What girl doesn't love Lilly? Her prints, synonymous with Palm Beach prep, are always fun, cheerful and imaginative. Living in an apartment means no wall painting so I needed colorful artwork to brighten up the otherwise boring white walls. Lilly was the answer! I picked three of my favorite Lilly prints that I felt would tie all of the colors in my room together - from the coral bedding to the blue and green leopard chairs to the turquoise throw blankets - no easy task I assure you!
These are the three that I ended up with:
Later Gator Dessert Tort Prince Charming
I bought three ugly canvas prints from TJ Maxx ($5 each on clearance! new canvases can get pricey) and primed over them with your basic white primer.
Next, I blew up the prints and scaled them to my canvases. Obviously, the more you enlarge the print the less detailed you will make it - for better or worse. I started with Dessert Tort, my easiest print.
With graphite paper, I transferred the images to the canvases. You can see the outline in the pictures below.
To make them fit together a bit better I used roughly the same paint palate and changed some of the colors from the original prints. I used the regular craft store acrylic paints (about 2oz bottles) that you can find anywhere in just about any color.
Let the paint by numbers commence...
Next, I blew up the prints and scaled them to my canvases. Obviously, the more you enlarge the print the less detailed you will make it - for better or worse. I started with Dessert Tort, my easiest print.
With graphite paper, I transferred the images to the canvases. You can see the outline in the pictures below.
To make them fit together a bit better I used roughly the same paint palate and changed some of the colors from the original prints. I used the regular craft store acrylic paints (about 2oz bottles) that you can find anywhere in just about any color.
Let the paint by numbers commence...
I ended up going over the dark green once more to make it more opaque. You can see how big of a difference the second coat makes below, particularly on the tortoises.
This (Dessert Tort) was the first one that I did and after completing the other two I felt that I needed some blue to help tie them all together. I ended up tweaking all of the designs to help them mesh better and incorporate the colors I wanted from my room.
This (Dessert Tort) was the first one that I did and after completing the other two I felt that I needed some blue to help tie them all together. I ended up tweaking all of the designs to help them mesh better and incorporate the colors I wanted from my room.
A second coat of dark green really did the trick.
I know that this may seem like a big project and it was but I just did a little everyday. You can only study so long, right? I considered it art therapy to wind down from the day and would pop in a movie or have a glass of wine as I painted.
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