Friday, December 16, 2011

the Mighty One Christmas wall art

So.  I wanted to make a collage art piece, using this verse: 

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Only here’s the thing.  I had a general idea of how I wanted it to end up, but not a clue how to get from idea to finished painting…

Started with a board and used gel medium to glue old phone book pages all over the top and sides of the board:

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After it dried, painted it with gesso and added some shading around the edges with brown:

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When I got to the actual painting part, I realized, hey, I have NO idea how best to go about this.

And thus ensued a massive amount of trial and error. 

At which point I decided it would be best to leave the art tutorials to the um, actual artsy type peoples of the world.

So just picture lots of:  a) painting and b) repainting… mmkay?

Anyway.  This is how it ended up:

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It was fun trying something new and I will give it another shot sometime :)

Merry Christmas!

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7 comments:

  1. RebeccaDecember 16, 2011 at 3:26 PM

    This is beautiful! Just beautiful.

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  2. aniCDecember 16, 2011 at 6:34 PM

    Love it, love the verse. Turned out way better than the collage art that I did, but wasn't planning to do. haha

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  3. Kerryanne @ Shabby Art BoutiqueDecember 17, 2011 at 5:14 PM

    This is so beautiful and perfect Shelley.
    I'd love it if you could link this up at my Christmas Inspiration party at http://shabbyartboutique.blogspot.com/2011/12/inspiration-friday_16.html

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  4. SondraDecember 18, 2011 at 5:49 PM

    I LOVE this painting, it is beautiful!

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  5. Jennifer @Miss Maggie's PlaceDecember 18, 2011 at 9:55 PM

    Very pretty. :)

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  6. Jodi@ underthegeorgiasun.comDecember 20, 2011 at 8:43 AM

    LOVE THIS! I love doing collage art.

    your font is cool and I love the colors. very, very cool!

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  7. Jennifer {Studio JRU}December 28, 2011 at 5:03 PM

    Wow... this is so beautiful! What a precious Christmas art piece. I love what Mary is wearing... it is so pretty! :)

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