not so Little Golden Book Paintings.....

While I'm not much of a "theme" person for a baby's room....I did find a way to add a few of my favorite things into the new baby boy's room....

Do you remember Little Golden Books? We have quite a collection of them and I have always loved that detail of the gold spine on each of the books. I wanted to create some one of a kind art work for my new little guy's room that would match some of the other colors I have going on in there....

While this isn't much of a tutorial.... to make your own Little Golden Book Paintings you'll need to start with that classic golden spine. I taped off a three inch area of a 16x20in canvas and I used two metallic acrylic paints...first metallic gold then a layer of metallic Pure Gold on top

Now time for your creative self to shine!

I free-hand painted the classic design of the spine on the canvas.....then I came up with a nursery rhyme theme for the book tittles. Don't forget to paint the " a Little Golden Book" line right at the top of your canvas....

These paintings found a place on each side of a window in the baby boy's room....hope he likes them ;)

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