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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

There is a season....

Hi Everyone! One more day until my Fall Open House. I'm almost ready for it. Just a little more cleaning to do, some decorating and a couple of signs to finish up. I thought I'd show you another one of the silhouette paintings I did.

This is painted on four wooden canvases, each canvas painted with a base coat of black and then different color to represent the four seasons.

I painted the tree and the saying using black paint. The saying says For everything there is a season... A simple painting but one that I really like. It will be available at my Open House on Friday and Saturday and then listed in my Etsy Shop. Thanks for stopping by.

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Dive into Sunshine....

Hi Everyone! After my mom told me she was redecorating her guest room with a beach theme, I decided to make her something special for her room. So in between orders and getting ready for craft fairs, I painted a picture for her new room.

My parents are Snowbirds in Florida during the winter....and they love it. It wasn't a surprise that Mom wanted to bring some of that into her home. I tried to come up with something fun and appropriate and then I saw an old advertisement for Florida that was my inspiration.

It looks better in person. In my haste to put the picture in my head down, I painted it on canvas board when I had meant for it to go a wooden board. I had wanted to distress it and make it look old. But unfortunately paint on canvas doesn't sand well.

I had originally painted the frame white with a little turquoise coming through, but mom decided she'd rather have it red. And it looks good in her Beach guest room. I'll eventually get over the fact that it would look better distressed...but lesson learned. Thanks for stopping by.

Sunday, March 17, 2013

A lot of painting going on....

Hi Everyone! I had a helper today. My mom came out to the farm to help me paint some items.

The first thing she did was paint four boards to match the walls in the front room....

...once they were dry, she helped me hang them....

...so now there are picture rails to hang items from without filling the walls with nail holes.

Then she painted the base coat of the window shutters...I still have to do the top treatment to give them an aged look.

Then I put her to work painting the base coat of some signs I'm making...and painting frames...

...four different ones...now I know it looks like I wasn't doing anything while my mom painted, but I was busy in the shop cutting the boards for the signs, hanging the picture rails, taking the shutters down, and taking apart the frames so they could be painted.

I also put the finishing touches on this set of dandelion paintings and I stained the long board for a custom sign that a client ordered.

I also painted the final code of red on this sign. Now I just need to finish the signs, rehang the shutters and put away all the mess. Thanks for all your help Mom! And tomorrow they should be starting on my roof. So what did you today? Thanks for stopping by.

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Dancing in the rain....

Hi Everyone. I hope you had a good Independence Day. Since it was in the middle of the week I was able to have two days off in a row....and I took full advantage of it. But it has my week all thrown off base. I already had a Monday, but it feels like I get another "Monday" after having two days off. Plus it's a short week. I was able to work on a lot of projects these past two days. But I only finished three of them and I have a lot more to do.

This is one of my favorite sayings. I have made several different kinds of signs over the years using this saying. I've even painted it on a wooden plate. But this is the first time I have turned it into a painting.

Isn't it fun?

I like the way the umbrella turned out....

...and the galoshes....

I showed it to my parents and they both really liked. Just something a bit different. I painted it on a canvas board and then framed it in a wooden frame that I painted black and distressed. In person the blue background really does look watery. It's simple with a touch of whimsey. I'm happy with it. What do you think? Thanks for stopping by.

Linking to:
http://blissranch.blogspot.com/2012/07/link-party-hot-fun-in-summertime.html
http://www.myrepurposedlife.net/2012/07/catch-as-catch-can-80.html

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Random things....

Hi Everyone! I hope this finds you doing well. I don't have anything finished to share with you. So I thought I'd give you a peek at a couple of projects I'm working on.

This is a sketch I'm working on and have started darkening the lines before I paint it. Can you guess what it is?

And here's another project I'm working on....any ideas what it's going to be?

And this crazy man is my dad. The big day is finally here. Tomorrow my dad is having his AAA (Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm) repair surgery. He has to report to the hospital tomorrow morning at 5:30 AM. His surgery is to start at 7:30AM. So it will be a very early morning. My parents are already there. They went up this afternoon so they wouldn't have to get up so early and then make the drive. I will get there in the morning before the surgery. And I pray that everything goes well and they are able to repair the aneurysm. And now I must get to bed as it will be time to leave before I know it. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Monday, March 5, 2012

Let's go for a bike ride....

Hi Everyone! I wanted to share with you the project I started on Sunday but didn't finish until tonight. I loved riding bikes as a kid. And I've always liked the look of old bicycles. I've been collecting images of vintage bicycles and Sunday I decided to make a bike painting. I found a large canvas, in fact I found three of them in my stash.

....So I took this blank canvas and prepared it....

(Sorry, no photos of the individual steps).

From the Graphic Fairy

This is one of the graphics I have been collecting....and is my inspiration for this painting.

....I started by painting the canvas antique white...

...When it dried, I painted it with an antique medium.....
...and lightly sanded the canvas...

...then I painted light grey stripes across the canvas to look like boards...

...if you look close you can see the faint lines....

...And I painted this bicycle by looking at my inspiration picture....

....I added the lettering....
....and that's it.....

I now need to make a frame for it. But I couldn't wait to show it to you.

Tomorrow is going to be a great weather day here so I'll be out in the shop building something! Not sure what yet, but I plan on making the most of the day. One of these days I'll stop with the paintings, but for now it's a great way to deal with the weather issues around here. But I have to get back to building as I have a craft fair coming up soon. Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

What I'm doing this weekend...

Hi Everyone! Happy Sunday! We've been busy around here cleaning up the storm damage. Thanks to my brother and Dad, we've been able to get alot done. So my brother should be leaving today and I will hopefully be able to get some of these benches painted. These are just a few of the benches I will be working on. There are a couple of others that I need to paint too.

Have a great rest of the weekend! Thanks for stopping by.

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