didn't give up, it turned out great.
Happy Rockin! Betty \0/
--- In rockpainting@yahoogroups.com, Sue Wiegman
<thetattoolady34@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Kathleen! I was just stunned to see that my flag brick made the
homepage! This is my first attempt at painting anything, and also
the one that I was having so much trouble getting the Patio Paint to
cover. I am in awe and amazement at everyone's talent in this group
and felt intimidated and silly posting my brick, but I thought what
the heck. So here's all I went through to make it. I had a flag
decal and went to Staples and enlarged it to fit the brick. The
stripes I just traced with dressmakers carbon paper (which really
works great on stone). Now the stars were the big problem. I went
to Michael's Crafts and in the scrapbooking department they had a
Martha Stewart hole punch in the star shape. I traced the stars
onto, of all things, a sheet of plastic cut from a milk jug then cut
them all out with the hole punch keeping in mind that the stars
always point upwards on the American flag. I tried to stencil the
stars in but the paint bled under the stencil, so
> had to repaint the background and come up with a new plan. So I
used a white charcoal pencil and drew the stars on using the stencil,
then handpainted them all in using an 18/0 liner brush. My hand was
shaking because I was so nervous but I finally did it the best I
could. It's very rewarding to finish a project and I can't believe
in my retirement I'm learning to paint bricks and rocks. So that's
the saga of my flag brick. Right now I'm working on a Windsor stone
from Lin's latest book and I'm trying to get the nerve up to attempt
the wicker basket technique. Thank you again for your positive
comments and encouragement. I am truly inspired by everyone's
talent. Enjoy this wonderful day that the Good Lord has given us to
be creative. Blessings, Sue
>
> Kathleen <nutoyu2@...> wrote: Sue,
> Congratulations! Your patriotic flag brick is featured on our home
> page. Everything is so precise! It's great! However did you paint
> all those stars? Inquiring minds want to know. Again...WTG!
> Kathleen
>
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