Do you know the wooden shrimp boxes? I had the idea of turning them into pictures, of different colors and styles. Let’s see how I were made them. The first one I painted it black with spray paint and then I attached lots of colorful butterfly-shaped glitter with liquid glue. The second consists of two …
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Recycle to create
I don’t like this picture anymore… So I turned it into this! I used spray paint, tempera, liquid glue, glittered stones and a lot of imagination. And I have a lot of fun. The idea was to create a sort of abstract universe … what do you think did I do it? Recycle, create and …
Shelf or paintings?
After setting up a bookcase I have 5 shelves left. What to do with them? I decided to create small paintings to my living room. I used shells, sand and small stones. For the color I used specific paint for wood and ceramic paint. I glued with hot silicone and blue glitter glue. These shelves …
Learning with Pinterest
When I’m looking for some ideas, the first app I use is Pinterest. I find it very useful, especially the many tutorials from which I learned some drawning techniques. One of my first “shell paintings” was inspired by an image found on Pinterest. I started it during the spring 2020 lock-down, using the shells and …
Seafaring bedroom
I like furniture magazines from which I get a lot of tips and ideas. In particular, I love the houses decorated in a seafaring style. So I decided to decorate my bedroom in this style. For the paintings I used recycled plywood, repainted and adorned with shells. I painted the bottles and turned some jars …
Not just barbecue
I love to eat barbecue food so when we make the embers we only use wood. Sometimes I find pieces of plywood with a rectangular or square shape in the wood bags. And while my husband thinks about how to burn them, I think about how to convert them into paintings. I have adorned the …
Long live the Mozzarella!
I love mozzarella, that Bufala Campana DoC, but I live in Spain and I can hardly enjoy its flavor. But when friends or relatives come to visit me, they know perfectly that without the package of mozzarella from Campania, I will not receive them. The package consists of a polystirene box that allows the product …
A painting full of surprises
What to do when you have many little toys and objects from kinder egg? Put them on a shelf? Leave them in a box? I love to recycle, so I have decided to create a painting. I used a piece of plywood, painted it green, and glued the various characters and objects with hot wax. …