Thyme to say that Life is Better when your 're Painting

It's no secret

 that 

I LOVE to paint!

I will paint on just about ANY surface.

It's easy to do when there are so many products out there to create with.

Today I wanted to show you an apron that I painted.
Often I just use "portions" of a design to create a whole new project.

I used a design

 by 

Judy Westegaard CDA 

to complete this project

I modified the design to fit my surface .

The design is part of

 Judy's

  Art Studio Fun Collection

from her

Chalk It Up Book

I have painted a few projects from this book.

You can see those projects by clicking on the links below.

Life is Better When Your Painting 

can be found

HERE

Creative Minds Are Seldom Tidy

can be found

HERE

My Palette

DecoArt Traditions Acrylic Paint

Burnt Umber, Carbon Black, Dioxazine Purple,Hansa Yellow, Medium Beige, Medium White, Napthol Red, Perinone Orange, Prussian Blue Hue, Raw Sienna, Sapphire Blue, Teal Green, Titanium White, Ultramarine Blue, Yellow Oxide

I began by first

  washing and drying 

the apron to remove the sizing.

Next I cut a piece of 

waxed freezer coated paper 

a little larger than the area that I was going to paint.

I used a warm iron , no steam 

to adhere the paper

 to the back side of the apron

under the area that I was going to be painting.

I then used white graphite paper to transfer the pattern to my apron.

I use a Sewline Tracer Roller Ball Pen to transfer designs to fabric.

* It won't tear your line drawing or graphite paper.

I used a white chalk pencil 

to darken any lines that needed darkening

 so I could see the design better.

I added a few drops of Fabric Medium to my paints.

When painting on FABRIC you need to be careful of a few things!

Paint bleeding is one of those things!

I like to use Moon Brushes for this reason

I use a very dry brush 

and 

first outline the area to be painted

 with the 

chisel edge of the

Moon Brush

I then use my Ultra Round brushes to fill in the area. 

I am very careful about the amount  of water I use. 

Less is more!

You do not want to saturate your fabric!

I like to build the intensity of color gradually.

I always keep a Tide Pen handy when working on fabric.

They are good to get rid of a tiny smudge that may happen if you catch it immediately.

I painted several of the brush handles first.

I am working on the bristles.

It can be a little more difficult to shade on fabric.
BUT
It can be achieved by dry brushing!
I used either my
Moon Brushes or Stain- It
brushes for the dry brush shading.

The first 3 brushes are complete!

I am working on the remaining brushes.

I have finished painting all the brushes.

I am working on the palette knife.

I am now working on the pencil.

Close up view.

After I had completed my painting I put a 

clean white cloth 

over the design 

and 

ironed it to set the paint.

Does it look like you can grab one of those brushes out of the pocket?

My completed apron.

Close up of design.

Rosemary Reynolds and DecoArt 
provided me with the paints to complete this project as part of their
Helping Artist
 and
DecoArt Blogger Outreach Programs

Thank you DecoArt!

I hope you have enjoyed watching me paint this project!

Because.......

Life REALLY is better when you are painting!

Happy Painting !

Lynn