I loved reading all of the feedback and suggestions shared on my post yesterday.  Some of you overestimate my abilities, I think! All of the different suggestions were an encouragement to me, though.  Each one of you had a different vision of how it could be finished and isn’t that just how art is?  And there are no wrong answers.  Just different interpretations.  (My brother suggested I add robots, which made me laugh.) In the end, I did decide to add to what I shared yesterday. While I liked the simplicity of the barn, it felt unfinished to me. (Kriste said the barn had “doorways to the depths of the barn’s soul” and it needed some doors!)  So, I added barn doors, a mountain ridge, a fence, a couple of bushes, and a couple of sheep. Here’s a video showing the process…  And, if you didn’t notice, I selected the

I loved reading all of the feedback and suggestions shared on my post yesterday.  Some of you overestimate my abilities, I think! All of the different suggestions were an encouragement to me, though.  Each one of you had a different vision of how it could be finished and isn’t that just how art is?  And there are no wrong answers.  Just different interpretations.  (My brother suggested I add robots, which made me laugh.) In the end, I did decide to add to what I shared yesterday.  While I liked the simplicity of the barn, it felt unfinished to me.  (Kriste said the barn had “doorways to the depths of the barn’s soul” and it needed some doors!)  So, I added barn doors, a mountain ridge, a fence, a couple of bushes, and a couple of sheep. Here’s a video showing the process…  And, if you didn’t notice, I selected the green

I will fully admit that I still feel out of my depth with this whole landscape painting phase of mine.  I’m inspired by it and moderately terrified all at the same time.  I waffle between loving this milk paint landscape dresser and wanting to put it on the burn pile.  This may be how I always feel, but I hope this internal conflict goes away as I gain some confidence and discover my style. Or at least it isn’t so in my face! If you want to know the milk paint colors I used for the base coat, you can find that info in part one. The milk paint is chipped in some areas, which I think will end up giving this piece a really unique look once it’s finished.  It wasn’t “the plan”, but I’ve learned that some furniture pieces like to have a greater say in how they

I will fully admit that I still feel out of my depth with this whole landscape painting phase of mine.  I’m inspired by it and moderately terrified all at the same time.  I waffle between loving the piece I’m working on and wanting to put it on the burn pile.  This may be how I always feel, but I hope this internal conflict goes away as I gain some confidence and discover my style. Or at least it isn’t so in my face! Here’s how the piece is looking as I left it this afternoon… If you want to know the milk paint colors I used for the base coat, you can find that info in part one. You can see that the milk paint is chipping some, which I think will end up giving this piece a really unique look once it’s finished.  It wasn’t “the plan”, but I’ve learned that some