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REPAINTED GARDEN GNOME

May 21, 2015 by madincrafts 5 Comments

Repainting a faded garden gnome

I am not sure where on the “acceptably cool” scale garden gnomes fall these days.  Are they tacky?  Ironically hip?  Don’t know and don’t care, I guess, because I love my front yard garden gnome.  He was looking neglected this Spring, so I spruced him up before placing him back in among our shrubbery.

sun faded gnome

After being exposed to Michigan summer heat followed by Michigan snows, my gnome was looking more than a little worse for wear.  I rescued him from the landscaping and washed him up.

original color

The gnome’s backside is protected from sun bleaching by some shrubs.  You can see here what his paint job used to look like.  I wanted to change up his outfit colors this year, but my four year old daughter insisted that he still be dressed like Santa.

first coats

I started by giving the jacket, pants, hands and face of the gnome a base of beige paint.  While it was still a little wet, I added on a rough layer of dark red paint.  I wanted the paints to mix and blend a bit to give it a streaky, uneven finish like the original.

 

 

add layers of paint wash

After that layer dried, I dry brushed on some areas of straight dark red paint and some areas of the dark red mixed with black.  I also made a color wash with the red paint mixed with lots of water to redden up the gnome’s cheeks a little.

freshly painted gnome

I think he looks much happier now that he has his color back, don’t you?

Garden Gnome

 

I had to sneak out to take these pictures early one morning before the roofers replacing my neighbors’ roof started their day’s work.  I don’t mind being seen as the crazy lady with a garden gnome.  I am not sure about being known as the crazy lady who does photo shoots with a garden gnome.

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Comments

  1. Jen says

    August 22, 2016 at 12:55 pm

    What type of paint did you use ? I have a garden turtle that needs to be fixed up a little with chipped paint etc.

    Reply
    • madincrafts says

      August 24, 2016 at 12:12 am

      I just used regular craft paint. It may need to be repainted after a year or two, but it\’s held up so far. I hope this helps!

      Reply

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