Designs for a Red Background

As I'm working on these posts for the wheelchair ramp I'm also carving and sanding horses as I decide which designs that I would like to use on them. I'll be painting those next. 

 On this most recent one I did a different design on each side of the post.

 The blue flowers seemed to show up the best and I thought I'd use it on the saddle area of the horse.

 The dot and coma stroke designs will work well across the chest and the belly band.

I've got a firm idea of what the design will be now and will include pictures of it as soon as I have them.

Folk Art Border Designs

What I love about painting the spindles on my wheelchair ramp is the opportunity to try 4 different designs on each one. It gives me lots of practice on my brushstrokes and a place to try variations of them to find which color combinations I like best. 

The other exciting thing about it is that the ramp gets painted while I'm working out new designs and patterns.

Who knows? It may even help people remember where "that Dala Horse Lady" lives when they're looking for classes or horses to buy.