Topiary Garden Art on Rustic Boards

How could I resist.

 

Garden love + Paint love + Rustic Boards

 

= Topiary Art!

 

 

 

 

There's something about my hands in the soil

 

this time of year.

 

So as I was out planting my new boxwood

 

I found my inspiration

 

for some more rustic art.

 

A few weeks ago I was celebrating nature

 

with my Feather - Nest - Egg Art

 

 

 

This garden group has a lot the same feel-

 

Painted on Fence boards

 

and based with black and rust.

 

 

 

Top coat with a gray, taupe, and white mix.

 

 

 

 

Add a bit of random camel.

 

 

 

 

Trace a template for the tall pot

 

and fill in with a mix of toffee, terra cotta,

 

and burnt umber.

 

Dry brush white.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pounce some Olive Green paint

 

into a circular shape

 

for the rosemary base.

 

 

 

 

Off load a bit with a wet wipe.

 

 

 

 

Using a liner brush,

 

paint in long loose stems with

 

simple strokes for leaves...

 

some light and airy ,

 

some heavy with burnt umber.

 

 

 

Keep filling in.

 

 

 

see - not perfect.

 

Random, sketchy, painterly.

 

 

 

 

Now for the boxwood...

 

Use black and terra cotta for the pot.

 

Camel and raw sienna for the tag.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Olive green for the circle base boxwood

 

 

 

 

Using a round brush

 

lay in all over strokes for green leaves

 

switching directions.

 

 

 

 

Off load a bit with a wet wipe to see

 

a lighter layer underneath.

 

 

 

 

Double load your round brush

 

with white and green

 

and paint in some lighter leaves.

 

Can add some dark shade to bottom right leaves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I liked the idea of a dark piece in the trio,

 

so I stained this board

 

and brushed some black on top.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fence Board is inexpensive -

 

about $2 for 6'.

 

So this group was $4

 

(plus paint and screws).

 

You could make any mix of

 

shapes and sizes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's a classic garden mix - pallet board style!

 

I really appreciate your visits to my blog!

 

Hope you find some inspiration here

 

for YOUR Home,

 

Deb

 

 

 

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