Scrambled Wall Art {Word Painting Tutorial}

I've been creating more wall art...of words.  I guess I have a thing for word art lately.

I recently posted about "sprucing up" the kitchen.  I decided the walls needed a bit of love...something to fill them up.  I have a really hard time with art.  My favorite things to put on the walls are family photos and photos of the kids.

Since my style and "likings" change so frequently I decided to make my own artwork for the kitchen.

I decided to make my own "eat. pray. love" sign...you might notice the words are scrambled up {there's an explanation at the end of this post}.

Here's how I made my sign...

I had a leftover canvas board from my daughter's "art party".

I painted the entire canvas a solid color {gray in my case}.

Next, I printed the words I wanted to paint on my canvas from my computer/printer in the font and size that I wanted them to be on my sign.

On the backside of my paper printed words, I shaded the entire area with a pencil.  Like this...

Once I decided on placement for each word, I placed the paper right side up on my canvas and traced each letter with a pen.  This left a pencil marking of each letter on my canvas.

I then painted in each letter with a fine tipped brush {it took a couple of coats}...

Voila...done!  Well...I would like to find a white frame for it and then I need to hang it...then it will be "done".

Now...I know the saying is "eat. pray. love.", but when I was printing out my words and deciding on the positioning, my daughter was looking on to see what I was doing.

When I told her what it would say, she commented that she didn't think it was right.

I of course asked "why?".

And she responded..."well, you're supposed to pray before you eat"...yes, she's correct {that's how we do it in our home}.

After I agreed, she continued "and loving people is more important than eating"...right again.

So, in this kitchen, we do "pray. love. eat."