Even junk can be pretty

I spent this evening cutting some junk mail and bits of stuff I had laying about. I decided to cut and some small circles out for little pulls on the pages, if I choose. The painting was a little of a hot mess. I realized I probably should have painted the cardstock before cutting the circles out. They were a little hard to work with, as they blew around when I tried to dry them with a hairdryer on its lowest setting, as far away as my arm could get from the wet paint and still be close enough to dry. Lesson learned. While that was difficult, the drop paper I was using looked awesome. I have been following Jennibellie's tip to brush/stamp/ blot any excess paint onto a large sheet of paper that you use as a drop cloth. I have tons of craft paper that had been used as padding in some packages I received, so I have been using those. So, having painted all I was going to be able to tonight, I decided I would go a little crazy with the paint that was left. Here are the results. Sorry the quality isn't better. It was hard to get good light without glare on the metallic paint. The compromise was that in a couple of photos you can tell there is a dark coppery color, on some it looks like a yellowish brown.

I already had a little bit of an underpainting from brushing off and stamping excess paint from something I did last week. So when I was finished playing and the paint had dried, I used a Sharpie to give a little definition and added character. Not bad for a bunch of paint that would have been washed down the drain, huh? Now, I have some unique paper to use when I start actually art journaling and making books.