When I cleaned out my studio just prior to the holidays, I rediscovered a stash of leather and suede men's vests which I had purchased years ago intending to decorate them.
Rather than donate the vests to the Salvation Army, I decided to paint at least a few. I have done five of them in a Renaissance Faire theme, with Knights and Ladies and Dragons and Kings. I have twenty vests in all, and will slowly paint them in between other projects.
On this particular vest, a brave Knight leads a captured, but still fierce Dragon by a chain leash. The Dragon's collar declares him "Owned" and he holds a crystal ball with the Knight's castle seen through a mystical mist.
Men's size Medium, acrylic paint on deep teal green suede. $50.-
7 comments:
I love this! Are you going to post the others?
These are super! Great intensity of color--what did you paint them with?
Painted with very ordinary acrylic paint. But I used non-toxic colors (no cadmium, for instance.)
I'll post the others a bit later. I guess I should open an Ebay account, too? Or else wait for the Farmer's Market in the Park in spring.
Definitely offer them on Ebay and/or Etsy--unless you want to wait 'til spring. THIS IS GREAT!
This is very cool! When will you have some more?
I just bought a larger than usual canvass and some paints for a bigger work--not as big as I'd have liked, but I couldn't afford the really big canvasses. I'm considering multimedia. Haven't decided yet.
Wow! I really love the idea!!! People should wear clothes like that :-) Miss you!!!
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