"Bits of Wood"

"Bits of Wood"

​Back in 2011 I was invited to go and paint a mural at a festival called Out of the Ordinary…

With the festival being held out in the middle of a field there weren’t so many walls around to paint on so the organisers suggested I paint something on a large piece of wood so that the painting could moved around and displayed at the event...

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Turning Surplus Materials and Paint into Art...

I never like to waste materials or paint so after finishing the mural I used what was left of the paint to create some mini hand-held versions of the mural on some old bits of wood I found lying about.

Unfortunately I didn’t get any photos of the original pieces but I did use the idea to start making more when I got back home to my workshop and this is how they turned out:

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​There was something very satisfying about painting on wood as well which I enjoyed - something about the way the paint gets soaked up by the wood that you don’t quite get if you’re painting on a wall or on a canvas:
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"Bits of Wood" In Progress...

​Miniature Murals on a Bit of Wood...

​It was also really nice to be able to apply the same process I would use to paint a mural (below) but to be able to do it on a small, portable scale:
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What was also nice is I could use the colour schemes of some of the existing murals, paint them on a bit of wood and then it’s almost like taking a brick out of the mural wall so to speak, that I could then put on a shelf or surface somewhere!
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Miniature "Brick" from the Wall

​More "Bits of Wood" Coming Soon...

There will almost certainly be some more "Bits of Wood" featured in my next collection, which will be coming soon...
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New "Bits of Wood" In Progress...

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​Hope you enjoyed this post!

Speak soon,

Michael