The blocks have arrived!

Preparing the blocks for painting

The shipment from Art-O-Mat has finally arrived. I can now start painting. As soon as I finish 50 blocks, I will mail them back and they will put my little art pieces into Art-O-Mat machines throughout the country. This is so exciting. I hope they are well received.

I have to prep each block. 2 coats of gesso, sand it down a little bit to get rid of the rough edges and then a base coat of acrylic. The backgrounds will take another couple of coats of some design or other and then I'll paint the main object. It's quite a bit of work for $2.50, but it's truly a labor of love.

Many, many thanks to Sharon for turning me onto the whole Art-O-Mat concept.