Paint Party Friday #24

It's Paint Party Friday make sure to check out the other partiers here!

 This Musical Chair was done in honor of my son-in-law.

It's a very vibrant almost candy apple red.

However it doesn't show that way on this post!

The colors were inspired by my daughter's apron!

All  four chairs are now completed, I'm holding back the last one for next week. In the meantime I'm putting a few coats of varnish on my black  dinning room table. These chairs are a temporary fix for that table until I find some black ones! Soon I will prime and color the kitchen table where these will reside permanently! I am quite enjoying the bright fun colors, they  look so much better in person!

How do you incorporate your artful self into your day? Do you wrap gifts in a  fancy way, take time to  decorate a cake or cookies in a particular way or spruce up your eye makeup. Snip-its of creativity fill my daily life.  The above photos were taken at my friend Nature goddesses  home by the ocean. Last Friday we celebrated our Dream goddesses birthday there ! Doesn't everything look beautiful and yummy? All my friends are very talented and creative!

 

 I love the colors and patterns in Nature goddesses dress! This is her back yard oasis, her front yard faces the ocean with a spectacular view!

Afraid one of her cakes wouldn't set she made a cheese cake too!
They were both scrumptious !

                                                 

Love the scarf Dreamer is wearing!!

It actually glowed in the dark making me literally gleeful!!

Being with  friends, browsing art blogs, looking at patterns on clothing, are all things that give  me a creative buzz!

Check out Gypsy goddesses fancy leggings. It's starting to be her trademark since she turned fifty last February! One day she may find herself in the Advanced style blog!!! Sure makes me smile! Love my friends!

                                      What gets your creative mojo going?

Do you have a creative goddesses tribe like I do?
Wishing you  a very happy weekend and loads of inspiration!

Happy Paint Party Friday #23

 Brushed with Orange 

Chair
For more detail click to enlarge photo!

Happy Paint party Friday! I'm thrilled to say I made some positive headway this week as far as my chairs go. Four have been primed and painted a first coat. Three have artwork on them with only one left to go. A few more coats of varnish are needed.

Two need paint touch ups, or should I say change ups!  That's the unfortunate part about being self taught artist...sometimes it's hit and miss. My work often needs tweaking until I'm satisfied. Sometimes it doesn't hit the mark and gets discarded!

Knowing  I have to live with these chairs makes me slightly more critical, forcing me to make many changes along the way. Still not satisfied with the first chair  I'm redoing the legs yet again!  I've decided I  prefer plainer chair legs.

I've been hunting for  a small black square table for my kitchen for almost two years now! I've put a kibosh on that, instead   I'm going to paint my old round one a daring color!! I am pretty excited because I think it will make a notable difference.

 Do you change your mind like your underwear? I sure do!! Even at a restaurant I let everyone order before me, afraid I might change my mind when I hear what others choose.  Yet in other ways I am extremely decisive and know exactly what I love and want! But you can be sure it always has something to do with whimsy and color!!!  Hope you all have a great weekend!! Make sure to check out all the other participants!

Paint Party Friday, Perk the Purple Prince and a Painted Chair

Today is Paint Party Friday #18! 

Make sure to visit all the wonderful artists and join in yourself!

This week I have been slightly discombobulated with my sleep. Painting when I can! I promised to show you the Brother to Bubbles, Meet Perk my Purple Prince! Also banished to the garage because of my families disdain! Again, they say he's scary.

 I've continued to work on my chair which is a way bigger task than anticipated! The original  plans for the four chairs were pretty cool,  but I can't find the sketches done a few years ago! So I will be winging it!

I started painting what I could remember of my original plan. But the chair took on a  life of it's own. What started out quite contrived was painted over, for a new direction.  Even I'm surprised at the process and the outcome.   Can't wait to see the finished product! I still have the front rungs to contend with,  Second coats on the bottom and more tweaking! Then many coats of varnish!

 

I had some stripes and polka-dots on the bottom rungs, Darling daughter complained that it was boring and not really me! I laughed knowing it wasn't complete. But she was right, it was just way too planned out! I'm a  spontaneous person, and so is my art! If nothing else, people will smile at my eccentric chairs! I've always been bold with color, no point in stopping now! Happy Paint Party Friday everyone!

Paint Party Friday #17

Paint Party Friday Week  #17

 A while back painted  this moderate sized canvas of a folk art dog named Bubbles. My adult kids really don't like it. So it's been sitting in the garage waiting to get painted over! They say he's scary! I think he's mischievous! I thought I'd at least  put him on the blog before he gets primed to death! Poor thing!

 I finally started my oak chair makeover! Funny how you can love a certain wood for years, and then it just gets to you! (I think we Overdosed on oak in the eighties!) As you can see the legs are primed with kilz, and I am in the very preliminary stages of base coating it. I have three more to do after this one, each will be unique! Then I will brave my rocking chair. Who knows, that one may just get painted white... We'll see how the others turn out first!

I had wanted plain black wood chairs, and I've been looking on Craigs list off and on for a few years  now. I'm sure once all my funky chairs are painted I will find them, or others that steal my heart even more! I'll try to post the painted chair  progress on paint party Fridays, and Bubbles friend too!  Also disliked!