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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
Mom and I painted a flower garden on her rain barrel in July. Here are stages of the project along the way.
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Rain Barrel
Barrel
Flower Garden
Graphic Design
Rain Barrel
Duct Tape
Sealant
Clear Acrylic
Flower Garden
Graphic Design
Ready
Style
Swag
Clear acrylic sealant added, duct tape removed, and the barrel is hooked up and ready to go!
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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
Technical Support
Promote Your Business
Lily Pulitzer Dress
Lisa
Supportive
Paint
Mom
Dresses
Lisa helped us paint, provided technical support, and cheered us on!
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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
Artists
Painting
Rain Water Collector
The artists with our finished creation.
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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
Flowers
Projects
Log Projects
Blue Prints
Finished!
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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
Seal
Painting Art
Day 3. We were finished by the end of the day except for the clear acrylic seal.
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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
Gladiolus
Monarch Butterfly
Mothers
Day 3 . . . Mom started on the monarch butterfly while I painted the gladiolus.
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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
Climbing Roses
Yellow Roses
Grandmother
Banks
Honor
I painted this yellow rose in honor of my grandmother who loved Lady Banks climbing roses.
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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
Day 2 painting.
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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
Art Camp
Camping Art
Gardens
Home And Garden
Homes
Art Camp is a happy way to spend your vacation!
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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
End Of Days
Design
End of Day 1 painting.
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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
Art
Art Background
Day 1 of painting.
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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
Porch
Development
Supplies
We set up the table and supplies on Mom's back porch. Ready to paint!
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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
Start
Pretty
Paintings
Time to start painting the pretty stuff!
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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
Marketing Department
Photos
Pictures
Rain Water Barrel
Lisa provided technical support and took photos, including another cool shadow pic!
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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
Mom Art
Sharpies
Watercolor Pencils
Improvisation
Supply
Desktop
Things didn't go exactly to plan, but we were able to improvise. The projector wouldn't attach to my laptop, but would work on Mom's desktop. I had planned to draw it on with Sharpies, but they wouldn't adhere to the paint. So we raided Mom's art supply stash and I used a black watercolor pencil.
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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
Shadow Photos
Shed
Outdoor Structures
Outdoor Decor
My sister Lisa helped with priming and took this cool shadow photo.
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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
Priming the rain barrel.
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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
Hannah
Home Decor Decals
The fully outlined design.
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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
Outlines
Printed
I printed the design in sections and then traced the outlines.
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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
I printed the design in sections and then traced the outlines.
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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
Tracing Paper
Strathmore
Book Cover
I printed the design in sections and then traced the outlines.
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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
Acrylic Paint Set
American Accent
Clay Paint
Model Paint
Fabric Paint
Sealer
The paint we ordered from Amazon.com included primer, two sets of acrylic in a variety of colors, and clear acrylic sealer.
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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
Flower Photos
Photoshop
Create
The design mock-up I created using Photoshop using flower photos from Mom and my sister Lisa.
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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
Plants
Inspiration
Photos for inspiration taken by Mom and Lisa of their flowers.
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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
Rain Barrels
Storage Area
Garden Inspiration
Inside
Blue
White
Mom is setting up two rain barrels. We're painting the white one. The blue one will be inside the lattice covered storage area.
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Mom's Rain Barrel 2017
