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A Great Watercolor Painting of a Tree – 24H x 18W – Peel and Stick Wall Decal by Wallmonkeys $33.99 WallMonkeys wall graphics are printed on the highest quality re-positionable, self-adhesive fabric paper. Each order is printed in-house and on-demand. WallMonkeys uses premium materials & state-of-the-art production technologies. Our white fabric material is superior to vinyl decals. You can literally see and feel the difference. Our wall graphics apply in minutes and won’t damage your paint or l…

Beyond the Sunset – Painting Watercolor Skies with Susie Short $34.95 Watercolor artist, Susie Short, invites you to look over her shoulder as she demonstrates several different skyscapes using a variety of basic watercolor techniques. You’ll learn to paint wet-in-wet, color glazing and to use dry brush techniques as you create beautiful clouds or sunsets that stand alone or serve as perfect backdrops for future landscape paintings. Susie makes it easy to follow her…

Watercolor Sky For Beginners – How To Paint a Variegated Wash

Have you ever experienced the overwhelming terror of attempting to choose the perfect color paint for your room from all those color sample paint strips available in the home and paint stores? I’ve been there, too, and have discovered an almost foolproof way to help you accomplish the task successfully and have a beautifully painted room. A room that your friends will think you not only hired a decorator, but a painter, too! 

Yes, you can choose the perfect room color. After all we all enjoy living in a world full of color. Just think of all the different colors of blue there are in the sky. Don’t you have days when you look up, and the sky simply couldn’t be more beautiful? Or have you driven the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Great Smoky Mountains and been tongue tied by all the magnificent shades of green? I’ll go so far as to bet you your closet is full of colorful clothing you enjoy wearing. But are your walls white? Why? Is it because it is seemingly too difficult to find just the right color? I know, you’ve tried and the sample color chips never look the same when you get home!

The first thing you must do when you want to choose a paint color is be a good observer. That’s right; as you go through your everyday routine, make yourself to pay attention to your surroundings a bit more. For example, do you pass a house on the way to work that is a color you like? What colors strike you as interesting? Another great place to see and find rich, natural colors is the produce department of your local grocery store of farmers market. In fact here’s a big secret……pay close attention to the color combinations of fruits and vegetables. They naturally work well together, don’t they! Talk about a great color palette! 

Another thing to do is browse the local book store, enjoy a cup, and leaf through magazines. And here’s another big secret….don’t restrict yourself to the home decorating magazines, look at fashion and even art (painting, watercolor, pastels) magazines. You’ll be amazed as some truly wondrous color combinations.

It doesn’t take long for you to start detecting a pattern in colors you are drawn to. Once you have discovered that pattern, turn your observing eye to your own home. Are any of these color patterns in your home now? I bet you’ll find they are.

Think about which group of colors you like the most…..got it? Ok, you have just eliminated 80% of all those color paint chip samples from discussion! All of a sudden your job of color choice just got way easier. You are on your way to choosing the perfect color every time.

After many years in the painting, faux finishing, decorative painting and custom color creation business, Debbie Fowler, owner of painted Walls, has learned that most people really do have a great color sense. Debbie has written a handy ebook on exactly how to choose the perfect color for any room. This resource is a very helpful step by step formula for the weekend warrior. It will save you time, money and best of all, frustration.