Getting Ready to really paint!

So, I have spent this summer painting the house,

but now as autumn finishes it's colors, and my camera is full of photos I am gearing up to finally paint.

 

Autumn 2012

I've tried to get some photos of autumn...to paint from....but it has been raining a lot since the leaves turned, and of course I am still working a lot of hours.

 

I worry that the leaves will all be gone by the time I get a chance to see them in daylight when I have time off.

For example, when I woke up this morning, it looked like someone threw a party last night, and used leaves as confetti!

They were all over the ground.

I am not participating in Fall OPEN Studio this year, but we have the state maps at the store, (Artists Mediums) and I hope that if you are not participating, that you will at least go out and visit and support your local Vermont artists who are participating!

here's a link for maps if you can't stop by the store:

http://www.vermontcrafts.com/OSW/maps-directions.html

 

Have I done any actual ART this year?

art? well a little...I painted a fish on a board for John.

House painting

The only problem is, it's all bigger than it looks, so now that there is so much that looks painted, I pull back to reveal how big this job really is!

What we have done so far has been spare time work all summer, but the weather has changed so much, I don't think we will get much further this year....besides, my fear of heights is making this job harder.
Maybe next summer I can pay someone to do the really scary bits?

I have gotten some actual painting done

and John did help with a lot of the painting!

I like the colors, and I LOVE to see the progress!!!

more about the house...

but it needs scraping, caulking, and priming first.
I am using this incrdible primer, that will keep the wood dry, even before you add paint over it.
it's called MAD DOG and it is the best!
Here is a photo, after I have primed the lower half, it rained...

and you can see how the boards that have been primed are dry!
sorry, that no matter how SMALL I make the photo I cannot seem to set it VERTICAL!!!!
the right side should be considered the top, which is wet, and not yet scraped.

painting -the house

You may be wondering how I have spent my summer...

as you can see, my house has been in desperate need of painting....for quite some time