Easy art ideas

Splash some colour and creativeness around your place with these free art ideas. Resene and Mark Rayner have joined forces to provide projects suitable for the most amateur artist to tackle to brighten up your house or give the gift of art and use these ideas to create homemade gifts of art.  Projects are rated easy to challenging so you can pick a project that suits your skill level.

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No. 52 - Crackle Christmas candle	No. 51 - 1950s surrealist painting	No. 50 - Psychedelic abstract	No. 49 - Cameo jewellery box
No. 48 - Horseshoes	No. 47 - Splatter plate	No. 46 - Christmas candleholder	No. 45 - Geometric painting
No. 44 - Polka dot planter	No. 43 - Green abstract painting	No. 42 - Dressing table	No. 41 - Striped abstract
No. 40 - Glass candle holder	No. 39 - Painted shell frame	No. 38 - Rainbow mailbox	No. 37 - Copper garden light
No. 36 - Painted wall plaque	No. 35 - Wallpaper collage painting	No. 34 - Flower mask	No. 33 - Feature wall panels
No. 32 - Chest of drawers	No. 31 - Textured abstract painting	No. 30 - Matisse painting	No. 29 - Kiwiana planter
No. 28 - Metallic vase	No. 27 - Velvet painting	No. 26 - Abstract metallic panel	No. 25 - Decoupage hat box
No. 24 - Retro fashion picture	No. 23 - Paua necklace stand	No. 22. - Gold textured painting	No. 21 - Crackle statue
No. 20 - Reverse painting	No. 19 - Art Nouveau poppy firescreen	No. 18 - Retro 50s table	No. 17 - Monochrome landscape
No. 16 - Metallic Bhudda	No. 15 - Metal mirror	No. 14 - Art Deco painting	No. 13 - 1960s wall unit
No. 12 - Cool clown	No. 11 - Mannequin clothes stand	No. 10 - Abstract painting	No. 9 - Teddy toybox
No. 8 - Metallic filing cabinet	No 7 - Green tiki sculpture	No 6 - 3D Rose	No 5 - Groovy CD tower
No 4 - Metallic planter	No 3 - Shabby chic table	No 2 - Gold abstract form	No 1 - Retro-look canvas
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