Vacation Art

Kenny and I took a week off work with plenty of plans until I sprained my ankle and can't really get around much.  So...what that means is lots of movies, books and some crafting. 

I always remember to take a before photo after I already started the project.  So, unfortunately, you can't see what this looked like prior to my new art work.  Basically, it was a black/white photo of dry soil and an old nail laying on the dirt.  I know, random, but I bought it from the local thrift store because it was so unusual.  I think the photo was called "Desert Nail"...yeah, that creative.  LOL

Anyhow the photo is 16x20 matted in a 24x30" frame.  I kept the white matting but painted some fuchsia strokes around where the artwork will be.  Then, I grabbed my blue scraps and started tearing strips of paper.  The strips were glued to the entire 16x20 piece of paper, covering the original photo.

I put some antique white acrylic paint randomly on it, brown ink and even stamped some music notes and swirls - just randomly all over.

Then, I picked a quote.  I used my Calligraphy and my Plantin Schoolbook cricut cartridges to cut the letters.

After adhering the quote, I grabbed green and pink paints and started doodling.  I don't like the green swirl because it looks too much like a flower stem and that's not what I wanted.  But I tried covering it a little with some torn up dictionary and even with a little paint, but I just couldn't change it enough to make me happy.  Oh well...I still like the way it turned out.

Here it is:

and here

Lesson learned:  Some times random is fine, but in other cases, it helps to plan a little.  I think I should have planned a little more and I probably would be happier with the final result.  But, I still like it :)

Now, where to hang it?  It does not match any color scheme in my house!