colors AND lights

[sharmelon.livejournal.com]

i just got my seveteen november magazine today. i think it's november. doh. it has pink on it.

anyway, there was an article about making your [dorm] room or whatever much more.. of a better place, i guess. lack of better words. anyway, it had some nice tips about where to position lights and such and putting pillows on the bed to make it sort of a sitting area as well.

nothing too spectacular or new. but i did like the idea of painting canvases (stretch canvases that is, not canvas boards) in a solid color (in the picture there were reds and yellows), attaching them to the wall with velcro (so they were removable for when you moved out of your dorm), and positioning those touch-push-lights, the round ones, behind them.. so that when you tapped the canvas, it would light up. sounds like a cute, simple idea.. plus it'd double as artistic square paintings in your room AND lights.

i was wondering how well this would work though, or if anyone has done this or anything similar. those touch-lights aren't too bright (and i'm imagining they'd be quite dim under painted canvases, especially since canvases are a bit thick and colors - such as red acrylic, is a thick paint, even if painted on thinly and evenly).. yeah. cause i'm thinking of perhaps doing something like this, or similar. one day. maybe.