DIY- intersecting circles wall art

This is one of the new pieces in our almost complete gallery wall in our kitchen.  I thought I'd go ahead and post about a few of the things now- and then again once complete {hopefully soon}.

Well I have to admit I am a little disappointed in the post I'm about to write.  When I started this project back in August- I took step by step pictures of the whole process....and well....now I can't find them.

So I'll work with what I have.  First of all- I first got the idea for this from this post from The Pleated Poppy.   She was inspired by this painting she saw at World Market. I thought- hey- I can do this!  haha.  Easier said than done.  ;)

No really- it wasn't that bad.  Just took me quite a bit longer to finish.  Mostly because I would start, then get distracted.

I did find these pictures from this post......but that's it!

So as you can see....I let Parker paint my base coat.  The first base coat- that is.  :)

I ended up using a 24x24 canvas that I got for 50% off at Michael's.

Then I found the circle that I was going to use for my template.  You could make them however big or small you want.  I ended up using one that had a diameter of 4.5 inches.

And with that measurement- I drew my gridlines.  I drew each square to be 2.25 inches- half of the diameter.

This is the part that is hard to visualize.  I used my gridlines to start drawing my circles.

I guess you can see the circles in the picture.

Then I just started painting....filling in the circles.

When I started out- I wasn't sure what colors I wanted to use.  I ended up purchasing these (half off).  Thinking that I would use them all.  And I did.  Initially.  Then after stepping back and looking at my work- I painted over some of the sections and ended up with what I have.

And it goes great with our newly painted kitchen table!

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