Showing posts with label Paint It. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paint It. Show all posts

Friday, April 22, 2016

DIY super hero paintings!

When we were redoing our boys' room, it was all about SUPER HEROES!!


I am extremely cheap resourceful.  I'm not oozing with artistic talent, but I knew that with the right motivation, I could do damn near anything I set my mind to. What was said motivation, you ask? Finding out that artwork would be around $20 for 1 picture. I searched everywhere! So, I knew that it was up to me.

My guys don't have any specific hero that they are obsessed with, that made things easier.

 
I knew a few things:
  • I wanted them to be cheap inexpensive
  • I wanted them to look good
  • I wanted them to be relatively easily identifiable

Being on the cheap thrifty side, I didn't want to pay $5 for canvases. I'm just sayin' who knew how these things were going to turn out! 
Now, please, I ask kindly that you don't judge me....(you just put on your judgmental glasses, didn't you?) Well, here goes, I used pizza boxes. Yeah, that's right!  Come on, not the greasy bottom, I only used the tops. They only have a LITTLE bit of cheese residue on them. PLUS, I let the dog lick it clean - I DO have standards! 


So,  once the boxes were clean and dry, from the dog of course, I got my acrylics and went to work! I was able to find some REALLY simple symbols online - THANK YOU PINTEREST! Here's a link to my pinterest page with tons of superhero stuff..boy's room

Tiny Prints - Birth Announcements and More


Here they are, hanging together. I am pretty happy with how they came out. Maybe someday I will do them on canvases. 
Yeah, probably not!

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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Superhero City Scene completed!

When I started redesigning our boys' room I knew it had to have a super hero theme. My guys love everything super hero related, so there was no going wrong!
I spent countless hours searching the internet for some sort of direction. I really was hoping to find a diagram or something that would REALLY dumb the process up for me.
 
I soon came to accept that I was going to have to wing it.  I have never done anything like this before. I mean, I've painted walls, lots of walls, but never anything that required any level of creativity.
I started at the doorway, and with my roll or painters tape, I started taping off buildings. There was no rhyme or reason to it, I just tried to make them different sizes and through in random shaped buildings. I had the grey paint left from painting their beds. I mixed some to make some of the buildings darker and some lighter. We had this pass through that we cut into the wall that I wanted to incorporate into the super hero theme. It is far from perfect, but it was the last thing I did and honestly, I was kinda over the entire thing.
 
Once I had the buildings completed, I used yellow and white paint to add windows. Again, no rhyme or reason, I just picked places here and there and threw up a window. I also used some glow in the dark paint but they never seem to glow. I guess they never get enough bright light to juice them up.
 
 
This took FOREVER. I was anxious and wanted to see the final product. Through the entire ordeal (yes, it was an ordeal) I never felt confident that I would like it. I actually was quite confident that even after the painstaking hours that I had put into this project, I would likely be painting over the entire thing.
 
I added Superman like beacons with Liam and Logan's names in each one. That was a HUGE pain in the butt! The angled wall made it difficult to paint the oval and names. My arms were KILLING me!!
 
ABCmouse.comThe final touch was adding silhouettes of superheroes.  I was able to find these online, with  some patience and a lot of time.  Liam helped me figure out just the right place for each hero.
In the end, TOTALLY worth it. They LOVE it. So, I LOVE it! Liam likes to makes up stories with each of the heroes. Logan likes to hang in his hammock and pretend he is flying over the city.
If you are considering tackling something like this, I say, GO FOR IT!! If you have any questions, let me know, I'm glad to help anyone bring this happiness to their lil' superhero!



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