Showing posts with label john sliney. Show all posts
Showing posts with label john sliney. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

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


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



I hope you have enjoyed watching me paint this piece!


Happy Painting!

Lynn

Saturday, February 1, 2014

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




















Thursday, January 30, 2014

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


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 
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




































































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