It’s summertime here.  Kids think of the pool.  I think of spray painting outside. As I brought my Liquitex spray paints out to the picnic table, I knew there was going to be an Oops.  There always is with me.  The Oops today was a gift that let me see overspray in a new way.

I covered over an old canvas that never went anywhere with  Cadmium Yellow Light Hue spray paint.

Cerulean Blue Hue spray paint and the Opera House stencil created the next layer.  But there was an Oops…

Notice that messy edge where the spray paint went over the stencil?  I spent about a nano second scolding myself for not putting down a piece of paper to mask it and prevent it.  Then I remembered, it is just an Oops.  

This top layer of Vivid Lime Green let some of the blue peek through creating more depth without any hard work.

How’d I do it?  I put the stencil exactly on top of the image already spray painted.  Then shifted it a hair to one side and sprayed.

The Gift in the Oversprayed Oops

Remember that overspray Oops with the blue?   That overspray encouraged me to just cover the edges  while I adding the green Opera House layer. The actual stencil created the frame as well as the image.

That got me thinking about overspray and how else I could use it to my advantage.

Here’s a work in progress from later in the day.  It uses the overspray from the Opera House stencil to create a subtle touch to the composition.  Gives me a feeling of the sunshine coming from the Chevron Doily stencil.

Once again…the Oops gives me a gift.

 Supplies Used

• Liquitex Spray Paint
• Empress Opera House
• Chevron Doily
• Diamond Waves
• Wonky Eyes
• Chain Mail large

I Seuss-ified my dog.  How?  With a circle stencil and doggie colored hair spray.  So far, Chewie has been the only other polka dotted dog we’ve seen at the park.  I know you’re shocked…

 This is the spray I used and it was a gift.  No idea where they got it but I did find some other brands on-line.  This one had the best best best photos of how to decorate your dog.

Even if you don’t have a dog…take a look at the photos of what they did to their dogs!

Doing this was just like spray inking anything, except that the dog will wiggle and move…so the hubby held him still in his arms.  I held the Bubbles stencil  in place with my hand and sprayed just in the middle of the stencil.  Then moved the stencil and sprayed again.  And again.

The dog didn’t mind being sprayed but I think it did feel a bit strange to him.  As soon as we let him down, he rolled in the grass.  I assume he was trying to remove his purple-ness but the color stayed!

It will wash out so after his next bath he’ll be back to his normal brown and white….But until then I have a Seuss-fied little doggie!

My kids bonded with the dog in a new way since they have another area of common ground.   Now the dog knows how they felt as kids when they would be dressed up in holiday finery for the endless family photos.

I think the dog thought this was a pretty good deal since he ended up with more than one doggie treat for being so patient with me and my purple polka dot idea….Thanks Chewie!