Sunny Disposition - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inches - Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

I challenged myself to create a painting from an image I created using a digital phone app called PaintJoy. I wondered if I could translate art that had been created digitally on my phone to art that was painted with actual paint and canvas.

The challenge was to maintain the brightness of color, to transfer the effects of light. The other challenge was to translate the tiny phone image to a large 36 x 36 inch scale.

As you can see, the painted version turned out quite similiar to the original phone version.

The phone version had yellow sharp-edged shapes behind the painting. I painted a piece of paper and then cut it out into the shapes that I see in yellow on the phone version.

I had painted a foundational painting first so I could see where to place my yellow painted paper pieces. Then, I painted over it, blending it to look similar to the original phone art.

I chose to sign it in huge letters just like I had done on the original phone image. I didn't have a stylus for my phone so I used my index finger to sign it on the screen.

From Phone to Canvas project

In Process

In process and shaping up

Read more and see more in process photos on the blog:

Phase 8 & 9

Phase 6 & 7

Phase 3, 4, & 5

Phase 2

Phase 1