Several months ago, Julian fell in love with Mickey Mouse and one night, I decided to make him a Mickey Mouse painting for his room. I did it very quickly and it was sloppy and the colors were off. So I've also been wanting to redo this one.
Things have been a little crazy with Brian gone and a lot of stuff has gone undone because I've just wanted to nap when Julian naps. I finally decided that I needed to do something creative and get my mind off all the things that have been bugging me. So naptime was a perfect time to paint.
I've included the before and after shots. I find the yellow painting to be much more calm and serene than the pink and brown stripes.
While I was painting, I noticed the photos I had hanging on the wall. They were three black and white photos of waves and I liked them but they weren't anything special, I bought them at the store when I bought the frames. It occurred to me that I've taken some beautiful photos of beaches that I really like and I could just change them to black and white and put them in the frames instead. So I went on my computer and found three photos that I liked and changed them to sepia tone (it looked better than b & w), printed them out and replaced the store-bought photos. It's my new goal to have the art/photos displayed in my home be meaningful to me. I only have a few store-bought pieces left but I'll replace them slowly or just give them away when we move. They're pretty large pieces and I don't want big blank spaces on my walls right now.
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