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DIY - Organizing a Copaint event
DIY - Organizing a Copaint event
Let's prepare your next Copaint event!
Step #1 Depending on your party size, select your favorite Copaint digital design(s) from our Design Store.
Step #2 Print your squares with our free Squares' Generator tool 🤖 ✄.
Step #3 Gather art supplies and prepare your canvas!
DIY is not your style? Contact us for a custom package!
- Identifying your perfect design(s) size
Copaint Classics refers to our larger designs, while Copaint Mini designates smaller designs, supporting cozier copainting gatherings.
- Choosing a design
Browse our Design Store or get a design of your own! Once you've found one you like, save it on your computer (right click "Save Image As..."): you'll need it below to generate your custom copaint-design.pdf file.
2. Turning your design(s) into ready-to-draw paper squares
2. Turning your design(s) into ready-to-draw paper squares
Let's create your own printable digital pattern!
🤔 Nothing showing up above? Don't worry! Our tool might be asleep when you land here 😴... it just needs 3 minutes to wake up! 🤖
Take a power break to concentrate your creative energy, and reload the page ⏳
3. Preparing your squares & canvas
3. Preparing your squares & canvas
Squares
Squares
▢ Print your freshly generated copaint-design.pdf file(s) double-sided along the long edge, no margin.
For backup, we recommend printing an extra copy too.
▢ Cut the squares using the cutting grid on the back of the design.
▢ Select a lovely bowl or box for your guests to draw the squares from.
Canvas
Canvas
▢ Buy a canvas that respects your design's size (length to width ratio). You'll find recommendations in the art supplies section below 👇
▢ Trace a grid on your canvas. Use a lead pencil, keeping the lines as light as possible.
▢ Number and underline the canvas squares, starting with 1 in the top left corner, numbering left to right, up to bottom. Keep the markings as light as possible.
For complete setup info, check our art supplies section below👇 !
We recommend printing painting tips for your guests too 🖌️🎨
Additional resources for your Copaint event
Additional resources for your Copaint event
💡 Printing Painting Tips for your guests 🖨️
💡 Printing Painting Tips for your guests 🖨️
🎨 Gathering Art Supplies 🖌️
🎨 Gathering Art Supplies 🖌️
Stop by your local art supply shop: they’ll have everything you need! - they also sell individual canvases, which are usually only sold in bulk online.
Home Supplies
▢ Disposable plates (x10) — To use as paint palettes 🎨
▢ Cups for water (x6) — For rinsing brushes 🫧
▢ Paper towel (a full roll) — For cleaning the brushes, and your hands 🧻
Pro Art Supplies
▢ Acrylic paints — We recommend using only primary colors (red, yellow and, blue), plus black and white, to spark creativity and encourage one-of-a-kind homemade blends. 🧑🎨
Get good quality paint, it will make a huge difference for the end CoPaint.
▢ A set of brushes — Various sizes for detail and broad strokes 🖌️
▢ A 100% cotton, primed and stretched canvas — Read more below 👀
Canvas Size
Choose a canvas that respects your design's ratio! Its size is up to you. The side length of each painted square is ideally around 3".
For 2:3 ratio Wedding designs, we recommend a 24" by 36" stretched canvas and a 6 x 9 grid (54 squares).
For Copaint Mini 3x4 formats (12 squares), we recommend a 6" by 8" canvas. An 8" by 12" can work too.
For Copaint Mini 3x3 formats (9 squares), we recommend an 8" by 8" stretched canvas, but any square canvas between 6" x 6" and 9" x 9" will work too.
For Copaint Mini 2x2 formats (4 squares), we recommend a 6" by 6" canvas. Again, any square canvas between 6" x 6" and 9" x 9" will work too.
Brand Recommendations
🎨 We’ve used Liquitex or Amsterdam acrylic paints in past events, both of which we highly recommend.
🖌️ As for canvases and brushes, we don’t have any specific brand recommendations — go with what feels right for you!
☝️ General instructions
☝️ General instructions
copaint-instructions.pdfcopaint.mini-instructions.pdfcopaint-supplies_3:4-ratio_4x6-grid.pdfcopaint.mini-supplies_square-ratio_3x3-grid.pdfAnd let's copaint! Have fun!!
👀 please share your art too! #copaint #copaint-art
Key Figures to keep in mind
Key Figures to keep in mind
Painting a square takes an average of 15 to 20 minutes per painter
Up to five or six guests can copaint at the same time on a single canvas (for Copaint Classic formats). The canvas should be laid flat on a table and accessible from all sides
Two to three guests can paint at the same time on a Copaint Mini format
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