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:


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.


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.



Next is a small silver object.


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.


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.


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.



I played around a bit with different colors and advanced effects.



And there are wicked space paintings :)