Bluebird Complete!

I mentioned last week that I was working on a project and I’ve finally finished! So, it’s a decoupage mosaic. Up close, many little pictures. From far away, a cohesive picture.  Ta-da..

I had a lot of little pictures cut out already and waiting in an envelope, but I needed many more. You’d be surprised how long it took me to find little blue pictures in the daily mail. It’s fun to look at it close up and do a little I Spy fun with it. Can you find the teacup and Playmobil policeman?

Can you find the bowling ball?

Though there are many bird pictures making up the bird, there are also all kinds of other images. I have to say that I love it and can’t wait to hang it on the wall.

When I was in college I had an art class where we had a mosaic assignment. That was my first time doing this sort of picture and I loved it. Here’s that self-portrait:

My decoupage is not the only art that’s been happening. Paul, the actual artist, has been catching up on a lot of painting. For my mother he did two bird portraits-a bluebird and a purple finch.

And for us he did this waterlily, which is based on a picture that I took of a waterlily blooming in our pond a few years ago.

 

It’s so nice to have a painter in the house!