Diamond Painting has become the best activity to exercise your creative expression and flex those crafting muscles.
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DIAMOND PAINT DIVA·MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2020·
What is Diamond Painting? Diamond Painting, is a new DIY form of craft, suitable for everyone and any age. As a crafter (especially if you do cross-stitch) you may have heard of it, but most peopl
e probably haven’t. Diamond Painting can change your life forever! I hope it does yours too! Diamond Painting is relaxing, enjoyable and makes you feel great when you finish a canvas. Ok? So what is it? Well, it’s similar to cross-stitch and paint-by-numbers, but anyone can use it to create a dazzling DIY work of art. You take a picture and divided into a grid pattern that’s printed on canvas. By placing a combination of small diamond like gems called diamond drills over the grid pattern, you recreate the art and give it a whole new dimension! The idea behind Diamond Painting (much like cross-stitch) is to be the artist while you relax and engage in something that’s creative and satisfying. Whether you’re a craft beginner or a seasoned pro you will love taking images and turning them into your own custom artwork. Each square of the grid contains a symbol (much like cross-stitch), letter, or number assigned to a specific DMC cross-stitch color. The way you know which DMC cross-stitch code goes to which color diamond is by using a color chart. The color chart is usually printed on the border of the artwork in the area surrounding the diamond painting. Craftibly also includes a custom printed sheet for convenience. It displays a small image of the project and a large format chart with symbols and matching DMC number. Each pack of diamond drills has the DMC number printed on them. I find them super easy to read/identify. Just double check your chart. Glue won’t be needed to add the drills to the canvas because an adhesive holds each diamond you paint into place. You shouldn’t need extra diamonds because our kits come with all the drills to complete the project. What is the Difference Between Diamond Painting and 5D Diamond Painting? There isn’t really a difference in how you do a regular Diamond Painting and 5D Diamond Painting. It’s a difference between the diamonds used to create your masterpiece. Regular diamonds used in older paintings have fewer facets on them, while newer 5D diamonds are updated with more facets for the ultimate sparkle! What is Full Drill Diamond Painting? This type of painting just means you fill the entire art board area with your diamond drills. It differs from “partial drill” which means some of the painting is left alone as printed artwork and other parts of the painting have the diamond drills applied. The drills themselves also can be round or square. Square drills take up much more surface area and fit edge to edge with no breaks. In a full drill Diamond Painting square drills are very impressive and favored by most serious crafters. What Do I Need to Get Started Diamond Painting? When you buy a DIY Diamond Painting Kit it comes with everything, a diamond painting art pen, a comfort grip, a white tray with a funnel, pink pen wax, storage bags, and a free pair of tweezers. The diamond pen included is used to pick up diamond drills and paint them onto the matching symbol with different tips. To pick up a diamond drill with the diamond pen you must first press one of the tips of the pen into the new pen wax which is just sticky enough to hold the diamond while you place it on the canvas. The tray included with each new kit is used to hold and separate drills as you paint. Tiny ridges on the bottom of the tray help to flip diamond drills over when softly shaking the tray as well as guide the drills into convenient rows. This makes painting easier and faster. The funnel at the end of the tray is perfect for pouring extra diamond drills into a new storage bag or container. Tweezers included in most kits are used for two relatively different painting applications. Some use them in place of the diamond pen, but they are more commonly used to either straighten rows or remove drills that went on a little crazy. Other tools great for diamond painters can be purchased including storage containers, multi-placers, light boards, magnifiers, and rollers. Each is used to make this new hobby easier and more convenient. For example, multi-placers pick up more than one diamond drill at a time. This allows for painting large areas of a specific color quickly while keeping your drills in a straight line. There are always new types of Diamond Painting storage available. These come in handy when completing a large Diamond Painting. Many crafters prefer to do their paintings in sections, which means opening several colors at a time. Storage lets you save them for later use when you’re further along in the painting. A Diamond Painting storage container or carrier also allows you to store diamond drills in a compact and organized way. No messy craft room here (cough, mhm, cough)! It is important to remember and label which color diamond drill is in which storage container. So don’t forget labels. Diamond Painting is easy but I had to learn to stay organized.
