The Painting That Needed Repainting

by Heather

$12

2 Hours

Easy

I picked up these canvas paintings at Goodwill. I knew when I purchased them that I didn't like the color at all but I thought I could spray paint the whole thing white and it may look good. They are very textured so even if I painted the entire thing you could still see the branches design in them.

the painting that needed repainting, crafts, painting

Last weekend I decided to pull them out and give it a try. I decided I would paint them a light blue color (with free paint I scored from Home Depot!). I thought the blue would look nice against the gray walls in "The Parlor" (which is really my office/craft room - Mark just insist we call it The Parlor). :)

Originally I thought I would just paint them all blue and be done. But as I was painting I kept thinking that the branches would look really nice white. I kept just trying to dismiss the thought because I really wanted to hang something up that day! But as soon as Mark (my husband) walked through the door whats the first thing he said? "Wow, that looks really good! You should paint the branches white!" That decided it, if my husband says out loud what I was thinking then its a done deal. The branches needed to be white.

So I painted the branches white with a paint brush, didn't even worry about getting it on the blue at all.

All that was left was going back over the entire painting with a foam roller and painting over everything with blue one more time. I thought that the foam roller would keep the paint from getting in the white branches but I was wrong. I ended up having to go back with a small artist brush and touch up the white anyway.

I'm really pleased with how they turned out! Not bad for a $12! The only thing I had to purchase was the actual canvas', I already had the (free) paint! I will always look at Goodwill for any textured canvas paintings because now I know they can be painted over beautifully! And finally, I have at least two things on my wall. ;)

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Janet koons on May 12, 2014
Now THAT was quite an improvement from the original! Just beautiful. I'm impressed with your creativity!

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- Heather on May 13, 2014
  @Janet koons Awe, thanks so much! :)
  
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CK on Sep 16, 2014
Yup! So much nicer and fresh looking. I bought a HUGE framed canvas oil painting (50" x 50") at a thrift store and painted over the entire lovely (not!) 80's scene with an original idea. By the time I got all my scene painted on, you couldn't even see the original oil painting. It was a fun DIY project. I used all latex wall paints left over from other projects.

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- Heather on Sep 16, 2014
  @CK Thats so GREAT! I love reusing (and saving money) old stuff! :) I would love to see a pic!
  
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