Final Painting: Winter Birches
Started with this and re-purposed it:
I saw this painting at the Good Will - a nice canvas with frame for $20 - but not what I would use in my one or office. I decided to take it home and repurpose it.
I actually forgot to take a picture of it before I started - so this is the original painting with my first coat of Elastomeric Custom Patch from Home Depot. It's a great product to inexpensively add a nice thick texture to a painting.
- I turned the painting sideways.
- I sketched the trees on the canvass with chalk - right over the other painting.
- I texture it with Custom Patch.
Next I started pairing the background, allowing some of the colors form the old painting to show through. I did not paint anything on the trees yet, and this is what it looked like:
Next I began painting the trees
After it was dry I used a permanent fine point marker to add some "flowy details." Here you can also see some of the texture coming through.
I painted the brassy metal frame with charcoal grey chalk paint. Here is the final painting, ready to hang in the hallway of the Heart of Wisconsin - right across from our office door.
