Friday, February 24, 2017

A Painted Box with Dala Horses

Greetings,

The weather is still too cold to be working outdoors so while I wait for spring to do much carving I started this small painted box to make a special gift for someone (maybe me) filled with tiny dala horse ornaments.

This is going to take some time as some of the paints that I am using require 2 or 3 coats to cover well. Yes, these paints were inexpensive bottle acrylics from a discount store. They were a gift and I can't tell you enough DO NOT skimp on your paints! I prefer the quality of a heavier bodied paint that will cover in one coat. It saves you both time and money in the long run. Both the Folk Art Multi Surface and The Martha Stewart Multi Surface Paints are made by the same company but the Martha brand is thicker, a bit more expensive and covers better. You choice of paints would depend on your budget and the sort of project that you are doing. For this project I'm going with Martha because it's thick enough to smooth small imperfections on the surface of the wooden box.




Thanks So Much For Joining Me,
I'll post more photos as I continue to paint,
Julia

Friday, February 3, 2017

Dala Horses on Electronics

I just started designing this collection today as  I explore the wide range of electronics products that are available now on Zazzle. I've got to say that I'm learning a lot as I work and am really hoping that this line will catch on with customers.

As I've mentioned before I don't want to be carving, sanding or clear coating horses in the house in the winter so drawing painting and designing work well for me this time of year.

I am of course looking forward to working outdoors in the spring and summer but this will be a nice chsnge of pace until I'm able to do that.

Mulitple horse products

Dala Horse Collection


I went through my Dala Horse store on Zazzle and gathered all of the women's clothing items in it with this traditional styled Dala Horse on it. It amuses me that you can wear it head to toe on tops, leggings shoes and more.

Dala Horse Dress

Dala Horse Ruffle Dress
This one started with a drawing. The dress itself is cute and I'll be making a lot more of them with different horses on them.

Dala Horse Ear Rings

Red and White Horse Earrings
I just started designing earrings and started with these images from one of my paintings. It was blue and white but I ran it through Adobe photo shop to make red ones and green ones. it's always fun to see just how far I can push an image to make the most of it.
Black and White Dala Horse Earrings
This one started with a drawing. It's used here as an all over pattern to start with and I'll be experimenting with other versions of it soon.