More Things I Painted

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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.

Rescued Houses Part 5 with Trees

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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.

Three Angels

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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 Museum

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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.

Plastercraft Houses – Set One – 2023

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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

Let’s Go To the Beach

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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.

Swirls by Sarah – Coloring Page

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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.

In Shades of Red
Natures Wonder

One Piece at a Time Coloring Page

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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.

Wheel of Color

Amazing Paradox Coloring Page

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A new coloring page is now available. I called it Amazing Paradox.

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.

Circles and Squares Coloring Pages

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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.

Circles and Squares:

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.