Painted junk

My uncle has a junk yard turned metal recycling business. I love it! Where most see trash and junk I envision a multitude of creative possibilities. Someone brought tons (not literally) of rusty metal roofing shingles and I brought two of them home with me so I could try to paint them.

I primed the back of the shingles in black gesso but I think any black acrylic paint would have worked fine. The problem with this project is I didn't have a picture to go by. Yes, I lack the gene that allows great ideas to flow from your mind onto another surface. As I was painting these I thought of other creative ways to alter them. Sorry, you will have to see what I come up with, assuming my uncle hasn't sold them. Since I had my paints out I decided to do a little rock painting.

This is a simple face but I like how the lavender looks like an awesome head of hair.

A continuation of monochromatic simplicity.

Of course I had to paint something to put in our vegetable garden.

Of course there's the ever popular rock penguin. Who says rocks are boring?!