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2/26/2013

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I have been thinking about painting a chair.

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Found the right kind of chair at Goodwill.

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

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

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Had to take it outside to 
get better light.

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Painting the cushion black.

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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...

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

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Whew!    
I am gonna like this!

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

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Eww. 
 THAT looks awful!  
More paint!  
STAT!

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

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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.

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

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

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The curse of the cow and the app.

2/10/2013

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There is an iphone app called - Superimpose - that I have been having a lot of fun with lately.  
Then...
The cow seemed to suit this app perfectly.
Then....
I could not stop "apping" the cow.
So here ya go...
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Here's the original painting.

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Then I thought I would put the cow by this barn that I took a photo of whilst driving yesterday.

You get the idea....

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Don't have a cow, man....

2/8/2013

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I saw a painting from the 1800's of some cows in a field.   I thought to myself, " I wanna paint a cow."
So I drew a cow shape on an envelope - just to see if I liked cow shapes.
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Yeah.   I like the shape.

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I painted a cow field-like background over an older painting.

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Made me a cow.
He looked sad and pensive and 
lonely.

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Still looked sad and pensive and lonely - but with stripes and dots.

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Added a couple of cows in the background to alleviate the loneliness.

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Goodbye pensive and sad face.

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So now the cow has a sorta shy look and a "Hey!  Look at me!   I can be your friend!" look.   
Well, that's how is appears to me...

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The tale of the 5 paintings...

2/4/2013

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I bought 5 paintings at Goodwill.  Looks like they were all painted by the same person.
For me - good price on canvas!

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 I blocked out big chunky shapes and dripped black paint over the chunks.

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I got a styrofoam meat tray and carved some simple geometric patterns in it and used the same colors as the chunky blocks and started stamping.

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Made for a cool mid-century looking background.

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I did say that I was working on 
5 at a time?

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Black lines for everybody!

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White stripes and the red loopty-loops!

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Give them loopy-loops some stripes too!

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Black Circles!

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Finishing touches on all the black circles - photo-shopped black frames to show them off an now they are for sale in my Etsy Store!

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