acrylic

The past few weeks my sister and I have been consumed by a giant 4×4 ft canvas, crazy huge brushes and large amounts of acrylic paint.

red paint pallet by emily elizabeth enns

We took on an art project to fill the walls of our Mom’s living room with something abstract and vivid.

superkid primary pallet mixing by emily elizabeth enns

So we went to town. Smearing all kinds of colours in no pattern whatsoever. Just slapping on paint to get something on the canvas. Needless to say, Mom was a little scared… scratch that – she was freaking out that this mess was going to have to end up on her wall.

brush by emily elizabeth enns

We reassured her a million times that it would all turn out, but I still doubt she believed us. After layers and layers of paint and blending till our wrists hurt, we got right into and spraying water on the canvas to make the colours bleed and drip down, and using our fingers to create more texture on the canvas.

putting our hands in our work by emily elizabeth enns

ellen, my sister, very into her handy work by emily elizabeth enns

And I think we did it. After a lot of work and a few afternoons, two creative heads collaborating together made it happen.

P.S. Mom was elated, an the photo doesn’t quite do it justice.

bleeding city on acrylic by emily and ellen enns photo by emit elizabeth enns