Today I'm Just Hanging With My GHOUL Friends

Fall in New England 

is

ALWAYS 

spectacular!!


It's thyme to change
 SEASONS
and
do a little seasonal decorating
inside and out

and

maybe even sneak in a bike ride!!

Step into 

the 

STUDIO

and

I'll show you what I have been painting!

I've 

been 

Hanging With My GHOUL Friends!

My Pallette

DecoArt Americana Acrylics

Lamp Black, Burnt Orange and White

Let's Paint

I cut my shapes from 1/4 " wood

I did 

not

  PREP 

my pieces 

as

 I wanted them to have a primitive look

I use

  graphite paper 

to transfer face details then paint

I use 

a 

Lowell Cornell Fine Line Writing Pen

to

 add the blanket stitch detail

Depending 

on the 

finished "look 

you want

you can varnish these

 with

DecoArt Glamour Dust Paint

I have used

ICE CRYSTAL

to give them a 

SPARKLE

finish

Or

for a more primitive look

you can stain them with any of the

DecoArt Gel Stains

then spray lightly 

with

DecoArt Sealer/Finisher

After they have dried well drill holes as indicated in the pattern

and

attach your twine

Tear coordinating strips of fabric into strips

and 

tie to cover your twine

You can make your GARLAND any length you want! 

OR

You can even drill holes in the tops 

and 

add rusty wire to  hang the ornies 

on 

your

HALLOWEEN tree

DecoArt 

provided me with the paints

 to 

complete this design and project

as 

part of their

Helping Artist Program

and

You can read my 

Blogger Profile

HERE

I hope you have enjoyed 

Hanging With My Ghoul Friends PTP#12

You can purchase the pattern for this project on my blog

HERE

Happy Painting !
Lynn

It is THYME to CELEBRATE!!!!

To celebrate the re-opening of my blog 

I am having a pattern sale

at 

PAINTING THYME PATTERNS

Buy 3 patterns and get 1 FREE!

Select your patterns and leave me a comment in the box at checkout
what pattern you would like as  your
FREE
pattern.
SALE ends April 5, 2013

Here is just one of the many patterns that I have available
It is called
HOPPIN for SpRiNg Thyme

Pattern includes recipe to make

the ornamental gingerbread dough carrot!

Click on the tab at the top of the page to visit

PAINTING THYME PATTERNS

After the LONG winter I think we could
all use a little
SpRiNg!!!


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

I'm going GREEN.....how about you?

How did March come around so fast?

I am certainly not complaining! We have had a very MILD winter

here in New England.....

I took a walk around my gardens yesterday
 I can see the GREEN bulbs starting to poke thru which can only mean one thing

SPRING
is
coming!

I'm also painting

with

GREEN PAINT!!!

large shamrocks for your

St Patricks Day Door

medium and small shamrocks also!

I've also been painting lots of signs

I especially love this

Irish Proverb

lots of small signs also

I also designed a

SHAMROCK HANG

for my large garden sheep

You can find my large garden sheep pattern in my

pattern shop

PAINTING THYME PATTERNS

HERE

I'm looking forward to lots more GREEN..............

and YELLOW and PINK and PURPLE

in my gardens.....how about you?

Happy Painting !

Lynn

Are you ready for Halloween???? If not its THYME My Pretties!

Where did the month of October go??????

Next week is

HALLOWEEN!

ARE

 YOU READY????

there are lots

 of 

BATS 

flying around

 here

This is one of my own designs 

called

Off we go a HAUNTING

there 

are also alot of ghosts here!!!

My Pretties!

This is also another design of mine called

I BOO believe in ghosts

you can purchased the E-Pattern for this design

HERE

My porch is decorated and ready for all the little

ghosts and goblins

I made the chair you see from an old shutter I found

I call it

A SPOOKtacular Chair

You can purchase my chair pattern

HERE

I also painted the old window above the chair
using
this design by
John Sliny
called
Ghost Crossing

I made signs using this pattern also

I enlarged the design to paint the window

Well My Pretties......

If you are not READY yet ..........

for all those little ghosts and goblins

a bippity -bobbity-boooooooooo to you...may I suggest you dooooooo!

Happy Painting!

Lynn

Thyme for prim pumpkins, and witch shoes!

I have kept my husband very busy lately

still

cutting out more

FALL

pieces

These are some new prim pumpkins that I designed this year

they measure about 42" tall

and are cut from rough sawn lumber

It was such a gorgeous day at the Cape

I decided to paint them outside on the driveway

 instead of in my studio

Grace Picard

our neighbors dog decided to come over and keep me company!

she is an ole girl

She comes almost every day for her cookie

Once she enjoyed her cookie she pretty much

wasn't interested in a painting lesson!

So she headed on home!

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Here is one of the prim pumpkins

on my studio door at Cape Cod

This is a close up of the leave on the pumpkin.

I also finished up one of my large back garden sheep with a candy corn hang

I have a "few" more Fall pieces to finish up then

I really need to get in " Christmas" mode

Witch shoes ready to be antiqued

Eeeeeek My Pretties!

Happy Painting!

Lynn