and added some metallic blue, and metallic gold paint, spreading it in a few sections to add a small shine. Then it was time for elephants!

Painting the Elephants…

I knew I wanted the background to show just a bit through the elephants. To achieve that, I watered down my grey in a plastic cup and painted a single layer, not worrying too much about streaks.

Once that was finished, I grabbed one of my small round brushes and continued to build up the grey in layers until I had the basic features of the elephant and let that dry. With that finished, it was time for the detail work. I prepped my paint, taking three small plastic cups; one with white paint, one with black, and one with a dark grey (all watered down of course). I began by adding my dark grey paint to the shaded areas, focusing on deepening the lines along the trunk. Next I used my black paint to really darken the shadows along the front of the elephant, dabbing my brush along the edges with whatever paint was left on the brush to add some texture. Finally I used white to add some highlights as well as fill in the tusks.