Thursday, August 30, 2012

Angry Birds Themed Bedroom

      I have been working on redecorating my daughter's attic space bedroom. She's 8 years old and loves Angry Birds apparently. I don't see her play it often, but when I asked her how she wanted her room decorated that was her first request. I put it off for months... mostly because I was busy, but I seriously thought she'd change her mind. Of course she didn't. So my next problem was overcoming the problem that she's a girly girl (though she won't admit it) and the fact that Angry Birds is in no way girly. So I had to really put two things together (without drawing bows on the bird's heads) and hope they'd come together well. Another obstacle to overcome was the knowledge that Angry Birds won't always be in style, so maybe in 5 years she'll be sick of it.
Here are the before pictures:






I repainted the space a beautiful custom shade of blue in three tiers, brushing the lines between each tier to give it a feathery blend between the lines. Then I started work on the birds themselves. Each bird, between free hand drawing on a piece of paper, outlining the stencil and redrawing on the wall to actual painting took me about 3 hours. Take note I am discovering new talents and trying new things--I have NEVER drawn Angry Birds in my life or painted murals on a wall before. I do not claim to be a majorly talented artist, so keep that in mind. Here is what the paintings look like:













Thanks to the input of my daughter and my husband we have a fairly interesting mural, that only took two months to finish (thanks to my baby and other projects)! Thank goodness this painting will last longer than a few months. If she gets bored with it in the next year or two she's just going to have to deal with it. Next project please!


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