Family Bonding Over Some Jackson Pollock
The family that can make a mess together stays together. Having fun with your significant other is key to lasting relationships. In an effort to test my theory on relationships, I decided to ask my fiance to get involved with a little home DIY. I am huge fan of Jackson Pollock ever since I saw one his paintings in person 15 years ago. The splatters spoke to me in an very unexpected way. The chaos of the splatters made sense to me and the beauty was overwhelming.
Ingredients
1. Family Member(s)
2. Canvas
3. Paint Brushes (1 for every color)
4. Drop Clothes (or large trash bags)
5. Paint (at least 7 different colors)
6. Paint Clothes (Clothing that can be Ruined)
Step 1
Get your family (for me it was my hubby, Kevin) involved by bringing them shopping. Go thrift store shopping together for canvases with the space you want to fill in mind.
I saw few large canvas at Goodwill a few days before I mentioned the project to Kevin. Once I told Kevin about it, we went to Goodwill to determine if the canvas would be large enough for our wall. The canvas was about 4 feet by 3 feet so we bought it from GW for the unbelievable price of $25 bucks!
Step 2
Get some cheap paint. Lowe’s always has a mistake paint section filled with paint ranging from $1-$10. I am sure Home Depot and other paint stores have the same thing. Obviously, you want to incorporate some of the colors from your room into the pallet so you might have to buy some full price paint. Only buy the small cans of the expensive paint.
Step 3
Lay out the drop cloths on an outdoor patio or on grass. Cover everything that your don’t want paint on. Give yourself at least a 3 feet around the canvas in every direction.
Step 4
Open the cans and start splattering with the paint brushes. You are done when you decide that “It’s ART!”
HAVE FUN and GET MESSY!
After the masterpiece is hung, you have a daily reminder of how much fun you had.
Ooh, it turned out awesome!
Thank you! Such a difference!
I have a huge canvas done by my 5 year old in my parlour. It was a yard sale freebie find that had a big hideous picture of an owl on it (the guy was thrilled to be rid of it). The can of matte white paint I used to prep it was a small fraction of the cost of buying a huge canvas like that.
That is pretty cool!
You guys did a great job! I love the idea of just making your own art!
That looks awesome! Sounds like great family fun too
How fun and it looks great!
So cool!
So much fun, I make Pollock’s with my kids!
Fun! Projects together really are a great bonding experience.
Great idea to use a thrift store canvas!
I am always on the hunt now for big canvases to redo!
How cool! Sounds like a fun project.
What a fun project!
That looks like a bunch of fun! Love how it turned out.
I’m such a Pollock fan! That came out wonderful!
Thank you. Me too!
That looks amazing!
great job and so inexpensive too certainly will be a conversation piece
I’m sure the kids will love this!
Oh, my goodness — my kids would LOVE, love, love this!
Oh gosh, I’d love that! I want something of the boys create a mess and put it on my bedroom wall. It’s a good daily reminder…
I’m not familiar with the artist but what a fun family project idea!
That turned out great!
I absolutely adore this idea and am putting it on my summer “to do” list. SO much fun!
Best way to spend time ever!
Looks like great fun, my kids would love this! But i’d probably be terrified of the mess, not sure this will ever happen in my house 🙂 My poor deprived kiddies!
this is my kind of art.
Sounds like a lot of fun! But I know we’d end up with a lot of paint on us, lol.
I love it! I have a bunch of paint that I can’t seem to get rid of, now I know what to do! Thanks again for the inspiration!
That is a great idea!
The end result is beautiful. I may have to try this with my kids… but with them, I may have to buy the large cans of paint instead of the small… I’m sure 99% of it will end up on them instead of the canvas. 😉