If you are friends with me on Facebook, you have probably already seen this but I think it needs its own blog. No, it DESERVES its own blog! Seriously, I can do pretty much anything crafty that I see but I am usually hilariously bad at painting and drawing. Jack just got into super-heroes and he absolutely LOVES The Avengers, so I really wanted to make some cool art for his room. After some research, I saw this print: http://society6.com/product/Avengers-Assemble_Print and I loved it but I really wanted something that painted and on a large canvas, so I decided to do it myself.
*cue dramatic music*
I went to the local art store and played with the owner's dogs while she helped me pick out some colors and canvasses and gave me some tips on not completely screwing everything up and then I went home to draw everything out. That is where I had problems because our tape measure is imperial and the canvas is measured in centemeters. Which is just lovely because it isn't an even conversion. After much swearing and help from Garry, I started by measuring and carefully drawing out the background scheme:
After that, I drew in all of the characters. I did that over 2 days:
For those who are unfamiliar, from the top down is: Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Black Widow and Hawkeye. That was a giant pain. I used a compass for the circles and a straight edge of cardboard for the straight lines but I pretty much freehanded a good bit of it.
I started by painting the blue first (and painted a tiny bit of white on the "A" to see if I really needed to paint over the blank canvas. Hint: I totally did. :/
Next came the orange and I finished up with the white and then touch-ups. Here is the finished canvas!
I am so proud of this darn thing. It took 4 days and about 15 hour of work. Yes, that is a lot of time but it is my first "real" painting. I had planned to give it to Jack for Christmas but he came in and saw it right as I was finishing it...and I mean within the last 5 minutes of me working on it. He just stopped in his tracks when he saw it and his mouth actually hung open! I asked him "What do you think?" and he said "That is the best and coolest thing you have EVER done!" Ha! You can't beat that!
SO! Time to start the second canvas now. *groan* This one is going to be a biiiiiiiiiiiiitch because it is ALL circles. Seriously, I kind of dread this one. Circles are da debil. I think that the two pictures are so different that they will be kind of cool on the wall together. Here is what it might look like when I am finished:
Oh man. This is going to suck. So, here is the deal: Art stores expect you to mix a bunch of colors together to make the colors you need. Hahahahaaha, right? Every time I have tried that, I get one of two colors: gray or brown. Yellow and Red = Gray or Brown. Blue and Yellow = Gray or Brown. Blue and Red = Gray or Brown. You get the idea. My first two tries, I mixed black and white together and got an ugly gray and an ugly purple. Wait..purple? Yes! I don't know how I got purple with black and white but it happened. The third time, I mixed lots of white with a bit of orange and just a smidge of black and got an acceptable beige color for the background.
I used a paper towel to smear the paint over the canvas so that it has an uneven look like the background in the picture. After I did that, I added just a tiny bit more black and went back over the edges and corners so that it gets darker on the outer edges.
The weird spot in the middle is obviously the shadow of my and and the cell phone. Oh man, I hope this one turns out as cool as the other.
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