August 22, 2012

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."

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10 comments:

  1. This was such a cute post! I love your daughter's insight :) I found you via Welcome Wednesday. I'll be reading along now.

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      Rhiannon

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  2. Your daughter is one smart cookie. And this turned out so awesome. I'm glad I'm not the only one who has to do things old school.

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    1. Thank you, Emily. I take it you don't have a Cricuit or a Silhouette (or the like) machine either? I would LOVE one and I know some projects would be so much easier with one - but I just have to make do. I hope everything is going well for you this week.
      Rhiannon

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  3. Haha! The minds of toddlers never cease to amaze me! (I know mine is constantly surprising me with the things that come out of his mouth). I never thought of using pencil shading and tracing!!! This is a huge lifesaver (yes, I do things the old-fashioned way, too)! I would have meticulously cut out the letters and then traced them. Thank you for the tip! (I'm going to be "pinning" it!)

    Christine
    threegentlemenandalady.blogspot.com

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  4. You have a very steady hand! Looks nice. Like the colors
    a lot!

    Crystelle
    http://www.crystelleboutique.com/

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  5. this looks great and your daughter is quite right! very clever!
    Thanks for stopping by, i have just become your newest follower and am looking forward to more posts!

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  6. This looks great! Nice job on the letting! Love the yellow :)

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  7. What a great tutorial! It looks amazing. And I love the story behind the scrambled words :)
    I go to a crafts group at my church (with a bunch of grandmas--they love my daughter) and this would be great to do there. Tedious painting like that is relaxing!

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  8. Thank you - you must be proud of your daughter! :) Little ones are often so wise. This is a great idea! (Glad I found you via the To Sew With Love blog hop.)

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