Greetings all...(never mind that "all" consists of 3 people, lol!)
Recently I decided that it was time to finish/start painting my children's bathroom. If we are going to be totally honest, my mother came over and could no longer stomach walking into a Winnie the Pooh theme, poorly done turquoise sponge paint and faded and peeling wall paper border bathroom and she told me that she was going to paint my children's bathroom. Not that I blame her...it wasn't pretty. I certainly didn't want to say "no" since I had recently painted my downstairs 1/2 bath THREE TIMES in the past month. There is a story there, but I can save that for another time. Suffice to say, I was NOT feeling inclined to paint another room. Enter my mother to the rescue. She loves to paint. (I know what you're thinking, or should be thinking..."Loves to paint? What is wrong with her?") It's true, so I happily let her loose in the bathroom and several hours later I had a lovely freshly painted bathroom with no wall paper border in sight. It was beautiful.
Since I was feeling well with the world at that point I decided to paint some monsters on the walls that went with the bathroom set I had bought for my kiddos. I am NOT an artist and have always been frightened at the prospect of painting on walls anything other than solid colors. My sister IS an artist and my mother is great at painting treatments so I always felt intimidated by it.
Why was today different? It may have had something to do with all the paint fumes I had breathed in during the past month, but I went for it. I tried sketching the monsters on the wall first with pencil and that didn't work great. The lines were hard to see and the pencil actually scratched off some of the paint! Grr... So my monster didn't turn out great. The proportions were off and it's head looked...well weird. Enter my moment of inspiration...
I USED OIL PASTEL TO SKETCH THE REST OF THE MONSTERS AND IT WORKED WONDERFULLY!!! I could see the lines really well and if there was a part that I didn't like I could rub it off with my fingers. So I continued painting my monsters and congratulating myself on my genius. The other monsters turned out much better.
Here are the other tips I found out:
Recently I decided that it was time to finish/start painting my children's bathroom. If we are going to be totally honest, my mother came over and could no longer stomach walking into a Winnie the Pooh theme, poorly done turquoise sponge paint and faded and peeling wall paper border bathroom and she told me that she was going to paint my children's bathroom. Not that I blame her...it wasn't pretty. I certainly didn't want to say "no" since I had recently painted my downstairs 1/2 bath THREE TIMES in the past month. There is a story there, but I can save that for another time. Suffice to say, I was NOT feeling inclined to paint another room. Enter my mother to the rescue. She loves to paint. (I know what you're thinking, or should be thinking..."Loves to paint? What is wrong with her?") It's true, so I happily let her loose in the bathroom and several hours later I had a lovely freshly painted bathroom with no wall paper border in sight. It was beautiful.
Since I was feeling well with the world at that point I decided to paint some monsters on the walls that went with the bathroom set I had bought for my kiddos. I am NOT an artist and have always been frightened at the prospect of painting on walls anything other than solid colors. My sister IS an artist and my mother is great at painting treatments so I always felt intimidated by it.
Why was today different? It may have had something to do with all the paint fumes I had breathed in during the past month, but I went for it. I tried sketching the monsters on the wall first with pencil and that didn't work great. The lines were hard to see and the pencil actually scratched off some of the paint! Grr... So my monster didn't turn out great. The proportions were off and it's head looked...well weird. Enter my moment of inspiration...
I USED OIL PASTEL TO SKETCH THE REST OF THE MONSTERS AND IT WORKED WONDERFULLY!!! I could see the lines really well and if there was a part that I didn't like I could rub it off with my fingers. So I continued painting my monsters and congratulating myself on my genius. The other monsters turned out much better.
Here are the other tips I found out:
- When painting anything red, paint the base in PINK first!! You will get much better coverage and not have to paint 6 coats of red.
- When painting a darker green color, paint it in light green first for the same reason as above.
- If at all possible, get someone else to paint for you...
The purple monster was sketched in pencil and the others were sketched in pastel. I am going to paint some colored dots in the room next, but that is a project for another time...
