This is the fifth post about the houses I painted after the flood of 2016. If you interested in learning more check out Rescued Houses – Part One.
This house is about twice the size of the ones I normally paint. After sitting in the flood waters for a few days, it has some damage to its plaster. Some of the houses the damage with too extensive to attempt to save.
The trees survived the flood without damage, because they were in the boxes higher up. Yes, I placed all the heavier objects/boxes on the bottom to keep from crushing the lighter boxes.
The trees were painted green then dried brushed with white paint.
In the year 2002, I found three paintable Angels at Hobby Lobby. Each had a different pose and two were holding musical instruments. I purchased these three and painted them.
I had so much fun painting them and since they turned out beautiful, I purchased and painted three more.
The next year Hobby Lobby had some more, so I purchased three more. Those angels were placed into a box and stored. They survived several moves and a flood. They were never forgotten just a future project.
Earlier this month, I was in Michael’s and found these paint bottle. I thought those colors looked so pretty together and had to use them on something. I got the angels out and painted them.
Do I still have the first painted angels? Yes and No. I gave away some. The others were stored with the Christmas decorations, and they may or may not survived the flood and moves. I haven’t unpacked all the Christmas decorations in years and years and years.
All the angels were painted with either Delta Ceramcoat or DecoArt Americana paint. Afterwards, I used a pearlizing glaze or medium all over the angels. They were finished using satin varnish by Delta Ceramcoat or DecoArt Americana.
Dr Pepper was created by Charles Alderton in Waco, Texas and first served in 1885. Today, it is sold worldwide. It has a long history; it started in a Pharmacy and was first manufactured in this building.
These are the people credited with making the tasty soda.
Typically, Dr. Pepper is either the first or second choice when someone wants a soda. Their bottles are recognizable, but not nearly as iconic as the Coke-a-cola bottles.
The museum is located in downtown Waco and was able to withstand the F5 tornado that stuck Waco on May 11, 1953.
There is a well on the property that was used to supply the water for making the beverages.
Advertisement has always been a large part of selling a product. Besides the ads, advertising included the packaging and the placement of the trademark on coolers, displays, and delivery vehicles.
If you are in Waco, it is worth a visit to the Dr. Pepper Museum.
They’re back! Yes, I have painted some more plastercraft houses in 2023. Two of the houses, Brass Lantern Shop and White Horse Pub were released, unpainted, by California Creations before 2010. Around the time, the company went out of business. The Shire Church was release by Colorbox, which still make things to paint but mainly for children. At the rate I am painting houses, I should have enough houses to be painted until about October 2064.
Summer is dwindling down. All the kids are headed back to school. Let’s enjoy summer a little longer and head to the beach without leaving our rooms. Below is a beach scene I made in Tinkercad. It has a house, lifeguard station, pier, changing rooms and a sandcastle, with a moat. There is so much more that this beach needs. Where are the boats, the people, the beach chairs? Looking inside the beach house, there is no furniture. Looking at the lifeguard station, the first aid kit is missing. There are no chairs on pier and nor fish in the water. How are the missing people supposed to catch fish?
Solution: I have made this design available so anyone that has a Tinkercad account can go an edit this design. For instructions on how to edit this design, check out my posting on Instructables – Let’s Go to the Beach.
For those experienced with Tinkercad, here are the links your will need.
To edit the design: Let’s Go to the Beach – Please add a note to any changes you make. I would like to give you the credit.
To copy the design for personnel or classroom use: Beach Scene
The Swirls by Sarah – Coloring Page is available on my blog for download. It is a simple drawing, but there is so much that you can do with it. If you are familiar with the creating Zentangles, each section could be used for a different tangle.
Swirls by Sarah
It could also be used from the annual October Drawing Challenge, where you draw something every day. Below are some of the drawings I created with this template.
There is so many ways the new coloring page “One Piece at a Time” can be colored. I can easily see stars and flowers in the design. How would you color this page?
One Piece at a Time
Below is my first coloring attempt of this page:
One Piece at a Time
This is my third attempt. The second attempt, I did not like so I deleted it and started over. Warning, when you are doing art, you are your worst critic. I named it “Wheel of Color” because it shows the use of a lot of colors on the color wheel, starting with yellow and ending with yellow.
I know it looks like a star, but I named it Amazing Paradox because of drawing I created with CorelDraw. The entire drawing uses the Zentangle pattern Paradox. The black and white drawing turned out awesome.
Amazing Paradox – Black and White Version
But, once I added color, it became amazing. I thought the black background would emphasize the colors.
Amazing Paradox
My second drawing using the template was a little different. I used two Zentangle patterns. Before I colored it, I thought the drawing had a Native American feel to it. I researched some color palettes and selected colors from the Cherokee Color palette.
Star of Paradox
These are just examples of what I did. I sure your coloring page will turn out just amazing.
A new Coloring Page is available! I named this page Circles and Squares. This coloring page allows you to color something simple or color something complex. I am sure whatever it is, it will be beautiful.
Below are two of my final artworks using the Circles and Squares template. Note: Everything was drawn and colored using CorelDraw.
Simply Circles and Squares
Color Blocks
I named this Color Blocks, because I used the primary colors to color the squares; Yellow, Red, and Blue. As the blocks overlapped each other, the secondary colors appeared; Orange, Green, and Purple.
If you have seen some of my previous posts, you know that I paint little plaster houses. While I was painting a new set of houses, I decided it would be nice if I had a paintbrush holder. Yes, I could have purchased one on Amazon, but what is the fun in that. I decided to design a paintbrush holder that looked like a house. The size was not important as long as I could print the design on my 3D printer. The base is 120 mm or 4.724 inches x 120 mm x 8 mm. It provided the design with enough weight and support to prevent it from tipping over. This is the final version of the design in Tinkercad. It was tweaked several times for printing. Paintbrush Holder – Tinkercad
If I printed the design as shown in the picture, it would require a lot of support. My first attempt to print, I split the design into two pieces; roof and building. The roof I selected the Support Type of Tree. There is a lot that can go wrong with printing something for hours and hours, however the roof printed beautifully, and the supports detached easily.
The next print was the bottom piece. Again, a lot can go wrong when something prints for hours and hours and hours. First, after 12 hours the printer would not allow me to pause the print. Second, when the print finished the build plate did on return to its lower position, so extra filament built up on its final print location. Third, the support around the railing was impossible to remove without damaging the railing, which was 2mm in diameter. I went back to Tinkercad and tweaked the design.
For the second attempt, I made the railing detachable. With detachable railing, I could lay it flat on the print bed and not use any supports. After it was printed, I could assemble the design.
Front and Back Railing – I printed two copies. Note, I went from round to square railing.
Side Railing – I printed two copies.
Structure – I printed one copy with Normal Supports.
Below is the printed version of my new paintbrush holder. It was printed in two different colors because I ran out of the pink filament. The design was easy to assemble, and gluing was not required.
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