A Little Project for a Winter's Afternoon...

Here's a fairly quick project!

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Remember the green shutters (actually an old bi-fold door)

that I used behind my vintage chair and "caged" ornaments?

They've been on the front porch ever since, just kind of a backdrop

for the houseplants' summer home...

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Here's that photo from last year...

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I had been thinking for a while that I'd like to have a backdrop



of some sort behind the cabinet in my entryway...



There's just an open stairway behind it, and I thought it would be nice



to have something I could hang a wreath on, maybe.



So, I finally got the broom and swept all the spider webs off the shutters...



At first I was going to give them a little better base coat ~



(more of that "30s" green I love)



as it was actually warm enough earlier this week to spray-paint outside,



but it was just a bit too windy...more 30s-green was



getting on me than the wood. ;)

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So, I just dragged them indoors and started experimenting.

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I used Liquitex Soft Body Acrylic in Light Blue Violet



and Lumierre Metallic Bronze Acrylic and started



dry-brushing with a 1" brush.



As long as you don't use too much paint, there is really no wrong way to dry-brush.



You can begin with just barely brushing paint on an edge here and there,



then you can get more bold as less paint is left on the brush...



(also remember to brush a few strokes on a paper towel first to remove excess paint).



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You can always just go back over an area if you want to change it...



I like cross-hatching brushstrokes...



and there is very little drying-time...the dry-brush technique itself



helps the acrylic dry very quickly.



I think I like this!

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Here 's my finished "wintery" scene...



I just wasn't ready to put the snowmen away yet!

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The Crossword Anagrams letters are from my childhood ~ I just  recently "re-found"



them and thought they could be fun...for all seasons! :)

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That's all for now...



More soon!



(I'll be away for a few days but hope to catch up with everyone shortly...



thank you for "hanging in there" with me!)



Love,