Easy Circle Painting

This is the type of painting that you don't have to have an ounce of artistic ability in your body to create. You can't mess this up!

I was inspired to make this painting my an episode of "Get It Sold" on HGTV a few years ago. I LOVE Sabrina Soto, I think she has a million ideas for beautiful, easy, and cheap art! This painting is actually 4 canvases hung together. It is currently hanging in my dining room.

For this painting I used the following:

   4 - 8x10 canvases (I bought 2 packages of 2 at Hobby Lobby when they had a sale)

   Leftover paints (any kind will do: I used wall paint in several different finishes, fabric paint, acrylic paint, and door and trim paint)

   Several circular objects (such as lids and cups)

I started by painting all 4 canvases one color for the background. I chose a peachy, fleshtone color that is actually the color of my living room walls. While I was waiting for the background to dry I went around the house (kitchen mainly) and found anything I could find to make circles with. I used the lid to a body spray, a spray paint lid, a solo cup, a paper snowcone cone, and a plastic drinking cup from the cabinet. You could use anything circle shaped as long as it is washable or you don't mind ruining it.

After the background color dried I pushed all 4 canvases together in a square formation with no gap (you could do any formation you'd like. Sabrina hung 3 canvases in a row). Next I decided which colors I wanted to be large circles and which colors I wanted to be accents. I found that using darker colors (blue, maroon, green) as the bigger circles, and lighter colors (white, grey, light blue) looked best to me. Then I dipped each circle object in a color (I used one circle size for one color, I didn't mix) and randomly placed circles on the canvases. For the paints that were in small containers (a couple of my paints were fabric paints) I poured a little bit on a paper plate to dip my circles in. I wanted the paintings to look like one canvas cut into four, so I did a couple circles over two canvases.

Lastly, I signed my name (looking back I wish I would have used a smaller paintbrush).

I think the hardest part of making this painting was hanging it. It's not easy to get the spacing even between all the paintings!

All together I think this project took less than an hour, including drying time.

I get compliments on it nearly every time I have someone new over to the house. Very easy and looks great!

 Here's a slightly closer picture of the finished product