REVAMP LIKE A CHAMP

I took a shot at my first abstract painting earlier this year, and with absolutely no direction as to how one should go about doing this, it was only after I started plastering my thumbprints on the canvas that I wondered if I’d gone a bit too far. The product of my ooze of inspiration did not reveal any concept at all, it was too abstract to sustain attention, it wasn’t something that I wanted to look at. And so a few months later, I gave it a makeover. Now I find it to be quite mesmerizing.

The How To:

1) Create or get hold of a colourfully painted canvas.

2) Use masking tape to create a pattern of choice.

3) Then paint the entire canvas white. I used acrylic paint.

4) Remove the masking tape while the paint is still wet (with the aid of a pin I could lift up the tape pieces quite easily).

Another one for my wall ;)

Egging the Canvas

I wonder what that group of jolly individuals was doing when they created the word ‘FUN’ because this might have been it? Antonie calls it: Egging the canvas. 

After spending some moola on a canvas and eating egg-smoothies for a week, we had all the equipment needed for this activity. You don’t need skills or even paintbrushes to paint this masterpiece!

We filled some egg shells with paint (we used acrylic and stirred in a few drops of water to make it splash-ready). Then we positioned our canvas against a black-bag-covered wall and got our game faces on.

Truly fun and makes a great piece for the wall too ;)