Stenciled Wooden Wall Art

 
So here we have a little project I completed aaaaaaaages ago! (No dramatification required!).
Literally, the photos have been sitting on my computer for months now! So I decided since I have a day off (and managed to hyper-extended my ankle last night so limiting me from doing much else), I may as well actually post them!


The story goes that I wanted to make a piece of art to hang on the wall in my spare bedroom which would fit with the 'au natural' theme I have been trying to create. I pretty much knew I wanted to go with wood as my main material since its such an obvious choice:

Natural - check.
Easy to get - check.
Easy to work with - check.

I had looked around on Pintrest and various other sites for inspiration and found many examples of stencilling to create dramatic decor pieces using personal/fun/inspiring messages - I knew I had found myself a winning idea. Now all I had to do was create a canvas from wood and find some cool message to slap on top of it. Simple, no? 

No Picasso!



I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

- Pablo Picasso



My first attempt a blending colours
and featuring a feather
... because I like feathers... 



As the title to my post may have informed you, when it comes to free hand painting I am certainly no Picasso, in fact I am sure there are many Kindergartners with more ability than me. However, as the great man himself has said, how can a person ever expect to become better at something if they don't at least attempt it?!

So, essentially this post will stand as my starting line. My first steps into what I hope will one day be a hobby I can literally be proud to hang on my wall. My fatal plunge into the world of painting!

And what a colourful first step it is! The very definition of the saying 'less is more'!