The big 3-0 #25 Paint the Amity Island billboard.

Before you see the finished painting I just want to say that I absolutely cannot draw/paint etc. i enjoy doing it but my 8 year old is better than me. I put this on my list as a challenge for my wedding renewals. I made so many decorations for the renewals that i simply didn't have the time to do it for then.

Seeing as i have been feeling like crap i decided that i could sit in the garden and enjoy the sunshine and paint all at the same time.

Armed with the kids poster paint, an A3 piece of paper, a bad google image and a cuppa tea i embarked on my task.

I soon discovered that poster paint is not the best paint for layers. The yellow paint we own is especially bad. After painting the blue sections and waiting for them to dry every time I painted something yellow it went a bit green...

I had no idea how to give the waves depth or how to do shading/shadowing etc. so what you will see is something that is pretty rubbish but I had loads of fun doing it.

The seagull is pretty good!

Sky thought it was amazing so that's all that matters.


The original billboard.

Starting with the blue shades

 Blue done

 Sun and some attempt at waves

 My seagull, which actually turned out pretty good!

 Some boats added

 The start of the lilo and girl and my battle with the stupid yellow paint.

 Sun

 concentrating face.

 close up

 stupid, stupid yellow turning bloody green!

 Finishing touches

 using the tiniest toothbrush to do the black outlining

 

mmm, I did a painting!

If the yellow hadn't gone so bloody green, it wouldn't look as bad!