Im So Excited I Wet My Plants Chalk Art
Pinspiration Mon: Quotable chalkboard art
Maybe it's the artist in me, but I truly appreciate chalkboard art. When I walk into a coffee shop complete with a wall of colorful, scripty chalk-written menu items, I absolutely swoon. Chalk isn't the easiest medium in the world, and anyone who can master it is pretty darn talented in my book.
Hoping to learn the art myself, I've been pinning away some inspiration for use at our house. Since we don't happen to have a daily rotating menu of flaky pastries and flavored lattes to spout off on our ain chalkboard, I settled for inspirational quotes instead. Here are some of my favorites:
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In the finish, I decided to go with the last quote. The chalkboard piece I take in mind has been situated in our kitchen for the last several weeks, and subsequently reading off the options to John yesterday afternoon, he voted the last for its reference to a garden – Works well with the idea of a kitchen total of fresh produce, right?
But allow's step back in time for a moment and then that I tin can innovate you lot to our framed chalkboard. Afterwards a particularly fruitful yard sale circuit, I was able to snag the haul below – A $4 lamp, some $2 dishes, the terrarium I've already overhauled (as seen here), a vintage pyrex set for $ii, etc. etc. Simply I as well got that large frame in the background. It was in great shape and came with a piece of cardboard cut to size. The white wash finish I wasn't too keen on, but that'south nothing a little paint tin can't ready.
To get a semi-replica of the 1 I made over for our wedding (which was to go back to the friend I had borrowed it from), I went with a gold spray pigment for the frame, and a chalkboard spray paint for the cardboard. Several thin and even coats after in the front yard, and we were good to go.
Alas, not knowing what exactly I wanted to write on my new framed chalkboard, it sat on top of our mainland china chiffonier for a couple of weeks, blank equally tin exist.
But yesterday'due south rainy Lord's day opened up hours and hours of time to go my artistic juices flowing. And then I parked myself on the kitchen floor with white chalk in hand (in a handy-keen chalk holder of class – Non a big fan of the airy, gritty feel of chalk).
After reading off the possible quotes to John and settling on the one from Ms. Hepburn, I kept my iPhone lit for guidance and got down to piece of work. I am lucky to have years of practice with this type of thing from fine art school, simply if you are tackling this on a whim, the cracking thing about chalk is that it's easily wipe-able if it starts to get a piffling wonky. I definitely had to rework a couple of spots, so I kept a wet launder cloth by my side for emergency use.
Tada! Hither's the finished product:
The shading in of the messages with my finger tip was a little scary, but again, it brought me right back to my art school days and those are memories I'1000 more happy to welcome with open arms. Once back on summit of the communist china cabinet, I couldn't help but fall madly in dear with it. It's far from perfect, only I'm excited to know that it'south possible to at least PARTIALLY replicate the chalkboard art that I love so much from the pros.
The all-time part is that I can change information technology with our moods – The versatility of chalk is and then much fun. Heck, I could even pull it down from its perch, set it flat on the tabular array and load information technology up with tiny appetizer dishes of cheese with little chalk labels written on the board. The possibilities are virtually countless…
What do YOU apply chalkboard pigment for? Am I the only ane then in love with those beautiful chalkboard menus at the coffee shop?
Source: https://www.dreamgreendiy.com/2012/08/20/pinspiration-monday-quotable-chalkboard-art/
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