I went for it. My very first canvas painting (if you want to call it that). Surprisingly, I’m thrilled with it. It’s far from anything professional, ha, but it gets the job done. It has taken our office area to a whole new level. It’s bright, it’s fun, and ohhh-soo colorful. Of course I went for colors that were already working their way into our home. A little teal, olive green, mustard yellow and a few neutral grays.
Jen’s Lipstick Dots paintings that I wrote about here were my inspiration one hundred and ten percent, plus some. I love the sheen that her paintings have, which mine is lacking. I haven’t sealed the painting with any kind of protection yet so that may be something I go back and try to tackle. Although, I should probably just leave it alone. I tend to make things worse when I get brilliant ideas like adding that cherry on top. We’ll see… For now, I’m loving it.
Our office area has come a long, long way. Considering a few months ago we didn’t even have a desktop.
You can see how much life the new artwork brings to the space.
On the opposite side of the arch opening leading to the dining area lives our new yellow bookcase (more details on that here) so the painting really helps balance things out. The two together not only draw your eyes up, making the space feel larger, but they somewhat draw you in towards the dining room as well. Please ignore the madness currently taking place inside the bookcase. Work in progress.
You can see how flat the painting reads in this close-up. A little metallic might do the trick.. any suggestions?
Hi! I'm Jessie, a wife, mother of two girls, and an interior design fanatic. My husband Rick and I just purchased our second home, a 1950's ranch in dire need of some TLC, in our hometown of Cincinnati, OH. To find out more, click 
Jessie – thank you for your email and letting me know that my work was your inspiration for the dot painting…looks lovely!
I love your custom art work! It looks fairly easy too. Great job!
the painting is lovely! would you mind sharing the paint colors you used? my husband especially loves that green!
Penny – Thank you! The colors are all custom mixes but should be fairly easy to match. As for the yellow, green, and teal I started with three main colors. Americana’s Marigold, Folk Art’s 405 Teal, & Americana’s Light Avocado. Happy painting
Jessie
I found you for your wonderful nursery but I LOVE your blog and this painting! I feel inspired as a non painter too! I’m so pinning this!
Thanks for the kind words Jami
Glad you stopped in!
Jessie
This looks great! I’d love to do some artwork like this in a few spots in our home. I was looking through some of your older posts, and your home is just beautiful. I would love to add a few of your room images to the paint and room galleries on my site and include you in a feature post. Let me know if you’re interested!
You could add some sparkle with a sparkle gesso (available in the paint supply section at Michael’s or HL). Paint it over the circles and it should work. I know there are some in sparkle (glitter) and irredessent (sp?!) but both look really nice.
where did you get your desk?
Breonna,
The desk is from West Elm. It’s the parsons desk
Jessie
Hello, how did you make them so perfect and evenly spaced? I would love some tips.
Hi Erin!
I just measured a little before painting and made a small mark where the center of each dot should be. Hope that helps!
Jessie
I would put it in my entry way off the garage to collect everything when we get in every day