I am always trying to expand my craftiness. recently my mother moved and has several items in storage including items for her guest bedroom. So to get the room ready for guests she ran out and purchased the most appealing bed in a bag that she could find. However she found accessories for the room and things to put on the walls were lacking. Everything she found was rather pricey and it was driving me slightly nuts that she was considering on spending that kind of money on things she really didn't care about. So to solve her problem I offered up some of my water colors that are done and sitting in a drawer. 
After bringing back a set of pillow cases and realizing how modern this room was I did not think any of my water colors would work (they are mostly beaches, lighthouses, hot air balloons, that type of thing). With an art set sitting in my all purpose room screaming my name it did not take long to come up with the idea of designing and completing paintings for this room.
I bought some canvas and went to planning. Actually it did not take long for the idea to hit me. It took forever to find the time to do them. So in my traditional Christmas Eve Christmas morning project mode I set forth to do these paintings. I waited until midnight Christmas morning when my mother had fallen asleep (yes, I knew she was asleep because I could hear the snoring the entire time I did this), and gathered up my painting items and spread out across my kitchen. I set to work lining things up, matching colors, figuring out the design and then had at it. I mixed colors as I went and enjoyed the entire experience with the stripes and circles. 
I had also located some very small canvas that I used to paint a complementary design to go with the three other paintings. Although the lines are not perfect and the circles are not perfect I think that adds to the charm of the pieces. For my first acrylic paintings I am fairly pleased. The idea is that they can be hung together in a series or separately. Whatever mom would like to do.
I had also located some very small canvas that I used to paint a complementary design to go with the three other paintings. Although the lines are not perfect and the circles are not perfect I think that adds to the charm of the pieces. For my first acrylic paintings I am fairly pleased. The idea is that they can be hung together in a series or separately. Whatever mom would like to do.
By four a.m. the canvas was set out to dry in the multipurpose room and I was headed to bed, only to get up four hours later to open presents and present the artwork to my mother. At the end of the present session I made her close her eyes and I brought them out. She knew immediately that they were for her spare room and asked where I bought them from (which could be a sign she wanted to return them...) I told her I had painted them. She quizzed me on when did I have time to do it. I would not fess up on that one (of course if she reads this the jig is up). I did put them back out to determine if I like them or not and I think I do like them. I also think I may try this endeavor again in the future.
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I like the paintings. I am looking at doing the samething but w/ watercolour on a smaller scale. I like to make small paintings by using old cds to put the paintings on. Use the cd to trace a circle, pain ur picture, carefully cut it out, use acrylic spray(matte) to protect the watercolouring & use rubbercement on both the cd & the back of painting. Use a couple of heavy books for weight. After a couple of hours wa la.
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