Friday's Pieces: Violet Nightstand with Pajama Stripe

Howdy!

I have been working on a series of painted furniture that I am calling Friday's Pieces.  My sister Mary  turned me on to painting furniture over the 2013 holidays and I am loving the creative process!  Mary uses and recommends Annie Sloan Chalk paint, so I have been working with that quite a bit.

Pretty in Paint!

Corner Stencil in Old White

 One part Emile and one part Old White for the lower shelf.

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Up-cycled Accent Furniture

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Alice's and More

I finished Alice's Restaurant as well as the woman reading that I posted a couple weeks ago.

Alice's Restaurant

I had a request to paint this local landmark. Here is the WIP.

Scooter Beach

Scooter Beach is done. As is typical, I am ready for the next project. But I think this is a successful piece . I hope my commissioner is pleased!

Scooter Beach

This is a commission for a friend who spent time in Greece. The scooter has become the focus of the image but the subject hopefully still reads as a beautiful day on a Greek island. I had two umbrellas initially but, after some discussion with my studio visitor, I took it out. A new problem has come up: it looks like a red umbrella is riding the scooter. that will have to change. The shadows on the chairs are going to be shifted around as well. It's rather close to finished.

Woman Reading

Christina is sitting for this one. I wanted to get up close but make her anonymous too. Not sure what it will be about in the end but for now, I am prevented from making a portrait of things.
Seeing the two WIPs together is very helpful. The gesture in the first one is more defined. I'll have to go back in and fix that. I also took the picture with a laptop so it is a mirror image. Another interesting learning tool!