September 2017 Wooden Acorn door hanger

So, my second door hanger for September is a huge acorn! My painting is very basic on this piece but it works. I transferred the lettering using carbon paper before painting it. The most time consuming element was finding the right font, I finally found a free one I liked and downloaded it. My acorn measures 18"x24", I like the larger size for my doors. I think it needs a bow, I will have to stop in Hobby Lobby some time I am in town to see if I can find some.
I will be painting another hanger this month so it will be ready for October. I can't wait to get it done!! And to share it here!
Thanks for stopping by!
Until later~

Autumn Leaf- painted door hanger

"Time waits for no man!" I have heard that my entire life but I get it now! Time has passed so quickly this year. The two older kids are back in the groove of being back in school. Little man is in preschool and baby girl is home with mommy.
Over the long weekend I had some time to be a little crafty. I needed some fall door hangers, after buying my blanks I painted them and now at least my doors are ready for fall.

My blank.

Working with yellow paint on wood can be a little tricky. I have learned from another painter to use white paint as a base layer. The picture was after the white and yellow layers were done and I had started adding the orange layer.

I used water to thin down the orange and red paints which allowed me to blend them. A new technique for me.I then finished by adding the details, the "veins" of the leaf, the light yellow around the outer edge pulls the whole shape together, and then I used water again to thin down some brown paint before flicking it all over my leaf. I added a jute hanger and called it done!
Living on the prairie we don't have many trees, we also have some pretty wicked winds quite often so we really do not get to enjoy the beautiful leaves like we did back east. Now we have at least one beautiful leaf at our place!
Thanks for stopping by!
Until later~