Dr. Seuss for Faces!

As a church volunteer project, I offered to create a face-in-hole board for the youth's summer Girl's Camp. Once I had finished painting it, the faces were cut out and it spent 4 days at a camp near Zion's National Park. I don't have many photographs of it once it left my house, but I have been informed that the whole time it was there, young girls were taking pictures with it. I do however have one photograph of all the women who volunteered to cook...

The supplies that were given to me were an 8' x 4' piece of wood, permanent wall paint (white), and tempera paints. For a volunteer project, I can understand why these would have been chosen. The wood they chose is very easily attainable and cheap. Also, the paints for this were not purchased, but donated. 

Had I gone out and purchased these items myself, I would have personally chosen different materials. For example, the wood was rather light and thin, however it would splinter and some spots that I had painted would fall off. If I were to do this again, I would get a smooth plywood with smaller grains. it would have cut a little nicer as well. 

As for paints, tempera is a very common type and again, very cheap. I found that as I painted some of the characters however, my lines would show through, and you could see my grid underneath. Once I started using my acrylic craft paints, the paint was thickened and covered everything nicely. Now I put emphasis on them being "craft" paint, because that could easily be confused with an artists acrylic paint, which is much more expensive and you need more of it to fill the space. Most craft paints can be purchased at 1 to 2 dollars a bottle. 

And a few more photos...