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December 7, 2016

Support the Arts

Artists contribute beauty to our world – despite their beautiful contributions, most artist still struggle to survive. Support your local art programs. If you have an ugly wall, become a patron of the arts, employ your local artists to paint it.

A typical concrete and stucco facade.

Then the wall starts to take on a three-dimensional appearance

This is Eric, in his element, 30 feet off the ground. He does most of the artwork by himself and researches, paints and designs each project from scratch. His wife Kathy, also an artist, serves as project manager.

After

June 22, 2016

Product Review

Benjamin Moore “Advanced” – I decided to give my home a facelift with a fresh coat of trim paint. So I tried “Advanced”. In general I liked it, it was creamy and applied nicely. One thing to take into consideration when using this paint is the re-coat drying time is 16 hours, not 4 hours like other waterbased paints. For me this was not a problem, since I was just re-coating the same color trim and one coat is all I needed. Is it more durable then others? time will tell. One thing I did find odd was that I started with a quart and the consistency was great. I liked it so much I decided to buy a gallon, however the consistency was much thinner than the quart. I am not sure why. In the end all trim seemed to be the same.

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May 9, 2016

Did You Know

Purple Dye – The first use of the color purple was as early as 1570 BC. It was so expensive to make that purple dyed textiles became a status symbols and laws restricted their use. It was expensive because it was made from a sea snail. The dye is a secretion from the gland of one of several predatory sea snails found in the Mediterranean Sea. The secretion is expelled when it is being attacked. The dye can be collected by either “milking” the snails or destructively crushing the snail. It took twelve thousand snails to yield no more than 1.4 gram of pure dye, enough to colour the trim of a single garment.”

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March 16, 2016

Product Review

CeCe Caldwell’s Chalk Paint – I have recommended “Chalk Paint” many times and still do. It is the best product on the market for DIY. I drove past this coffee table on trash day three times and could not help rescueing it from the landfill.

I transformed this old worn out coffee table into a new table within one day with Ce Ce’s Chalk Paint. I used Vermont Slate for the base and Pueblo Pepper for the top. Chalk Paint works on all surfaces, no sanding required (I would wipe down the surface to remove any grease and grim). It dries quickly and with a top coat of wax or water based Polyurethane your done.

Ce Ce Caldwell Paints are poured carefully by hand and meticulously overseen from conception to completion. We are committed to making the world a better place by creating natural, non-toxic products that are safe for everyone. CeCe’s Paints are ideal for the retailer, seasoned professional, or first-time DIY-er who want the satisfaction of aesthetic quality and the reassurance of eco-friendly manufacturing. Read more at CeCe Caldwell Paints

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March 7, 2016March 7, 2016

Quote for the Week

Color! What a deep and mysterious language, the language of dreams.

Paul Gauguin

‘Tahitian Landscape’, 1893 (oil on canvas)

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February 17, 2016February 22, 2016

Did You Know

Color & Your Brain – Wavelengths of light do not exist as color until we see them. The color that surrounds us is a construction of our brain. Without your eyes and your brain there is no color. These wavelengths are colorless until our brains tell us we are seeing blues, greens, reds, etc. Light enters our pupils, which focuses images onto our Retinas, sensing varying wavelengths. The Retina has three cones. These cones make color a perception. The kind of cone activated by the light determines what color we see. Short wavelengths are colors related to blues, medium related to greens and long relates to red.

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January 18, 2016

Product Review

Scotch Blue Edge Lock – I have a mixed opinion of this product. Scotch Blue has been making painters tape for a long time. The problem with the original painters tape was the bleed through factor. Most of your edges would be clean, however every once in a while you would end up with bleed-through, requiring touch up. Frog Tape was created with a new technology: when the paint contacted the tape it created a seal on the edge eliminating bleed-through. Scotch Blue created it own version of Frog Tape which is called “Edge Lock”. When I tested Edge Lock, I taped off my entire room to prep for painting. By the time I was done the tape was falling off. I decided that I would continue anyway by reapplying the tape as I painted each section, which was very time consuming. In the end when the job was complete the edges were clean. The taping process took twice as much time, yet the edges were clean which is what the tape is suppose to do. Recommendation – tape as you go.

December 28, 2015

Artist Showcase

3D Floors – If you can not decide on bathroom tile, perhaps a 3D bathroom floor is for you? 3D flooring will take your room in a very different direction. It’s amazing how a room can be transformed with images painted on the floor. The amazing thing about the 3D images will be the realism felt just by looking at the images. Imagine an ocean just below your feet.

http://www.murafloor.com

http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/3d-floor-murals.html