RE-crafting: Valentine Wall Art

MARTHA'S SCORE.  For her fabulous couples Valentine's Day party, discussed HERE , Martha wanted to put up some themed art on her wall.  The end result is above and in person, it is simply amazing.  Martha claims she has little artistic talent, but as you can see, that is not true.  Still, I admitted surprise at how great the project came out because even though she is very talented, this was so good, it looked like a professional artist did it.  Martha is sharing the details of how she made the art, in case someone else might like to try it.

INSPIRATION PIC.  Martha couldn't remember where she found this painting, but she did a google image search that brought it up and copied it to her computer.  The painting was for sale, but there was no way she could get it in time for the party, so she decided to try to MAKE something similar.

ART PROJECT SUPPLY LIST

Leftover  Yellow Spray paint from sconces

Leftover Black Spray paint from bulletin board

Red spray paint

off white spray paint

(happy accident that it "splattered")

Craft paints

turquoise

red

maroon

yellow

orange

green

Canvas 60" x 48"  from Michaels ($60 with coupon)

1 3" foam brush for the whole thing!  

No real technique...

Started with large heart in red spray paint

started adding other colors and "smudging" them together with foam brush

outlined hearts by squeezing a little red directly on canvas for shine and texture

ended with white splatter spray to highlight spots.

Took about 30-45 minutes.

Martha and her husband posing for a picture in front of her art right before the guests began to arrive for the party.

The art hanging in her living room above her sofa.

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