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Painting a Beach Chair
by Kim Meyer
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This chair cover fits over a typical metal folding chair. The canvas cover can
be found through catalog companies or in fabric and craft stores. Also available
are covers to go over certain styles of dining chairs. In doing this project, I
found that you could stop painting at various points for several different
versions of the pattern. If you are doing a whole set of chair covers, you
might consider this for avariety of coordinating patterns.
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Materials:
- Canvas Beach Chair
- Jacquard Fabric Paints: We used Textile Colors: White, Sky Blue, Yellow Ochre, Brown.
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- Disposable palette or cups
- 1" brush
- 1" roller
- Sponge
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Directions
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Remove canvas from the chair and lay flat on a protected surface.
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On two separate palettes or plates, put a small amount of paint. One
palette is for the sky and water colors and the other is for the sand colors.
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Divide the canvas horizontally into 3 sections. We went about halfway
up for the sand, up another 8" for the water, and the remainder
for the sky. Each section will blend into the other so exact dimensions
are not important.
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Paint the canvas by using loose horizontal strokes. Load the brush or
roller by dabbing it a little in the colors you want to use in that
area. The water can be painted darker near the “shore” and fade as
it moves towards the horizon. You can use a sponge for the sky to simulate clouds.
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Let dry completely and heat fix.
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