FOWL ART

These two decoupage fruit paintings were left in our dining room by the previous owners. The second I set my eyes on these I knew I would either have to trash them OR transform them.  I chose the latter.

My first thought was to paint over them with some white chalk paint.  I used Americana Decor's White.

After I painted two layers and let it dry, I lightly sanded the edges

I wanted the profile of chickens, so I printed out two different ones but similar in shape and size.  I took my black watercolor pencil and traced over the line edge on the right side.

I then placed the marked side down and rubbed along along the marked lines to transfer the image onto the wood canvas.

With the same pencil I made the drawing darker so it would be easier to see as I painted.  You can also see that I drew two rows of squares around the edges.

 Once I was done painting the chicken and the background, I painted the squares in a red checker board pattern.  I then took my ZIG writer black pen and drew a line around each red and white square.

 Finally I took some Annie Sloan Dark Wax and slightly tinted the edges in order to give it a vintage look.

I repeated the process with the second painting.

I reversed the black and white colors on the second painting.  I also made sure the chickens faced each other instead of the same way.

 I hung them in our kitchen nook

My favorite spot every morning.

By the way, we haven't had to use AC so far this summer although we could've used it a total of two days.  A wonderful lake breeze flows directly through these windows.

Have a great weekend folks!

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