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Friday, April 25, 2014

paint party friday - cleaning triumph & more wood art

Hi everyone at Paint Party Friday! Coming pretty late to the party, but wanted to share a few things regardless.


Here is my greatest artistic triumph of the week - possibly of the year - yes, it is a shower stall! The thing is, the horrid thing had not been sparkling pretty much ever. Sure, I cleaned, but I had never gotten it to be pure white for some reason. Then I learned of a new technique to get things going, and there it is - white.

I ended up at one point watching a cool British show called How Clean is Your House where they recommended you soak rags or paper towels in bleach solution, and essentially wallpaper the shower stall. Then, to leave it there for some time, and scrub it all off. Now.... I have as stated tried & tried to scrub it off in the past, to no avail - so I was excited to find out this worked.

But since this is not a blog about cleaning, and it is a blog about art, I am sharing one of the newest pieces we have finished. Here are both sides of the piece. As can be seen, on one side is a mask, and on another people who are fighting, plus symbols.
Hoping everyone has a great weekend!



12 comments:

denthe said...

oh wow, LOVE this piece! And so great that both sides are painted, and completely different. Wonderful work! And thanks for the tip about bleach, have to try that too!

Giggles said...

I love that bleach tip!! And your gorgeous drift wood pieces! Thanks for sharing your terrific work!

Hugs Giggles

Linda Kunsman said...

So much detail on your piece-really fantastic! Thanks for sharing the tip on getting the shower stall truly clean-must try it :)

DVArtist said...

This is fabulous!!!!! love all the detail and color.
Nicole/Beadwright

GlorV1 said...

This is awesome. Love how you paint on wood. Great job.

Gillena Cox said...

great work, and happy you got your stuff cleaned; have a nice weekend

much love...

Renee Dowling said...

How fun, there are a lot of things going on. The colours and symbols are very interesting. I wish that the pictures were flipped so it would have been easier to see all the wonderful images.

Great tip about cleaning the shower. I have the same problem with my bathtub!

Thanks for sharing your creativity!

Christine said...

very expressive colourful piece!

Faye said...

Wow, your driftwood painting is fabulous Alicia. Lots of hard work there. Like you I have been fighting with a shower. I have tried for 2 weeks to get the old shower head off so I can put my new one up. Alas, it seems to be permanently affixed to the pipe. I have to be careful not to pull the pipe out of the wall while trying to use a wrench on the joint. Nothing has worked: WD-40 or vinegar soaks.

Alicia C said...

Wow Faye that sucks! What if you used oil? Someone once told me wd40 was too diluted to really do the job

Unknown said...

Very nice artwork! I hate cleaning the shower... that plastic stuff never looks crystal clean..I just started using mr. clean and it works ok.

Deepa Gopal said...

Lovely artwork...always loved painting on wood...this one looks fab!