Sunday, February 28, 2021

Silver Wood Grain Faux Finish

Silver Wood Grain Faux Finish 

 

Wood Grain Faux Finish is a staple for faux painters. It can transform plan white doors and garage doors to deep rich mahogany, blah kitchen cabinets to a rustic farm finish, and upgrade recycled furniture to a driftwood beach look. But what do you do when you have a traditional golden wood finish cabinet amongst a modern sleek white and light gray interior? Here’s how... 



Make sure to use a primer with great tooth. I recently tried out the Valspar Primer  and fell in love with it. I’ve always been a fan of the Zinsser Bulls Eye 1-2-3. On a whim I tried the Valspar bonding primer on a personal project and got hooked. The grip is immediate and stronger than the Bulls Eye 1-2-3. It also dries faster.  

I had the pleasure of creating the home’s color pallet a few years ago. So selecting a base color was a breeze. In this case the base color chosen is Analytical Gray SW7051 because it’s that delicate in- between color the shade of sunbaked driftwood.  



Light grey mixed with a silver agent by Faux Effects and silver glaze were used to create the wood veins.  




Final coat is a C500 Satin Urethane 



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Sunday, February 21, 2021

Sunrise/Sunset Murals

 Murals featuring the glory of the sunsets and daybreak sunrises both indoors and outdoors painted by Swan Studios Inc #sunsetmural 



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Sunday, February 7, 2021

Made You Look

 

Made You Look

To an artist nothing is more exciting than color. Lots of colors. All colors. To a consumer, nothing could be more important than finding exactly what you want and exactly where you need to buy it. And when these two worlds collide, it’s – Perfection.

The gorgeous location of Cape Coral, Florida is nestled in SW Florida. We have brilliant sunshine, some of the best weather in all of the United States, and the most breathtaking sunsets. What we don’t have are skyscrapers and huge neon blinking billboards. We consider this a blessing. Well, until you need to find a location. Most of our city buildings are, hmmmm, lets call them lack luster. Beige boring stucco buildings. Occasionally there are some exceptions. Those exceptions being business owners embracing having eye catching - color popping street murals. Consumers can find them amongst all the greige (kinda gray kinda beige) other buildings they are elbow to elbow with competing for attention. It was a thrill to be commissioned to paint the side of a building in rich saturated almost day glow colors. The building is next to an empty lot that will be a few years before development. The business, VidaCann, decided to take advantage of the opportunity and let everyone know where they are located. So, if you headed into Cape Coral via the South bridge (Cape Coral Parkway Bridge), or flying overhead in your personal plane to land at Paige Field, or perhaps even flying over in the International Space Station you can now see this colorful bold mural:



Because of city and county rules, names are not allowed. Instead, the VidaCann logo is painted as the palm tree top :



Some fun angles and close-up views:









These bold saturated colors are from the Valspar Color Wheel in Duramax.

Stop by and have a chat with the wonderful staff at VidaCann. Be sure to get your photo in front of SW Cape Coral's dazzling VidaCann Beach Mural

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