{"id":12060,"date":"2021-03-20T13:31:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T13:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/?p=12060"},"modified":"2021-03-20T13:31:47","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T13:31:47","slug":"splatter-paint-extravaganza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/?p=12060","title":{"rendered":"Splatter Paint Extravaganza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12051 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2383-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2383-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2383-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2383.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Awhile back I purchased a large reddish metal star at a closeout sale with the intention of painting it and hanging it at our beach house in Astoria. I didn&#8217;t know what color I would paint it, but then inspiration struck. I would use ALL the colors. I had done splatter painting a year ago, when I embellished a concrete statue, and I liked how it turned out.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12066 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2500-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2500-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2500-768x1176.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2500-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2500.jpg 836w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So I got out a tarp, all of my cheap craft paints, a water spray bottle, and put on my paint clothes. I put the star in the middle of the tarp . . . .<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12043 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2362-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2362-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2362-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2362.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>. . . and got started with flinging paint.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12044 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2365-294x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2365-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2365-768x785.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2365-1002x1024.jpg 1002w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2365.jpg 1253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Somewhere early in the process, I remembered we had two chairs that we had spray painted last summer, but were in need of sprucing up, so I dragged out another tarp and got the two chairs out of storage. That&#8217;s when it really got fun (and very messy).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12053 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2414-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2414-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2414-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2414.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I spent the afternoon flinging paint, using up the little bottles of craft paint. Even our cat Sinatra was interested by the end of the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12046 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2372-1-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2372-1-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2372-1-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2372-1-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2372-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12054 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2417-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2417-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2417-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2417.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12050 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2379-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2379-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2379-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2379-1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12058 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2433-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2433-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2433-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2433.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12057 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2432-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2432-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2432-768x942.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2432-835x1024.jpg 835w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2432.jpg 1044w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12056 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2429-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2429-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2429-768x990.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2429-794x1024.jpg 794w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2429.jpg 993w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Post Script: I had so much fun that afternoon, that I went upstairs and pulled out a partial painting of acrylic on a cradled wood panel and put it on the floor in my studio. Using my Nova paints in squirt bottles, and with more intention that my wild painting outside, I <em>kind of carefull<\/em>y flung paint onto the painting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12059 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2405-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2405-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2405-768x636.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2405-1024x848.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2405.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When it was thoroughly dry, I took the painting to the basement and applied a layer of water-based varnish.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12062 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2502-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2502-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2502-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2502-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2502.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I must admit, I kind of love it a lot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12064 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2498-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2498-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2498-768x634.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2498-1024x846.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2498.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12067\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12067\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12067\" src=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2405-1-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2405-1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2405-1-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thumbnail_IMG_2405-1.jpg 988w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;A Sense of Pandemonium&#8221;<br \/>31x24x1-1\/2&#8243;<br \/>Dayna J. Collins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awhile back I purchased a large reddish metal star at a closeout sale with the intention of painting it and hanging it at our beach house in Astoria. I didn&#8217;t know what color I would paint it, but then inspiration struck. I would use ALL the colors. I had done splatter painting a year ago, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/?p=12060\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Splatter Paint Extravaganza<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,139,246,19,107,6,15,239,407,297,247,292,393,465,130,39,542,509,1],"tags":[252,50,240,45,466,543],"class_list":["post-12060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abstract-painting","category-abstracted-play","category-acrylic-painting","category-alley-art-studio","category-art-studio","category-art-work","category-carnival-of-landscapes","category-creativity","category-daily-painting","category-dayna-j-collins","category-mark-making","category-mixed-media","category-mixed-media-art","category-oregon-artist","category-painting-studio","category-slightly-off-kilter","category-splatter-painting","category-surface-design","category-uncategorized","tag-acrylic-painting","tag-alley-art-studio","tag-creativity","tag-dayna-j-collins","tag-oregon-artist","tag-splatter-painting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12060"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12071,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12060\/revisions\/12071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}