Do I like real life birds? Eh. Not particularly. I can take them or leave them.
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I stumbled upon a youtube cover of Beyonce's "Single Ladies" called "If you like it then you should have put a bird on it (All The Seagull Ladies)." The cover is... well, interesting. As for Beyonce's version, I'll let dance her dancing speak for itself...
Do I like cutting birds out of magazines? You betcha.
My dad purchased a canvas years ago and never used it. So recently, on a whim, I decided to rescue it from project purgatory - how nice of me! Also, hello -- free canvas? Yes please. But whatsagirltado with a blank canvas? In this case, my answer began when a little birdy whispered in my ear (see what I did there?). Suddenly I was cutting bird shapes out of magazines...
But I wanted more color. Maybe I should have stopped there (I almost like it more in this simple form) but I was on a roll and simply could. not. stop. So I taped up the canvas with random intersecting lines using painter's tape, found some acrylic paint, and went at the canvas with a sponge.
Initially I was considering painting every block of canvas a different color. To be honest, I never purposely abandoned that idea -- I just forgot about it once I was attacking the canvas with paint.
I got a little impatient and busted out the hair dryer... |
Once the canvas was dry, I peeled the tape off and glued the birds on with rubber cement (love that stuff). Spray adhesive would have been better, but I didn't have any on hand and by this point in the project it was past 10pm.
Now it hangs beautifully in my room! :)
Yay birds!
I stumbled upon a youtube cover of Beyonce's "Single Ladies" called "If you like it then you should have put a bird on it (All The Seagull Ladies)." The cover is... well, interesting. As for Beyonce's version, I'll let dance her dancing speak for itself...
Aren't blank canvases fun. I love to hand mine over to my kids and let them go crazy. We have some great artwork now.
ReplyDeleteI love your birds.
Ooh, I love this! Turned out great :)
ReplyDeleteI love the difference your white stripes make in this! It turned out great!
ReplyDeletewe have similiar tastes:
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Wait till you what I post on the next Frugal Girls link party!
This just in:
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