Courtney tries to make wall art part 2.

I was inspired by this design which they were inspired by a World Market image. The pinterest that I originally found said they used paint chips but actually for this she hand painted the circles. However, since I didn't visit the site and read all the info before I started I had already picked out paint chips to use and decided I didn't trust my unsteady hand to make images that were remotely circularly quite the way my scrapbook circle cutter would :) 

 1. Assemble your supplies: Paint chips (free at your local hardware stores!), circle cutters, cutting mat, canvas, mod podge, paint, paintbrushes

2. I used Creative Memories circle cutting set. The smallest two inner circles and alternated what sizes I cut from each of my paint chips. 

3. Ta Da! Circles galore!

4. I used black acrylic paint and a thin slanted brush (it came in a Crayola 5 brush set) to make my branches

5. Place your circles where you want them & adhere with mod podge. Paint a thin layer of podge over top of the whole canvas (emphasis on THIN!).  Place a piece of parchment paper over top and the put thick books on top. Let it dry for 15-20 minutes. This will help keep the paint chips from peeling up. 

My smaller, two-piece version. 

Courtney tries to make wall art.

Everyone who knows me knows that while I may be creative or pretty decent at mimicking art work, I am NOT an artist. Probably the furthest thing from one but I took a Right brain/Left brain test the other day and well now I understand why :) Nonetheless, I've realized how sparsely decorated my apt is with the exception of my living room and can't bring myself to buy anything because it's so dang expensive. I've seen a couple projects on pinterest (of course!) and decided that I would try to make my own. Here's what I created for my bedroom:

Step 1: Find an image you like. The pinterest that I saw used this pattern so I went to the website and I got it. It can be found here.
Step 2: Place parchment paper over top of the image. Trace the image with glue.
Step 3: Let the image dry and you will be left with clear outlines of the original image.
Step 4 (this isn't really shown in the image above): Peel off the image from the parchment paper. I recommend doing this one piece at a time and placing it on your canvas by looking at the original image. Once they are arranged how you want them use mod podge to adhere them to the canvas.
Step 5: Paint the entire canvas one color.
Step 6: Ta Da!

I have plans to make a second one but even though it was a simple project it was quite tedious.