Since moving the rooms around, the living room has looked a little barren, especially the big blank wall behind the tv.
I wanted to cover a most of the wall, and I would have liked a gallery grid wall, but I don't want to put a ton of holes in the walls of our rental, and I don't have lots of identical large frames with white mats. I did, however, have a 48x60 canvas and a bunch of paint in the garage. I bought another 48x60 canvas on sale at Michaels with a coupon for $43, plus a package of paint rollers for $8. Voila, limited only by my own creativity.
I wanted something white and bright, to distract from the hideous beige walls. I thought about trying my hand at an abstract painting, but they are a lot harder than they look.
Instead I collected as many blue paints as I could find in the garage, a couple of reds, pinks and greens, and made my bazillionth splatter painting.
I made the paintings as a diptych. (Not a true diptych, they aren't hinged together, but they are two separate pieces connected as one image.) I painted a base coat of white, then laid the canvases together touching side by side, and started painting.
Good enough for the army, as the saying goes.
I wanted to cover a most of the wall, and I would have liked a gallery grid wall, but I don't want to put a ton of holes in the walls of our rental, and I don't have lots of identical large frames with white mats. I did, however, have a 48x60 canvas and a bunch of paint in the garage. I bought another 48x60 canvas on sale at Michaels with a coupon for $43, plus a package of paint rollers for $8. Voila, limited only by my own creativity.
I wanted something white and bright, to distract from the hideous beige walls. I thought about trying my hand at an abstract painting, but they are a lot harder than they look.
Instead I collected as many blue paints as I could find in the garage, a couple of reds, pinks and greens, and made my bazillionth splatter painting.
I made the paintings as a diptych. (Not a true diptych, they aren't hinged together, but they are two separate pieces connected as one image.) I painted a base coat of white, then laid the canvases together touching side by side, and started painting.
Good enough for the army, as the saying goes.
Good enough. Certainly distracts me from both the beige and the TV!
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