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!
