random.on purpose.: Baby-stepping Into Brave

True to my resolve to be brave this year and a) try new things and, b) do things that I've put off for too long and, c) do things that I used to enjoy but haven't done for far too long, I bought some canvases and some paints and some brushes and winged it on a project to fill up the massive empty wall in my dining area (you can click on the picture to make it a bit bigger):

This painting (technically three of them I suppose, since it spans three canvases) was inspired by several paintings that I saw on Pinterest. I sort of combined an idea from here and a color scheme from there and another concept from somewhere else, and this is what I ended up with. Finished size is 49" x 20".

Considering that I haven't picked up a paintbrush to do "art" (as opposed to painting or faux-finishing a wall) for a couple of decades, I'm pretty pleased with it. It fills the space nicely, incorporates the accent colors we're using, and my husband likes it - all positives, right?

I've got four 6" square canvases with backgrounds painted, waiting for me to decide how to finish them, to go in my kitchen, and another 16" x 20" blank canvas that will have a painting of some kind for my guest bathroom eventually, so I'm going to continue on with some artistic endeavors (go, me!) in the near future.

I have a couple of Easter projects in the works, and I've been finalizing my stamp storage re-vamp and a couple of other organizational/storage projects, so that's some of what I've been up to, and some of what is on tap for the blog in the upcoming days/weeks. Meanwhile, have a fabulous week yourself, and thanks for stopping by!