Valentine, You Caught Me!

When I saw this quote, I knew I had to do something with it for a Valentine gift for Himself.  It is SO us.  He definitely caught my eye! 

Little did I know it was going to be a major project!!

I reused a canvas from a painting that did not turn out how I wanted it to.  Completely covered it with silver acrylic paint.  I put it on heavy and patted the paint with a broad brush to mimic a ‘hammered’ look.

The hearts were done free hand and I did some flourishes to embellish them.  So far, so good.

Then I tried to paint my quote on the first heart.  Major fail…. I can’t letter worth a hoot!  I admitted defeat and decided to just paint over it to use individual letters.  And that is where my frustration began. 

After about 7 coats of red paint you could still plainly read the words when it dried.  SEVEN coats!!!  I got mad and took the black paint bottle and squeezed it directly on the area.  My red heart was now distinctly black.  Once that dried, I did the same with the red bottle.  I’m telling you… the left heart now has some major texture!  LOL 

But that did the trick, and I was able to finish by applying wood letters I had done up in black. 

The flourishes in the corners are done with a platinum calligraphy felt tip. 

I finished it this morning.  Just in time to give to my Valentine.

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