The idea for these paintings came a few years ago when I was decorating my son's room. I wanted to paint some simple cars and trucks on square canvases, but I wasn't confident in my ability to paint cars. While wandering around Hobby Lobby, I found the cutest wooden ornaments (for lack of a better term) - they had all kinds of cars, trucks, tractors, etc. All I had to do was paint the backgrounds, and glue the ornaments on to the canvas.
When I went back to Hobby Lobby for Kate's paintings, they didn't have many cute wooden ornaments anymore. But Michael's had a huge selection! I went through the same drill to pick out ornaments and plan the backgrounds to paint. I think they turned out really cute! Kate really likes the paintings, and won't quit standing up on her bed and pointing out the animals. "DOG! CAT! FWOG! FWAMIN" (unintelligible).
Here they are:
