Paint Color Chip Craft Art Project
Mixed-Media Artist's Date Project Experiments With Winter Themes
Take yourself on an artist's date to your local home improvement store and gather a selection of paint color chip samples. We're going to make some mixed media art!
In the past, articles have already been posted to this Mixed Media Art topic about paint chip samples and artist's dates. It is worth revisiting because there are a number of wonderful and creative projects that can be created with these paint chip samples. For those of you who are still experiencing the winter blues, this will be a good opportunity to get out of the house, and then create some themed mixed media art.
- Go on a date! Take yourself on an artist's date to your local home improvement store. Select paint chip samples that are conducive to winter weather or make you feel inspired by this season. Choose many colors, shades, textures, and styles. There are a lot of faux-finished samples that really add to the finished work.
- Create some mixed media art! This project can occur on any surface you would like. If you prefer working in your art journal or an altered book, feel free to do so. If you would like to work on a canvas or an altered object, this would be even better because others will have the opportunity to view your work. Create a piece of mixed-media art using the paint chips as a backdrop following the theme of winter. Add quotations, magazine clips, embellishments, and painted elements.
Here are some ideas to try:
- Adding punches of color and texture to collages using paint chip samples.
- Using paint chip samples as miniature mats in structured page spreads.
- Creation of pockets and mini-hiding spots in book art projects using paint chip samples.
- Cut lettering from stencils tracings on to paint chip samples.
This two step process will require some planning ahead, both for the trip to the home improvement store, as well as the time needed for creation of the art piece. If needed, take two days to work on this project. Not only will this keep the creative juices flowing for more than one day, it will allow for the edging out of any kind of artist’s block that might be looming on the horizon.
Consider working with another artist as well. Sometimes the act of collecting art materials and them transforming them into a piece of mixed media art with another artist is more successful. Why? Because you are there to encourage each other, inspire each other, and learn new techniques from each other. They may have some paint chip ideas you never thought to try before, or vice versa.
