I absolutely LOVE how this geometric nursery mural turned out!  I am always in awe of the fabulous ideas my clients present to me.  This idea though came from one particularly special client, my cousin, Carmella. More like a sister, Carmella, has been my style icon since the moment I could pick out my own clothes.  Even now, twenty plus years later and 400 plus miles away, I still call upon her for advice.  

So, it was no surprise that when I offered to paint something for her nursery…this amazing idea came up!  I was thinking a cute giraffe or lion, instead I painted approximately 221 gold triangles on her nursery ceiling!  I couldn't be more in love with the results and her sweet baby Roman who gets to enjoy it.

Here are some pictures and notes about the process:

 I arrived late in the evening in Orlando, but with only a few days to finish the project, I began painting her ceiling white.  Midnight projects are always the best kind!  I needed it to be dry to start the triangles the next day.

The next morning I had lofty ideas of how quickly this project was going to be. I even made a triangle stencil I thought I could easily trace across the ceiling.  It was definitely not even enough and I needed some straight lines to reference.  Usually when I do geometric patterns, I am doing them on walls where I can easily use a long level to make my guide lines.  Levels don't work on ceilings! haha!

So me and my ruler got to work!  I had to reference the side walls and make sure my lines were straight.  I would measure the first line from the wall, then the next line from the first line, then…so on and so forth!  The pattern was similar to drawing a chevron pattern (like in this tutorial).  I just made sure not to have pencil marks in the area the triangles would remain white.

 

It took me about a full day to draw the triangles.  Then I started painted!!  It took more than one coat, but the second coat went much faster.  From late Wednesday to late Friday night I prepped and painted.  By Saturday morning, it was finished!!

Check out these amazing photos from Live Happy Studio of the nursery space including a few of baby Roman.  It surprised me how much the ceiling mural acted like a mobile.  He loved looking up at it!  P.S.  I'm in love with this Superheros pillow by Kal Barteski from Urban Outfitters.

Hello Friends!!  Christmas has come early for me! : )  It is with excitement and pleasure and glee that I can announce to you all that I will be moving into my own studio space!!  It has been a joy to work from home this past year, but space was starting to be an issue.  I had moved from our laundry room to our dining room and as my October art show started to take over portions of the kitchen and back deck I knew it was time to get a bigger space.  (Let's not mention the hot pink paint on the tv, walls, and back of the couch).  Suffice it to say, my husband Aaron is a saint and I'm one lucky artist.  For the past few months we told our friends and family about "Operation Evict Julie," a plan to get me and my messy ways out of the house.   I thought it was a true pipe dream or maybe (possibly) something that would happen later in 2015, but I started just "looking" around and stumbled upon the perfect spot close to where I live.  I couldn't pass it up! : ) The new studio is super close to the Dekalb's Farmers Market and Kudzu Antiques!  These are two fabulous places and I'm thrilled to be in their neighborhood!  I have my own entrance and there is exposed white brick, which I find quite lovely.  I can't wait to invite you all over!!!  So, stay tuned for the updates!

Thank you so much for those who have supported me, purchased art, shared a post, commented or liked something.   It is because of you that I am able to grow and continue to do what I love, including supporting the dream of Paint Love.  (The space will be shared with all of our Paint Love needs as well!)

Thank you!

With much love and gratitude, Julie Ann

December is here!  Christmas music is in full gear and I'm ready to get my holiday on!!! : )  I LOVE Christmas and I love giving stuff away!  So, of course a 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway is the natural next step.  Last year I did a 12 Days of Christmas Cards giveaway where I painted a new Christmas card everyday and each day gave it away.  This year I'm going to mix it up and give prints, paintings, wooden signs, painted ornaments, cards, and anything else in my studio I feel like creating and giving away!! There will be a lot of fun options and a variety of art items to win!  So enter every day and you can enter on multiple social media platforms!  So, make sure to follow Facebook, Instagram, and/or Twitter to see each day's post.  Below are a few of the items that will be given away in the first 6 days: