DIY: Drip Chevron Painting

Last September I went to a "artisans retreat" and I watched an LA painter paint the above piece in less than 20 minutes. Her method was to use watered down color and then spray water (using a spray bottle) over the piece immediately following her strokes. 

As inspired as I was, I wanted to use her technique, but modifying it a little. Instead of creating a flat painting (like the one above), I wanted to create one with texture and noticeable color variations. To me, the above piece was very similar to watercoloring instead of painting.... so cue my second attempt with drip-painting. 

First, select your colors. I decided to stray away from my typical color scheme of grey, blue and gold... adding pink, purple, red, green and periwinkle. Then, I mixed one part acrylic gloss and one part water, creating "cake batter" -like consistency.

I decided to paint with a chevron pattern, alternating colors. Apply pressure where you want your drips.

After I finished, I couldn't decide how I should hang the painting: dripping up or dripping down. My instagram followers voted and said that drips upward is too weird... so it drips down, for now ;)  

Weddings!

It's almost that time of year again--Wedding Season! For me however, it's getting started a little earlier this year. Last year I wrote a post about wedding shower invitations and this weekend is the wedding of the same bride!

I never knew how much work actually goes into planning a wedding until this one because I am the maid of honor and I have had lots of responsibilities in the past few months! 

I've done lots of crafts, gone to tons of meetings, dress fittings and recently I've stayed up way too late crafting. Hopefully it will all be worth it once the day arrives!

Since I've been horrible about taking photos of the crafts, I have only two that I'm allowed to share with you. The bride doesn't want anything to be posted before the wedding because she wants it all to be a surprise!

One of my responsibilities has been decorating the "vestibule" or entrance room to the reception. For this we are using my wine crate shelf and a few other pieces of furniture as decoration. We are also doing photos, painted letters etc., etc. I can't go into detail or else I'd be in trouble, but it's going to look really vintage-chic!

To surprise the Bride and Groom, I have painted them a wedding chapel (we decided against a birdcage). I can't decide if I'm going to put wreaths on the doors or not. 

Here's the before and after!

Next week I will post a bit more showcasing the decorations and handmade items from this wedding!!