Painted Furniture: garden benches

Last Friday I went thrift shopping. Here are two of the three benches I found.

I brought them into the studio and began. They were scrubbed and prepared with three coats of white primer/sealer. Then I covered them with black latex and drew into the wet paint with a Pink Pearl eraser spontaneously letting design begin to form.

Next came a series of glazes using Golden Acrylics and Matte Medium. Again drawing into the wet paint with the eraser to bring up the form and a sense of movement.

Finally the details were applied making the 3 pieces part of my current 'Bird watching' series.

I kept them simple as I have a gallery that is waiting for them. The bases are left white and they are sealed with Minwax Polycrylic making them suited for indoors or out.