Starting over means that I had to put two base coats of white on each pillow.   
Each side of each pillow and cushion....

Does not feel like "art" to me at this point....

Feels like work...

Now, this is getting better....

I seldom draw anything out ahead of time - but repainting these pillows was not on my agenda...

OK.   
Glad I drew it out first.

The back and the insides are covered with pillows and won't show - so I did not paint green all the way to the bottom.
Decided that it would not "feel" complete, unless I painted it all.
(sigh...)

Feels better.
I left those two strips of original fabric - just so that person who buys this is aware of what the sofa started out like.

Yes.  
I am liking this now!

So far, it had only seemed real in my head...

With the side pillows.
Still missing a little "something" though....

Painted that cording black all around the edges...
Still... still... eh, missing "something"....

Pin striping!  
That was what was missing!

Now all I have to do is paint 6 coats of clear sealant on every surface.
Six.
On EVERY surface.

Then I get my worktable back.

I am anxious to paint a painting.

A simple one sided flat painting.

Yep.

I put it on the porch to paint it.

Quickly realized it needed to be up higher or my back was gonna do me in...

I started blending colors onto the uh, canvas...

Realized the porch was too cold and too narrow to work on this - brought it in and put it on my work table.

More blending of colors.

It was looking too boring so I spiffed it up.

This was getting better.  Then I thought that I would put in big blocks of white to counter balance the similar sized patches of blue and green.

ARGHHH!
Now it looks like a flock of birds pooped all over it!
Big birds too!

OK then.
I will start over.

 A fresh base for a new painting/sofa.

I am not so good at photoshop - but in order to not paint this whole sofa AGAIN, I wanted to get an idea of colors and shapes to see what I would like.

Or something like this....

I painted the top edge lime green and the back and sides, I painted shades of orange from dark to lighter at the top.

Oh my gosh!
Two coats of primer white on each pillow.  Two sides to each pillow and cushion.  This is getting to be a big big BIG project.

A leap of faith on 
making these lines.  
 Looks like a bar code couch  here. 
 Ewwwww.

Ahhhh.... better.....

I am liking this part here!

Trying to imagine orange pillows.
Stay tuned....

I have been thinking about painting a chair.

Found the right kind of chair at Goodwill.

Painted it darker at the bottom and faded lighter towards the top.

Worked on the reverse
 from the top.  
Darker red to lighter orange...

Had to take it outside to 
get better light.

Painting the cushion black.

This was the scary part.
I really like the background and this could really mess it up if I don't like what happens next...

This is the part where I have to really imagine what it may look like when I get the stripes put on!

Whew!    
I am gonna like this!

Now the black cushion is drying and I have to decide what to do with that....

Eww. 
 THAT looks awful!  
More paint!  
STAT!

Ummm....
Very interesting.
But, I don't like that either.
More Paint!
STAT!

Ahhh....
That's better.
A little more touch up tomorrow and it will be done.
Going to seal it up with a clear poly-acrylic and then it will be available to go to a new home.

Five coats of sealant on everything and this chair is done and available for sale! 

I painted the cushion on one side with some circles and dots.  
The other side is plain.
Something for everyone...

I have been busy. 
  Spring cleaning and painting over paintings that were just not "right."   

This is a painting of mine that did not make me happy and I have painted over it and left some of the original under there to peek through.  
 This is not finished yet.

This is what it looked like before. 
 It is one that I made using my styrofoam meat tray - "woodblock" prints.  

I bought this at a yard sale a couple of years ago and it actually looks a little better in this photo than in person.  
  But...
Time for it to reincarnate.

Hideous leafy texture.  
But nice texture, if it is NOT a tree anymore....
Scraped the biggest lumps off and  kept the rest.

And off I go!

Yep.
Same painting.
Getting it put up on the wall of my gallery!
Now titled:
"I know it's only Rock and Roll, but I like it!"

It started with a painting a friend gave me to paint over.
She bought it at at thrift store and did not get around to using it herself.

I have been in a yellow mood lately - so thought I would go with that.

I painted thickly in places and put some texture in there and then splattered some blue/green on top.

See...

 Added some pink and orange over that...

Added black lines.

White stripes.  Check!

Decided I wanted the roundy part at the bottom - so flipped the canvas around and then blocked in a face.

Eyes - mouth - yep.  That's gonna be a face.

Face outline and jaw...

Darker nose and then added hair hair and more hair...

Pink cheeks.

Put some white on the eyes and each eye ended up looking a 
different direction.  
 Ooopsy.

Wiped the paint off.
Several times...

Got the eyes figured out - added more hair and added lines around the pink cheeks.
Done.
I painted the wooden frame black and today will re-assemble it all back together and it will be for sale! 


3'X4' repurposed latex paint on reclaimed canvas!

Here is the first try.
( I have already painted it over)

Second face. 
 I like that the mouth extends beyond the face.

I took that second painting and played with it in a "superimpose" app on my iPhone and really liked the look of the stripes behind the face.  
 So I thought I would try to paint that.

Face #3 over striped background.

Face # 4.
Trying to figure out how to "block" the sections of a face together.   Cool unintended effect - looks like two faces...

Faces # 5 & 6.
Had two scraps of canvas and still thinking about those stripes under the faces.

Remember face #2? 
 This is the do-over face#2 and is my face painting #7.
I don't like it at all and will do-it-over again.
This may well be a cursed piece of canvas.   (sometimes that happens..)

Face #8.
I really like this one, but for some odd reason it looks like Jesus - and not just to me - a couple of friends thought the same thing.
Now, if you knew me, you would find that very, (VERY) amusing.


So.  
This was a brief tour of how my process and progress proceeds when I am painting.
:)

I painted a "background" on my recycled vinyl flooring....

I painted over my painted background and then "cut" through the top layer of paint to partially reveal the under-painting.   
The best part is, that when I am done with it, you can plop it on the floor and walk all over it!

Working on more for walking on!


Hope to see you there!

I painted an orange background on the vinyl.

Six coats of clear sealant and.....

this art is made for walkin'