Week 18- (art night) Fractured Faces

Jadae and I got a bit behind in our date nights so this week we tried to play catch up. I found a fun art project inspired by Picasso again. 

Instead of each making our own we worked on this together making one final project. First we made a Picasso face. Because we were at the Ronald McDonald house for the night (Smiles had 2 appointments on different days at Cincinnati Children's Hospital for his Neurofibromatosis) we were inspired to make a doctor looking person.  Wee used markers to color it. 

Then I used a book (I forgot to pack a ruler!) to make lines to divide the picture into several sections. I used the lines as a guide to cut out the sections. 

One a second (should be much larger than the one we used) piece of paper we made a bunch of different doodles for the background.

After that was done we placed the sections on the collage of designs and slip and slide them to make a fractured look. 

Here is our completed project (if I were to do this again I would make sure that the face was on a much smaller face and that the collage of designs were more colorful and detailed.

52 Date Nights in 52 Weeks

Getting out of a rut- The post that explains why I started this journey

1.   Week One- (movie) The Bucket List

2.   Week Two- (game) Post Cards from North America
3.   Week Three- Art Night!
4.   Week four- Deal or No Deal

5.   Week 5- Game Night (Chrononauts)
6.   Week 6- Wii Game (Super Mario Maker)
7.   Week 7- (movie) Tourist
8.   Cruise!
9.   Week 9- (Game) Star Fluxx
10  .Week 10- (movie) Nim's Island
11.  Week 11 (game) Forbidden Desert
12. Week 12 (art night) Picasso Playdoh
13. Week 13- Puzzle and Pillow Talk Conversations
14,  Week 14 - (game) Scattergories Categories
15, Week 15- (movie) Private Ryan
16. Week 16- Wii Game Night
17. Week 17- a really fun game

Week 12 - (Art night) Picasso Playdoh

It was time for another art stay-at-home date night. I intended for us to have an art night earlier in the month but I was not sure about what art project Jadae and I should do until recently. We played with play-doh! Jadae's sister and her children had spent the night so we invited his sister to join us.

Jadae's face

Jadae's alligator

The "assignment" was to make Picasso faces. Jadae was not a huge fan of it and after he made one face he switched gears and just made animals and other such things. His sister made a face or two then just played. I really enjoyed making the faces! Working with play-doh is surprisingly relaxing. I am not a big fan of the smell though!

Sara's face

Sara's Rose

For whatever reason half the children (we had 6 here!) was not tired and eventually wandered out of the bedroom to see what us adults were up to. They were quite confused as to why us adults were playing with play-doh when all the kids were in bed. 

52 Date Nights in 52 Weeks
Getting out of a rut- The post that explains why I started this journey

1.   Week One- (movie) The Bucket List

2.   Week Two- (game) Post Cards from North America
3.   Week Three- Art Night!
4.   Week four- Deal or No Deal

5.   Week 5- Game Night (Chrononauts)
6.   Week 6- Wii Game (Super Mario Maker)
7.   Week 7- (movie) Tourist
8.   Cruise!
9.   Week 9- (Game) Star Fluxx
10  .Week 10- (movie) Nim's Island
11.  Week 11 (game) Forbidden Desert

52 Date Nights- Week 3 - Art Night

I am a bit of a perfectionist. Which is odd because I am also a pack rat and messy. But when it comes to certain things I want it to be just right. I sometimes struggle with this because I know it is okay to not be perfect or to have the perfect house.

I have attended a couple of art nights similar to cork and easel classes (but without the cork). I have done one with a bunch of other women and one as a couple (where we each have our own canvas and do one half of the picture). And I would get a little obsessed with making my canvas look just like the instructor's.

(Jadae and I with our finished product at couple's paint class. Lots of fun!)

When I take pictures of my children I try to angle the camera just right, so that the mess in the background is not there. Even today I did this when I was taking pictures of Smile opening his birthday presents and eating cake.

I know that I am not perfect, that no one here on earth is. This is something that I need to work on. To be vulnerable with. To show my mistakes and messes, not just material ones, but also ones that are internal. To ask for help, to let others know that I have struggles, that my kids also have their own issues. That as much as I wished so, I do not have it all put together.

When I was preparing the 52 date night ideas I came across an art night that I loved. As a bonus I realized that it would help me overcome some of my perfectionist tendencies. I saw the idea on Pinterest. Even though the example I looked at came from a classroom, I knew that Jadae and I could take it on. I think it was named something like, "Remixed Masterpiece"

With Jadae's help we chose an art piece and I made 3 copies of it. I then divided the piece up (1-4 across the top and A-C along the side) and cut it into pieces. We divided the pieces up so that we each had every other. The medium we used was oil pastels. I used those a lot in middle school; Jadae has not used them much. And we got to work.

We decided on a sunset island piece of art as inspiration for our upcoming cruise next month! We had fun and it was interesting to see how our pieces fit together at the end. I also did not allow my perfectionist side to take over!

Here is a copy of the original (on the left) and my copy of it (on the right)

Here is our finished art work!

52 Date Nights in 52 Weeks
Getting out of a rut- The post that explains why I started this journey

1. Week One- (movie) The Bucket List
2. Week Two- (game) Post Cards from North America