Hi friends! I’m currently prepping for this event next weekend! I’m excited to get my art out into the community and connect with other people.
I haven’t actually painted on canvas in quite some time. I have canvases I’ve prepped and are waiting patiently for me to play with them, but I have been feeling too intimidated to start. I went to the store to pick up some paint and saw these small canvas magnets. They had different shapes and I thought they were cute and that it would be a fun way to get back into painting.
I wanted to do a northern lights scene here but didn’t have the colors I wanted, so this is what came out instead.
I loved how the blue mountain turned out, so I did another one. I wanted to do fun pops of color.
I wanted to do another fun scene with punchy colors.
Someone suggested a tropical scene, so I gave that a go here.
The day after I painted the first 4, I wanted to do another set. These are a work in progress…Or maybe they’re going to get painted over completely. The peach one on the right is okay, but the colors aren’t vibing with me as much..So I tried to play with purples. Again, they didn’t flow as much as the first set did.
So I decided to paint some disco balls instead!
I’ve painted some bigger disco balls on wood panels and love them so much! So I thought mini versions would be cute!
Doing these mini paintings helped me feel comfortable with painting again. Because they’re small, I couldn’t put in too much detail, which is a good thing that helped pull me out of this painting block. It’s also really satisfying to me that I have 6 new paintings done. I love how they turned out! Which one is your favorite? :)
I’m going to keep on painting. I have more of those little magnets in different shapes, but those larger canvases are warming up to me again. I have another week before the show and I just want to create my heart out until then. I’ll let ya’ll know how it goes. <3