Remember those baby shower invitations I did? Well the same friend, Amber wanted some fun flowers painted on the walls in her little girl’s baby room. I was happy to help! If you look close you can see the flower matches the flowers in the fabric she has for her bedding. Here’s a peek into how I did it.
I started in Illustrator by drawing the flower she wanted:
Then I printed it on a transparency:
I used an the transparency with an overhead to project the flower onto the wall:
The paint we used was a high gloss white to make the flower stand out more on the wall. It almost looks shimmery.
I ended up painting 3 flowers. Here are the after shots:
I think the curves of the flowers contrast nicely with the strips on the adjacent wall. What do you think?
12 responses so far ↓
karenlouise // September 1, 2009 at 7:42 am |
These turned out AMAZING! I love them!
Jenna Bourland // September 1, 2009 at 7:42 am |
I LOVE the way this turned out, Kelly. And it was really cool watching the whole process unfold. What a great gift for Felicity to enjoy for many years!
Travis Williams // September 1, 2009 at 8:37 am |
ooooh go girl. I can’t wait to shoot in that room ! that’s our plan… to start the maternity session in the room !
GREAT BEHIND THE SCENES PHOTOS – I’m such a sucker for those !
Travis
Alex Evjen // September 1, 2009 at 9:09 am |
wow! what a great idea with the projector!
Ari Kelly // September 1, 2009 at 12:29 pm |
It looks great! Good job! You rock!
Hannah Thompson // September 1, 2009 at 3:33 pm |
WHAT! You paint on someone else’s wall before you paint on your one and only nephews wall??!Williams bedroom better be next…but we should figure something else out besides flowers…
Teresa // September 2, 2009 at 5:53 am |
Wow, the flowers turned out great! I love how they look next to those stripes. And they perfectly match the bedding. SO CUTE.
Jennifer Allwood // September 2, 2009 at 8:12 pm |
Fantastic job!!!!!!!
Southern Fried Gal // September 3, 2009 at 7:01 am |
Beautiful!
Rebecca // September 3, 2009 at 11:00 am |
So pretty!
WholeMilk // September 8, 2009 at 1:53 pm |
I have heard thats how some artist paint!!!
Thanks for the post!
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