I'm not an artist and I won't even pretend to be one. I took art classes all throughout grade school and I couldn't ever get my drawings to look right. I can't paint beautiful landscape settings or gorgeous portraits. What I can do is blend colors together and let my emotions guide the brush.
Abstract art is something that I've been drawn to for as long as I
can remember. I'm a very visual person, but I also look for art that
evokes some feeling of emotion, which I think most people do. That's
why when I painted this canvas, rather than focusing on making it really
pretty and perfect, I let my emotions take control and it resulted in a
piece of art that I love and am proud of, because it represents me and
how I was feeling when I painted it. I was able to transfer those
emotions from myself to the canvas and, to be honest, they weren't the
best feelings, so when I was done, I actually felt a lot better. Maybe I
need more painting in my life?
I found this canvas with
an old painting on it at our local antique shop. It measures 38x22 and I
loved it for it's size. The painting on it had a lot of damage to it
and it was actually painted on some paper that was attached to the
canvas and there was no signature or name of any kind, so we couldn't even contact the artist because none of us knew who it was made by. It was ripping off all the way around and it was just in really
terrible shape. I bought it for $7, which I think I could have bought it
for even less, but the guy was asking $10 and I'm terrible at haggling,
so I still consider this a great deal.
See that damage? I didn't get a picture of the painting, but it was
even worse. The canvas itself, however, even with the stains, was still
in good enough condition to be painted over.
The canvas was pulling away from the wood frame, so I went all the
around with a hot glue gun to secure it down. Then I wiped down the
canvas front and back and the frame with a damp cloth to remove any dust
or other loose particles. After it was clean and dry, I painted the
entire thing white, including around the edges so that it would have a
crisp look. I used
Delta Creative Ceramcoat in white to cover the canvas as well as in my actual painting. The other colors I used were
Metallic 14K Gold by Delta Creative, and
Zinc,
Navy Blue, and
Warm White by Americana.
Here's the finished product. I love that it's totally unique and custom
made, but like I said, what I love most about it is that it reflects me
and that I actually painted something I like!
