Transform a plain wood item into a colorful item with a personal touch.
Welcome to Club Creative Studio’s blog with the focus on creativity. I am adding a few posts about using your creativity in a crunch-time situation. It is that time of year that many stress about the time that they do not have to be creative for the holidays. Maybe it is a lack of innovation of gift-giving ideas, maybe it is the stress of the challenge to do something new and creative in decorating, baking, cooking or gift-giving or gift wrapping. Whatever the creative challenge, here is another post for a suggestion to use your creativity in a quick and easy project.
It doesn’t take as long as you think it does to be creative with acrylic paints. You can transform a wood item into a colorful work of original art with a bit of paint and patience. While there is a time and a place to appreciate wood for its natural beauty, some items just lend themselves to adding paint to beautify a wooden item in a different way.
Today, I painted a wooden nut cracker home accessory and changed the appearance from plain to wild, crazy, festive and colorful.
It is easy to transform a wooden holiday accessory into a more decorative item.
The first step is to find an item or ornament made from wood that is smooth and ready to accept paint. I applied a thin layer of gesso acrylic primer to my wooden nut cracker item.
I applied one layer of gesso to prime the surface.
Using acrylic paint, I applied my paint to the wood figure with ideas to make it a “non-traditional” looking item. I wanted my nut cracker to be bright and colorful, with pattern added after the larger areas were painted for a unique look. When you see the finished product at the end of this post, I think you may agree that the mission was accomplished.
Painted item ready for the next step. The next step is adding the details.
I love defining areas and adding details with black as a sharp contrasting color.
To add detail to the finished painted portions, I used a black felt permanent marker to add my swirls and decorative detailed areas. Adding pattern with my marker seemed to make this item even more fanciful and imaginative. A light coating can be added as a final touch for gloss or a matt protective coating if desired. I hope that if you challenge yourself to create a painted wooden project, you can be expressive and end up with a one-of-a-kind festive item.
My finished project! The details make a polished look in the completed art.
Although I love creating in clay and glass creations like the hand-made art you find in the Club Creative Studio website (http://www.clubcreativestudio.com) I have another love for using paint, especially acrylic. I love that this medium has an easy clean-up process and you can mix your own colors with ease. The fast dry-time is also a plus for getting your project done if you feel the holiday crunch for time.
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