The Best Approach to Painted Flower Borders

There are a number of approaches to any design. Even something as simple as a white flower or a daisy.

I found a variation of this design in a  Scandinavian pattern book. It had red flowers so considering the background color I was using I thought I'd try white.

This time I decided to just freehand some leaves and vines to drop the flowers into.

I also decided to try different lengths and numbers of petals on the flowers.

Next I tried combining them with other flowers to see how that would work. That's the beauty of painting the posts on the wheelchair ramp. I've got dozens of different surfaces to practice on and it's been quite a conversation starter in the neighborhood.

Painting Yard and Garden Art

Some of the recent designs have been inspired by junk mail. Today it's ukranian easter eggs and garden wall hangings.

I go back and forth between that sort of design and old , favorite designs that I paint from habit and memory.

I added 3 more posts today and am starting 3 more now.

As spring approaches I'm trying to come up with ideas for something to paint on the top and base rails to pull the whole project together.

Dala Horse Birdhouse Project

Painting all of those posts on the wheelchair ramp gave me a great idea for using this old birdhouse stand.

 Of course all of those painted posts reminded me of my horses so I decided to paint some of them on here too.

When finished I plan to use it as a sales and display unit for my Dala Horses. I'll even be adding some small hooks around the edge of the roof to hand ornaments on.

Brush Stroke Practice and Design Inspiration