Painted Picture Frame

I decided to paint a picture frame to send to my dad for Father's Day last month.  

 I bought a simple wooden frame and painted a base coat of white around it to begin with.

 I wanted to experiment with blending acrylics so I mixed a very small amount of blue in with white paint and started spreading the blue paint across the frame from one side and added a second coat of white paint from the other side.  Brushing in one direction from the blue side I was able to blend these two colours quite easily. Since I was working with a small surface area the paint didn't have time to dry out during the blending and I was very pleased with the result.

 I then decided to decorate the frame a little more with some black shapes; hearts and tall flowers to go with the decoration in my dad's living room.

 The frame seemed a little bland so I added some colour and placed a photo of myself and my dad inside.

This was a very easy and quick project with satisfying results.

I have been experimenting with blending colour with larger surface areas and haven't been quite so successful, but I will share my experiences with that soon.