Stepping Up to the Chalk Board.

A couple weeks ago,

a blogger I enjoy reading named

Miss Mustardseed showed a chalkboard she had done:

Missmustardseed.com

and stated that she had tried it because of a woman named

Dana Tanamachi.

(If you click on Dana's name, you can see some of her amazing work)

Incredible!

Who would of thought one could be so talented on a chalkboard!

Needless to say,

I wanted to try...

to a MUCH smaller extent,

of course.

I knew a large project of this type might render me bald by the time I was done,

or fingernail-less.

 

I had this cow picture I used in my fall decorations,

 and decided to use the back of it.

 After painting two coats of the chalkboard paint on it...

I borrowed my daughter's school ruler

and began a much harder adventure than I had imagined.

I sketched an image I'd found from the Graphics Fairy,

Graphicsfairy.blogspot.com

and experimented with some different lettering ideas.

I have to tell you,

I had to get up and leave it a couple times

and come back another day or two when I was feeling fresh again.

I got some advice

(thanks, Mom)

that it needed some color,

so here is my minimal attempt at being an artsy school teacher.

My miniature version was a fun experiment,

 and I have a very high regard for chalkboard artists now.

 Sometimes it's fun to challenge oneself and take a chance at something new.

I learned that some things are much harder than they seem:

I think I'll stick to paints.

Have you tried anything challenging lately?

To be amazed and see

Dana Tanamachi in action,

>click on this link to see a video.<

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