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Hi everyone ☺️ My latest UnicornPostbox blog post is progression photos of an amateur Easter themed bunny pub painting..hope you enjoy 💕💕

The first step was to outline the shape of the bunny’s body, and apply a beige block base colour. This sounds simple but it was actually quite difficult, and the most technical part of the whole painting. I struggled with the eyes unfortunately being too far up, so I had to alter the bunny cheeks to make the shape look more in proportion. Before this, she looked a bit like ‘Pikachu, from pokemon’ ha 😆 Likewise, I got the nose/mouth area completely wrong and not in proportion either. I left the paint to dry and then rectified. She looked more feminine with cute black eyelashes 🥰 The most enjoyable step however was building up a multitude of bright colours for the bunny’s fur; working very loose and random to ascertain a very abstract style. Moreover, it was so fun splattering the pale background various vibrant colours, it was so unpredictable and exciting 🩷💚💙💜💛❤️ I accidentally splattered her left eye, but this was easily sorted. I incorporated more yellow in the ears (a lighter colour), and created shade with the colours, different light and dark tones in different places. I also created definition with black paint strokes, black fur, and black whiskers. As a little finishing touch, I painted her nose a gorgeous dark pink.. and here is the finished piece:

I must say this was my favourite of all the pub paintings! It was so enjoyable and suited my personal paint preferences, loose and sort of abstract expressionism, free and spontaneous.. I am so pleased with this Easter bunny 🐰

For my next UnicornPostbox blog post, I am on with a ‘Alice in Wonderland’ themed diamond art 💎🎨 .. so watch this space!

Thank you as always for reading/viewing. Kind regards, Lauren xx

Hi everyone! My latest UnicornPostbox blog post is progression photos of a Cubist Picasso inspired amateur ‘Paint Your Pal’ pub painting.. hope you like!

One of the most influential styles of the 20th century was Cubism. Pablo Picasso co-founded the cubist movement in 1907-8, Paris, with Georges Braque. Essentially it involves abstract forms which are depicted in many different viewpoints, with multiple perspectives and fragmented angles, like looking through a kaleidoscope.

My amateur Picasso inspired ‘Paint Your Pal’ painting has elements of this I believe, such as within the face. In hindsight however, I believe the background is more reminiscent of Piet Mondrian’s work, which was inspired by Cubism. Mondrian is the pioneer of abstract art, with his grid structures and use of geometric forms.

Nevertheless, this was a very enjoyable exercise 😁😁 Usually in pub painting, we are guided step-by-step by our art teacher Becca. Whereas with this painting, we were encouraged to experiment and use our own imagination. Some people tried a more realistic approach painting their pal/partner, but me and Denise were decisive we were definitely going to go all abstract! With bold colours and bold black lines to distinguish the shapes 🥰

We could use any colours we wanted and design it any way we wanted..so very free, and explorative.. great fun! 😁😁 It does still resemble Denise however I think, with her curly gingery hair, ha! 🤣🤣 Denise’s portait of me is very cubist!

For the next pub painting it is an Easter bunny 🐰 themed one in March… I have so many diamond arts to be getting on with 💎🎨 but I am also on with a pencil portrait drawing…so watch this space!

Many thanks as ever for reading/viewing.. Much love, Lauren xx

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