Marvel-lous homemade art

As you'll have gathered from the post Happy 'Spidey' Easter, about the little felt Spiderman I made as part of an Easter present, I have Marvel fan who had a very plain, empty new flat.

On one of the many DIY store trips, I recently stumbled across some amazing Marvel wallpaper - whilst looking for something completely different - of course! It had a lovely retro style to the images using old covers from various comics and I knew it would make something great to brighten up some of the plain walls.

As with all rented properties we can't decorate the walls - which limits the use of wallpaper a bit. So I had a rummage around the rest of the shop and found some cheap £1 wooden photo frames, some paintbrushes and some red paint - picking out the red in the comic covers. When I got home I spent a sunny afternoon in the garden painting frames and choosing which comic covers to use from the paper.

By the end of the afternoon I had 6 marvel-lous new pictures to hang in the hall all for the grand price of £8! I love the retro feel of them!

 

Airbrushing for a good cause

Previously I introduced you to my brother's Masked Designs airbrushing paint work. Today, I wanted to share some very exciting news for  Masked Designs. He has recently been working closely with MotoGP Monster Energy Tech-3 Yamaha rider Bradley Smith to create a completely one-off aluminium wall art which will be being auctioned off at this year's Day of Champions charity auction for Riders for Health at Silverstone.

The sign is laser cut in the shape of Bradley's racing #38 from high quality aluminium sheet and the image has then been airbrushed on and given the Masked Designs treatment.

As a huge MotoGP fan this has been a fantastic opportunity for Masked Designs to be involved with the day and to create a unique piece of art which will hopeful raise a good sum of money for the Riders for Health charity. 

Find Masked Designs on Facebook or at www.maskeddesigns.co.uk

Find out more about the Riders for Health charity at www.riders.org