10-11-2005, 11:57 AM
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pixie of the wood
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 10,575
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take your digital camera and capture close-ups of architectural features or nature in all it's splendor (at this time of year, unless you want mums, go to an indoor garden show or nursery) it's cheap and easy. just take 'em to a do-it-yourself print shop and blow them up as large as you want. frames, however, are not cheap unless you can get a deal at the good will. i also have a few prints in the l/r that i found doing an image search on google. just make sure you search for large images that are of good quality.
just recently, i did two abstract paintings (much easier than trying to paint in perspective) for our place and it's really pretty simple. get some large stretched canvases, they’re fairly cheap and there’s no need to frame, just varnish after a several months and you can wipe of any dust. one i made using all the colors we used on the walls and the other is oils. just get yourself 4 or 5 different size brushes and slap it on going in different directions. if you hate it, let it dry, re-coat with white and you can start all over.
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