Kitchen Silhouettes

Here’s what I did with Reubmommy’s canvas. I saw a painting I liked with an orange background and a white silhouette of a spiky flower. Very simple, very plain but clean and cute. So I thought…why not take my canvas and do a silhouette of my whisk. I like whisks…they just look cool. When I got to thinking about it though I decided to do my teapot instead because until I am a little more handy with the paintbrush I think my whisk would turn out pretty chunky and messy looking. I do still want to paint it though, I’m just going to practice on some simpler subjects first. So I’ve made the teapot with a green background…oh the green…I was going for a little lighter more apple green, but I need practice mixing colors too.

I used to do this in high school all the time. But that was in a classroom with an endless supply of paint and brushes and pallets. The acrylic paint came in gallon jugs with big pump dispensers on top. I had no idea how nice I had it. I was in better practice and in fact I remember all the paint mixing exercises we used to do in order to get good at creating the colors we wanted. I should probably do them again…Mr. Wolfe’s famous “neato keeno color chart” took a few days to do, but it was very handy once it was completed.

I’m not taking up painting as it were, I just thought it would be fun to make a series of paintings like this. I have several more silhouettes in mind and will do different background colors with each one. Then…I’ll hang them somewhere in my kitchen…if I like them.

Oh…and lest you think me more talented than I am I will tell you my technique. I took that first photo of the teapot, sized it just right, printed it out, cut it out and traced it onto the canvas. Yes, anyone can be a silhouette artist…just pick a subject. Your daughters favorite doll with a bright pink background. Your gardening tools could be cute. I thought about doing scissors and other sewing tools for a mod sewing room. A clothespin for your laundry room, a flower of course, a spiky heeled shoe for her side of the bedroom and a manly loafer for his. Holiday themes…a simple glass ornament with a red or green background, a holly leaf etc…so many options…so few walls.