Thursday, October 15, 2015

Steal from the best

I had a blank wall that needed something, some kind of art. I had four Pottery Barn frames, all alike, and I thought, "Well, I can do some artwork for these." If I grouped them in an arrangement I thought they'd fill the wall nicely.
But what kind of art?
I had some back issues of Elle Decor sitting around, I looked at the covers, and voila!, inspiration was staring me in the face. I copied the paintings that were on the covers for a couple of the 'artworks' and the grouping worked. My motto is: when in doubt, steal from he best. I mean if it's good enough for the cover of Elle Decor it's good enough for my cottage, right?
Here was the first cover...

Can you spot the crow picture?
and the crow drawing I copied.


This cover had an interesting Picasso-esque painting I liked...


and here's my forgery.


Here are the other two pieces, a hand and an abstract...



And here's the full grouping. The whole project took less than an hour...instant art!


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