Friday, 13 February 2015

Paperartsy Blog challenge No 3 -- Paint

Paint is the challenge on the Paperartsy blog, which is very fortuitous as I have just finished a set of coat hangers for our cloakroom.
They were plain wood, so my first job was to seal them with Gesso. I then made a few fronts and a roof or two with metal and embossed them and rubbed treasure gold and a smudge of paint on them. Some of them I added texture with texture paste through stencils, and then painted them with Fresco paints. When they were dry I added a coat of crackle glaze to some of them, and then another coat of Fresco paint. The Paperartsy crackle glaze is the best one I have ever used and works every time. I used some fluid acrylic paint on some of the houses to highlight different areas.
PS If any of you enlarge the pictures, the size 16 hanger is not mine. ( honestly)













16 comments:

massofhair said...

STUNNING project Wendy, love how practical your coat hangers are and they look amazing and a good talking point i would hope. Thank you for the inspiration :-) xxx

Juliz Design Post said...

Wow, an absolutely adorable project.
Julie x

Sherry said...

Fantastic coat rack Wendy, so unique and in your favourite colours too!

ps - I wouldn't mind being a size 16

chrissie said...

What a wonderful project Wendy and such fabulous shades of green

Love Chrissie

Heather said...

What brilliant coat pegs and a lovely project to work on. They will be the envy of everyone.

Neet said...

Wendy these are fabulous! And go so well with the cloakroom. Shame they are hidden away in there - what about some more for towels in your kitchen - same colours?
Hugs, Neet xx

Meggymay said...

Fabulous project Wendy and so useful .
Yvonne xx

Sarah B said...

all I can say is "I want them "! lol
these colours are right up my street - love the added texture you've used xx

jgindy2015 said...

Love you lovely green "village" Wendy. So sweet!

Margik said...

Hi Wendy! What coat rack so wonderful. I love the cute roofs and the colour combo.
Mar x

Craftyfield said...

Love this! it's beautiful, cheerful and most of all functional. The metal houses are my favourites with their riveting.

CastleKelly Crafts said...

Brilliant coat rack Wendy, fab colours x

SCarol said...

Oh wow, they are wonderful. What a lovely place to hang your coats.

Trish said...

Oh they are great!

PaperArtsy said...

Hi Wendy ! This project looks like a LOT of fun was had in the making! So,glad you showed us! Love all the textures and techniques you've packed into it! Wonderful

Kezzy said...

Wow wow wow super awesome pegs, the both look stunning wow. Happy Art :-) Kezzy xxx

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