Art Journaling My Picnic Table

Art journaling doesn’t have to just happen in an art journal.  It can happen on say…a picnic table.  It’s the same type of play, just on a bigger scale and I still consider it art journaling.

It all started with the yellow picnic table.  Notice the spray paint over spray on there?  That was an Oops – an Outstanding Opportunity Presenting Suddenly.  It went from being all pretty yellow to having a dirty looking top.

I like to paint and art journal while sitting at the table.  While stuck on a canvas, I began to fixate on that spray paint stain on the table.  One thing led to another, and then I was just messing around on the table with paint.

Circles covered the top in no time at all!  But I wanted more layers. This really is just like art journaling just not in an art journal.

What paints am I using?  A combination of little tubs of sample paints from Home Depot and my regular acrylics.  When I was all finished, I sealed it all with a UV sealer and protector from the hardware store.

If you’ve seen much of my play, you probably knew there would be some scribble writing.  I went around the circles with high flow paint in a fine liner.  I am very impressed with how it has help up to the outdoors!

The seats needed some color too.  Can’t leave them out!  I stenciled my Jumbo Vintage Alphabets A-P and Q to Z  randomly around.

Thanks to the Oops that marred my yellow table, I ended up with a far more colorful table to enjoy the outdoors.  I love a good Oops!