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Making Space


Okay, the things you will need are: A set of clothing you don't mind dirtying with spray paint, including work gloves (unless you're like me and don't mind getting painted for the good of art); as many colors of spray paint as you want, but you should want black, white and a few colors; some different sized round objects; a mask if you are working indoors to protect you from fumes; a piece of poster board and a work space with at least one flat surface.

Here is my starting kit:
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Okay, now to add the planets. You can start as big as you want, with whatever colors you want, and wherever you so please on the poster board (glossy side up!) I started with green and lightly spotted it with blue. Remember not to worry about roundness since the round objects do that for you!
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Cover the planet/moon-to-be with a round object.
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At this point you can stop adding planets if you wish, but I like to make many planets in a picture. So I do a red sphere in another part of the picture. I used a candle and I swirled the red paint as it was drying for a ripple effect.

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Next is a small silver object.
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After adjusting the sizes of the planets and moons, cover them all. Get out your black paint and spray and spray in a moving motion, all over the round objects covering the planets. Covering everything in all black is not needed, as not doing so gives a nebula effect.
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The next step is adding stars. Try as I might I am too pale to get a good image with my camera so spray a quick spray of white paint on your index finger and flick the white around the poster board.
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After uncovering the planets and letting the board dry I sprayed white in a corner to resemble a white hot sun as well as adding a few black holes. To add a black hole, paint another color over the dried blank, and then spray another layer of black near the new color - but spray very close to the poster board! I also added a comet which you can do with silver or white paint in the following way: Placing the board on the flat surface I told you to have, turn the silver or white spray can upside down, press down quickly and release quickly and you have a comet.
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I played around a bit with different colors and advanced effects.
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And there are wicked space paintings :)

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2010-12-06 [wicked fae mage]: Yeah, for Tomtoms the navigation device for cars...it was only $20 less than normal that day...not like TV's which were $400 off and laptops that were $300 off...

2010-12-13 [*Phoenix*]: Crazyness!!!

2010-12-13 [wicked fae mage]: I know!

I don't understand...

2010-12-19 [*Phoenix*]: me neither...

2010-12-19 [wicked fae mage]: People will be people. *shrugs*

2010-12-21 [*Phoenix*]: yep...

2010-12-21 [wicked fae mage]: I wonder how a sieve would work on the space pictures...

2010-12-21 [*Phoenix*]: oooh. That might be really cool!!

2010-12-21 [wicked fae mage]: Yeah, smaller spotted effects...
Next time I get some extra money I'll be looking into buying a dollar sieve to use on a space painting.

2010-12-23 [*Phoenix*]: Awesome!! You'll have to show me when you finish it.

2010-12-24 [wicked fae mage]: I shall. Hopefully it works out.

2011-01-01 [*Phoenix*]: I ish hoping too. ;]

2011-01-01 [wicked fae mage]: I'll get those little ones for sandboxes and sandcastle making

2011-01-01 [*Phoenix*]: Good idea. :]

2011-01-01 [wicked fae mage]: Yeah, I'll keep you updated but I won't have free money for the materials for a while

2011-02-06 [*Phoenix*]: Me neither....

2011-02-07 [wicked fae mage]: I do have the money for materials, but it's too cold to do anything

2011-03-20 [*Phoenix*]: True, true...It's just now starting to warm up here...

2011-03-21 [wicked fae mage]: It is here, too. We had several 50 and 60 degree days

2011-03-24 [*Phoenix*]: And now it's back to freezing.... O__O

2011-03-26 [wicked fae mage]: Same here

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