Thyme to show you a childs table and chair set I painted using John Sliney designs

I purchased this 

unfinished wood 

table and chair

and

decided to paint 

a

JOHN SLINEY DESIGN

on it

My main inspiration for this project 

was
 a design
by

John Sliney 

called

JORDAN GOES TO SCHOOL

The design can be found in the book

A ROAD TO SALTBOX MEMORIES

I used other designs 

by

John Sliney
 as
 inspiration to complete this project

My Pallette

Americana Acrylic Paints

Winter Blue, Titanium White, Lamp Black, Burnt Umber, Antique Gold, Sand, Buttermilk, Light Hauser green, Medium Hauser Green, Dark Hauser green, Plantation Pine, Rockwood Red, Midnight Blue, French Grey Blue, Light French Grey Blue, Slate Grey

I used painter's tape to create the border around my table
I painted it
Lamp Black

I re-applied painters tape to the border once the
 Lamp Black
was dry
so that I could start working on the center of the table

I painted the center of the table 
Winter Blue
and
Hauser Light Green

I transferred the design
using
graphite paper

transferring church design

I wanted the design to go all around the table

Here I am adding some shading for the hills

Painting the trees
and
school house

Adding the first house
 and
some sheep

I keep a small blow dryer handy 

to 

dry the paint more quickly

I use the largest possible brush always 

for 

my shading

which is a 1" flat brush

I also have on hand several size mop brushes

Lots of sheep!

Painting the flag

I added the alphabet to the boder using white graphite paper
I painted the lettering
with
Titanium White
It gives the appearance of chalk
 on a
chalk board.

I added some apples also!

Continuing to paint the houses 

and 

white picket fences.

Adding some clouds in the sky!

The lettering is done 

NOW

to finish all the apples! 

Now to paint the chairs!

I painted the seat
and
back of the chair
with 
Lamp Black
so it would resemble
a
chalkboard

After all my pieces were painted
 I gave them several coats
of

Americana Decor
Soft Touch Varnish

DecoArt 

provided me with the paint

 to complete this project as part of its 

Helping Artist Program

 and

Blogger Outreach Programs

Thank you Deco Art!!!

You can read

 my 

Blogger Profile

HERE

I hope you have enjoyed watching me paint this piece!

Happy Painting!

Lynn

We ALL need some QUALITY THYME!

Who

 doesn't need 

MORE THYME?

There never seems to be enough hours in the day!

Especially to paint!

I found this old metal lamp at a thrift store

I decided that it would be the perfect surface to paint a design 

by 

John Sliney 

on

I cleaned and base coated the lamp

the base is about 14" wide

I used a design called

QUALITY TIME SAM

I have also painted this design a few thymes on milk cans

I painted the TOP like a folded flag

painting the stars

I painted saltboxes on the back

close up of the back of lamp

I added several coats of clear matte varnish when finished to protect the surface

With a shade on top the lamp measures about 30" tall.

I used designs from John Slineys books 

A Road to America's Past

and

A Road to Saltbox Memories

to paint this lamp

Happy Painting!

Lynn

It's thyme to paint a FLAG runner in the stairs

After painting my

 Play it again Sam Mural

in my stairs I decided I couldn't stop there!

I decided to paint a FLAG runner in the stairs! 

Here is the step by step process that I used to paint it

You can read about how I painted 

my 

Play it again Sam mural

HERE

When we bought the house the stairs were carpeted

we removed the carpeting. 

Underneath was just plywood so we had to buy all new stair threads adnd risers

which made this project  somewhat easier

Wow! 13 risers x 13 stair threads = 26 new surfaces to paint on!!

I first primed all the stair threads and risers

 

I painted all the stair risers using 

Olde Century paint

The color I used was Old Navy

I added a product from 

Vermont Natural Coatings 

to my paint to 

make it durable for floors

Stair threads

I stained each of the stair threads using 

MinWax Golden Oak

My husband then installed them in the stairway

He then installed the NAVY blue risers that I had painted

I then proceeded to measure 

and

 tape off where my runner would be painted

I basecoated that using several coats of white allowing 

each coat to dry well in between.

This was

 NOT A QUICK PROJECT!!!

My stairs go up to a landing then turn

then there are 5 more steps up to the second floor

stairway looking down from top

after applying about 5 good coats of 

WHITE paint

 and 

allowing it to dry

I measured and taped off for the 

RED stripes

( the BLUE you see is my painters tape)

 first painted where the RED stripes 

would be with a base coat of GRAY as a primer

as RED is a very difficult color to paint and get good coverage!

This whole process took me about 2 weeks to complete

We were still able to carefully go up and down the stairs 

stepping only on the very sides of the stair threads where it had been stained

It was so EXCITING to remove the tape and see the stripes after all that hard work!!

Now it was thyme to paint the field of the flag runner!

I painted the landing in the stairs with Old Navy

the same color that I had painted the risers

Now to paint some stars!!!!!

I consulted my "in house engineer" AKA husband Pete to plan out 13 

perfectly placed stars in a circle as a template

I then used a stencil to draw the stars on, 

I then hand painted them on the BLUE field

stairway looking from top 

completed BLUE field

I finished the flag runner by applying about 5 coats of 

MinWax Polycrylic Protective Finish

 to protect them

This product is water based.

This was a BIG project to complete but oh so worth it!!

Happy Painting !

Lynn

"Each day is a new canvas to paint upon. 

Make sure your picture is full of life and happiness, 

and 

at the end of the day you don't look at it 

and 

wish you had painted something different." 

~Author Unknown