Happy April Vacation!

My plan was to post a non-school-related artsy-craftsy do-it-yourself-y creation a day, Monday-Friday, over April vacation to celebrate our freedom.  You know the moment you realize you've wasted your vacation watching TV and sleeping?

It's Thursday.  But I have one!  One little craft I did over vacation.  Maybe by Sunday, I'll have a decent number of posts and won't be so ashamed.  For now, you'll have to enjoy my simple painting.

I printed out a picture of Massachusetts and traced it in pencil on my Walmart canvas.  I picked yellow acrylic paint for a background color because I like it and it was handy.  I painted the yellow around the state, using the tiniest brush to get it all the details around the harbor and islands.

I let the paint dry, which didn't take too long, and erased all the pencil.  Then came the blue for the state! Again, I selected the color because it was handy, and I like blue, and it goes with yellow.  My old elementary school colors were blue and gold.  Maybe those colors are deeply embedded in my psyche.

Again, I used my tiniest paint brush for the details.  While that dried, I found some crinkly deep pink paper from a stationery collection and cut out a small heart.  You could also take some construction paper and crumple it with your hands.  I took my Tacky Glue and glued it over my beloved Boston.

I've seen paintings of states done with the heart cut out or painted on, but I wanted to be creative and 3D.  I'm also really into appliques right now.

I've had a few glasses of wine.

Final product again, this time hanging on my dark blue wall:

Artistic style:

That's my lamp.

Bye!