colors for me and you...

Fridays are kind of relaxing for me. Most fridays, we either go out for dinner or my hubby cooks!!! Its what I call a perfect way to ease into the weekend mood...

This friday was no exception, hubby dear offered to cook and how can I refuse??? me being so sweet do I ever say no to anyone??? (I can see the tomatoes & eggs coming my way...)

With some free time on my hands I thought I will hit the books, got to take an exam in August you see...But reading Biochemistry on a friday night, not appealing right?

With nothing interesting on tv, thought will get started with that new painting kit that I got a few days back...

Settling into a cozy corner I gave much thought on what should my delicate and petal-soft hands bring to life?(more tomatoes & eggs coming, this time rotten...)

After 90 minutes into the thinking process, (which also involved checking my yahoo, gmail,University mail,orkut,facebook,blogroll ~10 times in that timeframe), I thought I will just get started. Had seen something on HGTV 'Design on a Dime' long time back and thought will give it a try....

And here it is...

It may not be on par with Vincent Van Gogh's paintings. It may be just colorful squares, but its colorful!!!!  Sigh, I have spent the entire morning sitting in front of it admiring those crooked squares, watching the effect of sunlight on those squares. Protected my masterpiece from the nasty bee that was hell bent on sticking its nose in between those squares. Who needs sleep?who needs food and water? My soul is feasting on the colors...

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hubby: you in the mood for mexican food?

me: 5 bucks if you beat me to the car......zzzzzooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmm!!!!

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PS: This is my first ever painting project and I am more than happy to share how I did it...

1. materials: 10in x 10in canvas, acrylic paint.
2. stick scotch/masking tape/blue painter's tape horizontally and vertically on the canvas, spacing the tapes according to the size of the squares you want.
3. paint the squares created by the intersecting tapes your fav colors...
4. pull out the tapes.
5. paint the spaces in b/w and around the squares a dark color or any color you want.
6. I realized the tapes were not evenly spaced and hence some of my squares are smaller than the others.
7. I tried to do some patch-up work after I removed the tapes and end result: some of my squares= crooked( err...am not very good at this painting stuff).