On a recent girls trip to Mexico we had a very fun form of entertainment for cocktail hour….PAINTS and brushes and canvases and colored pencils… on the beach! We were in a picturesque setting and it didn’t take long for the creative juices to start flowing. Last week I recreated the experience for a birthday celebration on Orcas. Read on to see how you and your gal pals {and/or hubbys and/or kids} can do this with ease.
As if the art supplies weren’t enough we were honored with the presence of reknowned local artist Yandi Monardo who advised us on different techniques to express all of our artistic dreams.
We were splattering, blending and using anything on hand {including our fingers} or underfoot {i.e. sand} to get just the right look.
Once we were finished with canvases, we moved onto bodies.
Everyone had a blast trying their hand at creating unique works~of~art on the beach.
An interesting finishing touch we learned from Yandi was to leave some of the paintings out on the beach overnight.
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The humid, salty air transformed this painting
into the one on the right below, isn’t that amazing? I didn’t even recognize it the morning.
On the left is a portrait that Yandi painted of me that I absolutely treasure!
#honored
This was so much fun that I created a similar set up on my deck on Orcas Island for friends who came up for a birthday party last week. Champagne in hand, everyone took to the art table to paint the view, bowl of fruit, or bouquet that were set up or to realize their own abstract notions on canvas.
No matter the level of experience, I find most everyone loves to have the opportunity to express their inner artist.
Here is an extensive list of supplies you may want to offer for your arty~party:
art canvases and/ or art boards {these take up less space}, individual palettes, acrylic paints, oil paints, classic paint brushes in a canvas roll, wider paint brushes, oil pastels, pastel paper, watercolors in tubes, solid watercolors, watercolor paper, watercolor postcards, these papers are also suitable mediums for water color pencils, colored pencils, charcoals. Add to the table art sponges, sand, wine corks, pine branches, and anything else you have for additional texture and creativity. Create suggested subject matters: bowls of fruit, bouquets, a view, models to get people started. Use canning jars {for rinsing brushes, blending colors and easy clean~up}. Protect your surfaces with canvas or plastic drop cloths.
Then let the creativity flow!
Thank you Yandi and my fun fellow artists on the beach and on the deck
…let’s paint on!
p.s. two other things things that made this day even more fun and colorful were these unicorn horn birthday hats {wear them on your forehead} and these fabulous gold and turquoise metallic tattoos.
That painting on the hand is something new 🙂
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