HOW TO CREATE A GALLERY WAL WITHOUT USING A MEASURING TAPE
I am not sure if I can explain a theory or methodology to my madness on how to create a gallery wall without a measuring tape 📏🖼️📐. But this is how I do it 🤓👇🏼
1. Look at the back of the artwork and estimate the highest point of where the artwork might be hung from 😅.
2. Eyeball the placement of where you wish to put your artwork 👀📍.
3. Double check the estimated artwork placement 🧐.
4. Say a quick prayer 🙏🏼.
5. Hammer the nail into the wall 🔨.
6. Hang the artwork and hope the eyeballed measurements all worked out 🖼️🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼.
No math or fussing with a measuring tape 😅. It relatively simple, just takes lots of trust and faith to get done ☑️🤓♥️.
Building a Gallery Wall 🖼🔨
Gallery walls are like puzzles . They take time to build - 3 nights of shuffling. Figuring where to begin and to end . What pieces of artworks goes with what . Most importantly, finding the right balance and knowing when the wall is “done”. Or will it ever be done
Creating a gallery wall, Part 2 🖼🪜✌🏼.
I always keep in mind 💭 , especially working on a big wall.
🔨Start with your biggest piece of artwork. That will allow you to have a better idea or view of how much wall space it will be taking up.
🔨 Create balance with contrast. Have a mix of horizontal and vertical artworks. That will help create visual interest.
🔨 Play with shapes. Don’t restrict the wall with only artworks. Different objects help create texture and dimensions.
Remember, have FUN and PLAY 🎉. There isn’t any right or wrong, experimenting is part of the creative process. ❌⭕️❌⭕️
How To Create a Gallery Wall
It’s no secret that I love art 🎨 and I LOVE creating gallery walls 💓.
Here are 3 things that I always keep in mind 🤓.
✔️Play with scale. Have a variety of sizes, large, big, small, tiny▪️◻️🟨🟦.
✔️Play with contrast. Include different kinds of frames or no frames 🖼.
✔️Play with different styles of artwork. Portraits, fruits, animals, posters.