Pavilion paint job progress

[melaniesuzanne]

vikingsparrow asked for progress pictures and here they are.

Pretty little pavilion. Showing off the paint job at Pennsic 38. 7/26/09.

I was lazy when I got home from work last night and didn't pull out the pavilion roof until 8pm or so. I then spent the next four hours or so drawing the lattice pattern and circles around the valance and along the ridge while shifting Margie and Oreo around my drawing areas. They like to "hep". The pencil lines were fairly light so I didn't take a picture of that step.

I got up this morning at the crack of a quarter after ten and set to painting. My furry housemates kept me company until Oreo stepped on a freshly painted blue line. Luckily, I snatched him off the tent roof before he could make another step.

Oreo's blue toehawk, 7/10/10 Oreo tried to "hep" paint the pavilion's roof.

After that excitement, I banished the cats from the craft room and then finished painting the ridge decorations without assistance.

	Ridge decoration, 7/10/10
	Ridge end, 7/10/10

I'm pretty happy with how the ridge has turned out. When that section is dry, I'll start working on the valance. Wheeee!

Comments

[jaine-parr.livejournal.com]

I've seen some pavilions painted that have such a thick coat of paint that it looks awful. Yours doesn't have that problem. Are you just using an acrylic paint fresh out of the bottle/can?

[melaniesuzanne.livejournal.com]

The blue is an exterior latex thinned 1:1 with water, as recommended by Terafan Greydragon and valkyr8, and the red is an acrylic craft paint also thinned 1:1 with water. The paint is then able to seep into the cloth. I haven't had any problem with flaking or cracking paint nor have I had any leaks along the paint lines (or anywhere else but the grommets).

[greta-k.livejournal.com]

Terafan has created/painted enough pavillions that he would definitely know the best way to decorate them :-)

[stitchwhich.livejournal.com]

I was wondering that too. I haven't painted any pavilions so was curious about how newer ones reacted to the "Terafan technique". Glad to hear it's good. I'm going to enjoy seeing the new decorations in a few weeks. :)

[psalite.livejournal.com]

Wow I can't wait to see it up !Looks verrrry nice

[melaniesuzanne.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

[vikingsparrow.livejournal.com]

Very nice! Thanks for posting.

[melaniesuzanne.livejournal.com]

Thanks! You're welcome. :)

[danabren.livejournal.com]

The paw pic is wonderful.

[melaniesuzanne.livejournal.com]

ACTUAL SIZE. Well, okay, the thumbnail on this page is just about actual size.

I discovered a streak of blue in his tail this morning.