Spring has Sprung & Painting has Begun!

It's beginning to look a lot like.......Springtime, 

cuz I'm gettin' that old feeling again. 

That feeling involving chalk paint makeovers. 

I've got a few items waiting in the queue, 

but I thought I'd start with some frames.

When I found this picture pair, 

I thought they'd be great candidates for paint, 

because I like the Old World images, and the frames had good bones.

But look at them now, Baby......

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

I fell in love with this color combination 

when I painted the frame for this Raoul Dufy print.

Depending on your monitor,

from a distance it's easy to think

the frames look sort of like emerald green,

buts that's because of the beautiful magic of layered colors.

Base coat is a Spring green,

then dark Moss green,

and finally that awesome dark Turquoise.

I also warmed up the gold with a new layer 

The other magical step is of course

the clear and dark wax, but mostly the dark wax.

After all the distressing, it just doesn't have an

authentically-aged look until you add that beautiful dark wax.

All I have left to do is paper the back, and they'll be ready for Etsy.

Next up:

 I'll be painting another brass repousse planter,

again with the chalk paint treatment. 

Ciao for now!


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