Painting Floral Arrangements on Heart-Shaped Wood

These floral arrangements are two little paintings completed on 4 x 4 wooden hearts. I purchased the wooden hearts around Valentine’s Day.  These hearts are only available around the holiday, so I purchased several packs before they disappeared until next year.

Last year, when a friend asked me to paint a portrait of her cat on one of these heart, I was very lucky that I had one left!  I went to get more to ensure I had some backups,  but the store was sold out for the season.  I did many detailed sketches for her approval before I did the final on the heart.  She was very happy with her kitty on painted on the heart.

Having learned that lesson, I made sure that I bought plenty of the hearts this year.

The floral arrangements that I painted on the hearts were inspired by this huge, blue glass vase that we inherited from a house that we purchased several years ago.  The previous owner had left everything, including the decor.  My husband and I really like this vase so we purchased some artificial flowers for it.  We bought flowers for everyday, then an arrangement for autumn and we also have a Christmas arrangement for this vase as well. It stays out all year.

It’s always in my view when we sit at the kitchen table and one day I thought, “why haven’t I ever painted this?” I picked up the hearts and decided to do a couple of versions of the vase painted on the them, playing with different color ideas.  Looking at the little heart paintings today and writing about them, I am getting more ideas for playing with the vase, so don’t be surprised to see more. They are cute and fun to do!