Rut #6-Kim Pratt

When I first heard that I had to do a painting for this assignment, my initial reaction was "oh no I do NOT paint!" I started thinking long and hard about what is the world I could possibly paint. Then it hit me. For months I have had the strange desire to paint a rug. Yes, I said it, a rug. I saw this done many times on Pinterest and people tended to have favorable results in the end. I figured why not give it a try?! I'm a poor college student who can't afford to throw down 500 dollars on my dream area rug, so I had nothing to lose! I started by purchasing an area rug at ikea for only like $40. I then bought the color of paint I needed at home depot along with some brushes and contact paper. I created my stencil, traced it onto the contact paper and then transfered the contact paper onto the rug. From there it was super easy to just paint inside the stencil I had made. I think it turned out great and it was a really fun learning experience. I realized time flew by as I was painting and I had such a good time! I decided to paint this particular shape because I saw an awesome design similar on Pinterest that I wanted to replicate. It ended up coming pretty close. I continued to do some research and found out that some people even paint their COUCHES! Crazy!