Painted kit pieces

Painting the table top

I'm not doing any drawing out or planning with the design on this, just putting the branches and pine cones wherever I feel like it and really enjoying the process. When it's going well the time just flies.

As I look at this picture I can see that there are some areas that need more work and I'll take care of that when I get back to my paints.

Stopping to take pictures along the way keeps you focused on the overall design of the project and from over working some areas.

I still feel that this is going well, what do you think?

Painting a flat pack table

The beauty of working with a flat pack is that you can paint each piece separately without having to get in awkward positions or reach around anything. the pieces just lay flat on your table and isn't really much different than painting on a canvas panel.

Each pine needle is painted separately using a size 0  liner brush

This shelf turned out to be a wood veneer so I dropped the pine cones and branches over the edge so we didn't have to look at the core.

Here's a close up of the effect.

Here's a longer shot of the shelf.

The corners aren't bad either.