It's thyme to show you a piece called Boston Harbor

Today I would like to show you a design 

that I painted called

Boston Harbor

This design 

is by

Rebecca Trimble

and

can be found in her book

Rebecca's Collections

I enlarged this design to 33" x 24"

My pallette for this project

Deco Art Americana

Antiques green, Antique White, Asphaltum, Black Plum, Blue Grey Mist, Burnt Sienna, Cadium Yellow, Camel, Celery Green, Lamp Black, Leaf Green, Light Buttermilk, Light French Blue, Milk Chocolate, Mississippi Mud, Neutral Grey, Plantation Pine, Raw Sienna, Rockwood Red, Soft Black, Titanium White, Uniform Blue

Base coating the back ground

Adding trees and shrubs

I always like to take a step back 

from my work to see how it looks 

from a distance

Starting the lighthouse 

As I was painting the lighthouse 

I was not really sure I liked the stones on it

 I decided to stop painting the lighthouse for the moment
and
proceeded to paint the house in front of it

I then realized that the stones appeared too large on the lighthouse

Above

is the

 BEFORE 

picture 

of the 

lighthouse

I repainted the lighthouse
because
I felt that the stones appeared too large
for
the size of the lighthouse
I was pleased with the lighhouse
AFTER
re-doing it
What do you think?

I also worked on the large trees in the distance
 to allow some light
to shine thru

Time to paint the houses

As I was painting the houses
 it appeared like they were in the water
so I changed the shoreline

I used
DecoArt Dura Clear Matte Varnish 
to
seal my piece

(In this photo you can better see the changes I made to the shoreline)

My husband made the frame for my
Boston Harbor 
piece

I used 

Americana Decor 

 Chalky finish 

to 

paint my frame

The color I used 

was 

Carbon

I sealed my frame 

with

Americana Decor

Clear Creme Wax

Deco Art provided me with the paints to complete this project as

part of their 

Helping Artist Program

Thank you DecoArt!

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I hope you have enjoyed watching me paint

Boston Harbor

Happy Painting!

Lynn