How did it get to be April? It has been a very lon
g time since I have posted anything. I have been suffering from a major case of artist block. I am way behind on several projects that I just abandoned in January and haven 't had the energy to return to. I haven't touch my sewing machine since December. But I am finally coming out of my artist coma. It started a month or so ago when I decided to paint my front door. There is a little house elf on the bottom panel of the door.. I rather like him. So I decided to paint another door.. This time i went for the back door. I find painting to be very difficult for me, I have a very hard time operating a paint brush, and tend to get a bit frustrated , but at the same time, I really have been enjoying the challenge. My
husband, than decided to put a wet washcloth on the table at the top of my stairs, this , of course, ruined the finish.
So.. I was FORCED to paint it. I find that I need at least two days to do a painting. the first day, I put down the base, and "sketch" out the image in paint. The second day is for me to totally paint over what I did the first day and redo it! And of course, we all know my daughter is watching and waiting for her time to strike. As soon as she sees that this is amusing to me, she has asked if i would paint a fairy on her door to her room. Looks like that will be the next painting project.
How did it get to be April? It has been a very lon
g time since I have posted anything. I have been suffering from a major case of artist block. I am way behind on several projects that I just abandoned in January and haven 't had the energy to return to. I haven't touch my sewing machine since December. But I am finally coming out of my artist coma. It started a month or so ago when I decided to paint my front door. There is a little house elf on the bottom panel of the door.. I rather like him. So I decided to paint another door.. This time i went for the back door. I find painting to be very difficult for me, I have a very hard time operating a paint brush, and tend to get a bit frustrated , but at the same time, I really have been enjoying the challenge. My 
husband, than decided to put a wet washcloth on the table at the top of my stairs, this , of course, ruined the finish.
So.. I was FORCED to paint it. I find that I need at least two days to do a painting. the first day, I put down the base, and "sketch" out the image in paint. The second day is for me to totally paint over what I did the first day and redo it! And of course, we all know my daughter is watching and waiting for her time to strike. As soon as she sees that this is amusing to me, she has asked if i would paint a fairy on her door to her room. Looks like that will be the next painting project.
2 comments:
Love this little elf and hope you don`t mind me using the idea for my backdoor into my garden.
I love your doors - what a wonderful idea - and more than that, wonderful that you have the talent to pull it off! I am (a little) envious. :)
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