I'm a huge fan of personalizing anything I can. If you've followed my page for any amount of time you've probably seen this. Now, I'm honestly not sure what possessed me to do this, but I find that a lot of my art projects an ideas just kind of pop into my head. And then I have such a strong urge to follow through with it. This was one of those moments, my heart was telling me to do it and when the opportunity arrived I went for it. My husband and I have been busy making a small room livable for two people, this meant getting rid of my twin bed for a queen, rearranging furniture, and a lot of stress. I have anxiety problems and change has always been a big issue for me. I had to give up my lamp to be able to keep my desk in the room. So I bought a lamp that mounts to the wall! It's cute and can be extended in either direction, so more light over my desk, or light over the bed if I want to read. The only downside if the lampshade it came with is a beige shade, so it almost looks orange when the lamp is on. Not that this is hideous but it doesn't really LIGHT up the room the way a white lampshade does. So I bought a new shade and that was that. But this little spark went off in my brain that said, "I could paint that" And here I am. A good disclaimer here is to make sure the lampshade you have properly fits your lamp and is of a good quality grade. I have seen many lampshades that have felt ridiculously hot, even though they shouldn't be retaining any heat. If you have a lamp shade that is hot do not do this project on it. I have serious concerns about that. Since this shade was cold to the touch inside and out I knew it was safe to paint on. YOU WILL NEED:
I had a plain lampshade with a smooth surface. I had so many ideas going through my head! Did I want to paint the inside and see it shine through? Or did I want to paint an ocean scene? I ended up going with my love of literature on this one and spent time sketching out a design around the shade. With all the time it took me to design this, I wasn't able to paint for several hours. But you know, dinner, dishes, and kid's homework does tend to be more important, lol. The good news is I got to just sit down for the evening, paint, and watch a guilty pleasure of mine. (I'm really into missing person videos, conspiracy theories, etc. And I have to say that if you're looking for some Danelle Hallan and Kendell Rae are two Youtubers who make FANTASTIC videos.) Then I just painted in my sketches. I actually own a grove snail named Locan so I thought it was super cute to add him to my painting. Last week I made a post about setting up his new home and you can find that here: agirlwhoneedstocraft.weebly.com/pets/pet-garden-snail-home Just taking a moment to show him off, lol. I'm a proud mommy of all my babies. Now getting back to the painting here's how it turned out! The gold paint used on this project was very metallic and this whole thing just looks gorgeous when spun. Unfortunately, I can't get vidoes to work on this site but maybe check out our Instagram page and I'll try and get one up on there! And as I said earlier in the post the lamp shade had an orangish tint to it when lit. Nothing changed and the paint didn't affect the lighting in the room. It was the same except the light was coming through the paint. And that's pretty much the jist of it. I personally am going to see if I can find any white lamp shades and see if I can mess with colors shining through the shade. Who knows what else I might try with a lamp shade in the future? The beauty of art is that it opens up lots of possibilities. And maybe this gave you and idea or projects you might be able to do with a boring lamp in your house?
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