The Doctor - Dr. Who! Altered T-Shirt

Thanks to a lazy EBAY seller, my husband now has ART!

So the story begins with my husband's love and appreciation for Dr. Who, the BBC show that airs here in Canada too.  For Christmas, I went a little overboard and got him a Dr. Who magazine, episode guide, glossary of everything Dr. Who, and a T-shirt.  This is where I get MAD!

So, I found this great T-shirt on EBAY, and ordered it, no problem.  I contacted the seller to get the reduced shipping for combined purchases, and he was hard to get a hold of!  So finally, I just ended up over paying for shipping, hoping the guy would refund me, which he did.  Then I got the notice that he shipped it.  GREAT!  Wait, but not so great.  I didn't tell the guy what size I needed, nor did he take 1 minute to email me to ask me what size I needed.  I figured he would send me a large and I'd live with it.

SO WHAT DID THE GUY SEND ME?  Great question.

AN EXTRA LARGE! 

WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH AN EXTRA LARGE when my husband is a

SURE MEDIUM.

Then the light bulb moment!

ART

I have GESSO and a CANVAS, I have GLUE, I have SHIMMERZ, I have some cool Tim Holtz metal pieces, and I have UTEE.

So I cut the t-shirt, stapled it to the back of a Dollar Store canvas and went at it.  First, GESSO paint.  I painted only where I wanted to cover the grey and add text.   I found some t-shirt transfer paper at Walmart for Ink Jet printers.  PERFECT!  I found this Dr. Who quote on-line from the trailer of the first season (new version) and ironed it right onto the t-shirt, so that it looks infused on there.  Then I  went CRAZY with Shimmerz spritz' (Eucalyptus and Licorice).  Then came the metal and coats of Ranger's multi-medium gloss to help everything stick!

 

As you can see from the t-shirt, the phone booth had no color, so I used acrylic paint to add color here and there.  Then I coated the tardis (phone booth) with Versamark ink and UTEE and melted 3 coats on there so the box would appear shiny.   I also colored the top light with a COPIC marker.

Here is the NOT SO ATTRACTIVE back, all stapled.  :)

So take heart people!  If you have an un-loved t-shirt, go ahead and alter it on canvas!