Painting, sculpting, colorings, creating
The Curves and Swirls Coloring Page is available to download. It started out as just a potential outline for a drawing, but once it was done, I decided it would make an interesting Coloring Page.
Below is one example of how I decided to color the design.
Six new coloring pages are available for download. All of the new pages are based on flowers. Below are the links to the PDF files, and examples of how I colored each of the designs.
Being Single by Sarah:
Flower Explosion Coloring Page:
Flower Explosion by Sarah:
Flowers on Flower Coloring Page:
Flowers on Flower by Sarah:
Leaf Burst by Sarah:
Simple Flower by Sarah:
Spin Flower
Spin Flower by Sarah:
Here is another coloring page I created that is available on the Coloring Page. It’s title Five by Four because if you look closely, you can see a group of five petals going down and four petals going across. If shading is used, it will add dimension to the design.
Below are some examples of the designs I created using this coloring page.
A new coloring page is now available for download titled “Circles of Designs“. Beside coloring the page, it can also be used as a string for tangles.
Below are a couple of examples how I used this coloring page:
My Tinkercad design’s Santa Workshop can now be copied through Christmas. The 2023 changes to the design include a sled, a present, and elves pulling and riding the sled. Because the design is detailed, I decided to keep the changes minimal.
The sled can be seen in 3d or copied from this link: Red Sled
For the present, I wanted to give the ribbon and bow a candy cane pattern. I created a gradient Candy Cane gradient block. I can copy and used to give almost any design a candy cane coloring. Link: Candy Cane Gradient.
I spent August and September painting a few items I had in storage, but then I went to Hobby Lobby and found two other items in their Fall collection that I just had to paint.
I have seventeen nieces and nephews. I purchased the horse to paint as a potential gift for one of them. It did not get painted, until now.
Its Christmas Time! No, it’s not! I like houses and a nice little Christmas Village to paint was the next item I selected; it was in stored for years. This piece is designed to hold candles.
The next two piece were not in storage. They are the ones I found this year at Hobby Lobby. As you can tell I did not paint the owl in fall colors, instead I selected the colors that I used to paint the three angels. I did not paint the little white reflection in the eyes because after the gloss vanish was applied, it will allow the eyes to catch the light reflection.
I did not want to paint the sunflower multiple shades of yellow. I wanted something a little different, so before I started painting it, I searched the internet to check if sunflowers did come in other colors besides yellow. I used multiple shades of red, orange, multiple shades of yellow, and dark green. After I was satisfied with the colors, I used yellow, red, and orange fine glitter paint. Then I used a sparkle glaze (glitter glaze) over the flower to give it a sparkle. To finish, I used gloss varnish.
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.
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.
Brass Lantern Shop
White Horse Pub
Shire Church
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.
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.
Sarah Cath's Adventures 