Eva's Painting

I'm still working on the finishing touches in Eva's room....but I thought I would go ahead and share the painting I did with all of you. I apologize for the quality of the pictures...they look pretty washed out! Anyway, here is the painting:

Many of you had questions as far as how I knew what to use to paint. I'll be real honest...I had no clue. I'm kind of a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants kind of girl when it comes to stuff like this. I get an idea in my head and just follow my heart. The last painting I did I used acrylic paint and even though I loved the way it turned out, it was very hard to blend. I knew I wanted a much softer feel for the painting in Eva's room so I used watercolors. I loved working with watercolors and would probably recommend them to anyone that may be trying this for the first time.

Before starting I usually color the picture I have in my head on paper. And when I say "color" it...I mean it! Both paintings I have done were first colored with crayons while Eva, Jaden, and I were playing. I then looked on the Internet for some advice on how to work with watercolors, but I just got a little freaked out because they were going on and on about "proper technique" and I knew nothing about any of that...again, I just followed my heart. I did watch some home decorating show that mentioned you can actually use a spray bottle of water when working with watercolors so I used a spray bottle, a sponge, a large brush, and a small brush to paint most of it. I also used a pencil top eraser to get the little circles that I put on the border. You can see them in the picture below.



To finish it off I hot glued ribbon around the edges of the canvas and signed my name! If you are planning on trying this remember that there is no such thing as a perfect picture...you honestly can't mess it up if you just follow what you feel in your heart! As I said, Eva loves it and that is the best "critique" I could ever ask for!