Easy DIY Art Project

Yay! We have our first project submission here at A Home In Progress. (Which is really, really what I want this place to be - a place for those of us who are working with our own homes (thus, the name A Home in Progress!) to post our projects and tips and hints and finds and.......just anything!

Anyway, I LOVE this idea because it just seems so simple and easy and makes a HUGE difference in the room. Here's what she did:

I wanted some art to hang on the wall of my daughter's room but wasn't finding anything I liked. I just decided to try to do something myself!


First, I bought some blank canvases.


I knew I wanted circles to match the bedding, but I wasn't sure about the placement. I used the computer to create an outline of different size circles and different placements. When I got it where I liked it, I printed it off and used it as a stencil for the canvases.


I painted one color at a time with some acrylic craft paint. Then I did two more coats over each color so there was no canvas showing through the circles.


I also painted the side of the canvas so it looked better when you walked into the room.

I really like how they turned out and they were very inexpensive and easy! I am doing two more to make a set of four.

Thank you so much Jentry! I love the art and the fact that when you couldn't find something you liked, you just decided to make it yourself!

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