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A Harry Potter Spell Put to Work
by
Julie McDowell - Design Artist
(IC: blogger)
3 Materials
$50
20 Hours
Medium
A client, totally in love with Harry Potter, asked me to produce a dresser for her son's room. She needed a lot of storage for him and I had this 9 drawer dresser in my hands!
After a lot of back and forth we decided to go with the Hogwarts House colours. I made this image in photoshop and she loved it.
After a good clean and prep, off to my brushes I went. I used General Finishes Lamp Black milk paint. I love their products.
I was keen to match the house colours as well as I could so took screen shots to my local Home depot and poured through their colour swatches. I think I found a good match and had little sample pots made in the colours
I used a copper artists acrylic paint for the stripes and the H
I traced the H onto the drawers using the old school method of chalk on the back and traced through it with a soft pencil.
And here is is with the legs added. Happily living in a little boys bedroom!
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Suggested materials:
- Harlequin stencil (local craft store)
- Lamp Black milk paint (General Finishes Paint)
- Artists copper paint (Michaels)
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Published April 3rd, 2016 2:34 PM
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Patty Anderson on Jul 07, 2017
So well done! Thanks to people like you, the magic of Harry Potter will live on! Mischief managed!
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Patty Anderson on Jul 07, 2017
Oh! No doubt! If she saw this, she probably commission you to do her dresser! Between your dresser and my Deathly Hallows, a room would be truly outfitted!
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Julie McDowell - Design Artist on Jul 08, 2017oh I love that!!
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