Happy Monday!
Today is one of my favorite days of the year – media day! It’s kind of like the first day of school for the upcoming season. It’s always a long day — especially for the players — but it’s a fun one! It will consist of photo and video shoots, both with internal parties, as well as external media. I’m looking forward to it – everyone is so excited for the season! Our social media team will be posting behind-the-scenes shots all day on our social media channels — keep an eye out! (@PelicansNBA on Instagram and Twitter)
This weekend was a productive one, though Friday was relaxing and fun! We cooked Lou Malnati’s deep dish pizza and had one of our favorite red wines – J. Lohr Hilltop Reserve (SO good! We haven’t been able to find it anywhere but Whole Foods and, even then, they’ve only had it on a couple of occasions).
On Saturday, I got to work on a bunch of projects, one of which, I’m about to share! I hinted at it on social media with the below picture:
Sunday was baking day! I made over 14 dozen cupcakes for media day/co-workers to celebrate the start of the season. I did a few different decorations that I’m excited to share and I’ll be posting my go-to recipes, too.
Now, for the project. I first saw it here and knew I had to try it. I tried two different sets of paints and, in total, the project cost less than $5!
Here’s what you need:
-Watercolor paints (you can go as cheap or as expensive as you want; during my free time in August, I taught myself–kind of–to watercolor paint, so I already had some)
-Squirt guns (got mine at the Dollar Tree)
-Watercolor paper (Less than $10 a pad; I used Strathmore 300lb watercolor paper that I already had)
-An outdoor space with clips to hang paper
The hardest part of this project was filling the guns with the paint! I used my watercolors (most are Van Gogh that I bought for painting, so I had to mix them first. Michael’s sells liquid watercolors, too, which are super easy).
Once I mixed everything, I hung my papers on the fence (it was SUCH a gray day!) and brought all of my paint-filled squirt guns outside. Then, one color at a time, I sprayed the paint on the different piece of paper in no specific order or with no plan.
The one thing I did notice, on the first group, which were made with bright, fun colors, I should have let the darker colors dry a little before spraying the lighter ones. The colors mixed a lot, which is okay, but next time, if I used the same colors, I would probably wait a little. I still loved how they came out!
For the first ones, I think I might cut out a shape, probably a heart, mount it on scrapbook paper and frame it for a friend’s daughter. These paintings were SO easy, they’re so kid-friendly, and it’d be fun to do more than just put them in a frame.
Close-up of all three:
In the second group (below), I went with colors I normally decorate with and hope to hang a pair of these at some point. Once the blues were dry, I sprayed a shimmery gold as the last layer – I’m so glad I waited, or the gold would have never shown up (it would have just mixed with the blues and gotten lost; below is a close up). I’d love to make them into 8x10s, find a nice mat and hang the pair together either above our TV in the family room or in our bedroom.
Gold detail:
Close-up of all three:
I’m pretty happy with them! This was such an easy and cheap project — it didn’t hurt that I already had the right paper and the paint, but, even still, you could use the watercolor sets that Michael’s sells for $10 and mix your paint from there. I find I gravitate to abstract art with texture and these fit right in!
Hope you enjoyed this project — looking forward to sharing a few more from the weekend!
Have a great Monday!
-Lindsey
