Art Projects

kherrmann3 · Nov 8, 2008

Yeah, I've been SUPER bored and really need to entertain myself. I've been going to Goodwill and buying all sorts of cheap bits of junk to repaint. Here are a few of my "projects"...

The ceramic bunny planter:
It was white and had dirty scuffs on it. Here it is now!

The right:

The left:

The front:

Close-up!

The bird feeder:
We've had this bird feeder out for quite awhile. I just decided to repaint it last month. Before I painted it, it was just unfinished/untreated pine.

Chickadee side:

Cardinal side:

Chickadee close-up: (I failed at these pine tree branches

)

Cardinal close-up:

Considering I didn't look at any pictures while painting, I think I did rather well lol

pamnock · Nov 8, 2008

Very nice! I love the birdhouses!

Pam

kherrmann3 · Nov 8, 2008

Thank you!

It took me 6 months of doing nothing to finally do stuff that was constructive! lol

NorthernAutumn · Nov 8, 2008

You've got a wonderful talent for shading! I love da bunneh nose

kherrmann3 · Nov 8, 2008

Thank you! It was hard to shade because the paint kept separating from the ceramic (I think it was oily). I tried washing it, but it just didn't stick. I would be painting and getting the shading PERFECT, then a bunch of the base paint would slosh off :grumpy:

I am working on some mini-birdhouses at the moment. I don't know what to do pattern wise. One is white with hunter-green accents, and the other is white with red accents (roof, etc). Yeah...

My other project is a pair of ceramic bunnies. One is going to be Toby, and I am waiting to see if/with who Toby will bond. If he doesn't find somebun, I am just going to make it another Toby.