Upcycling Vintage Furniture with Painting Techniques
Creating a Mood Board and Choosing a Colour Scheme
A course by Chloe Kempster , Furniture Artist
About the video: Creating a Mood Board and Choosing a Colour Scheme
Overview
“This lesson is all about gaining inspiration for your final project. I will show you some different techniques on how to create a moodboard, use a sketchbook and get ideas for a colour scheme.”
In this video lesson Chloe Kempster addresses the topic: Creating a Mood Board and Choosing a Colour Scheme, which is part of the Domestika online course: Upcycling Vintage Furniture with Painting Techniques. Transform old furniture into beautiful and functional pieces using different hand-painted styles.
Partial transcription of the video
“Creating a Mood Board and Choosing a Colour Scheme In this lesson, we'll create a mood board and a colour scheme for your project. I tend to think of my wall as a giant mood board. I like to put pictures up there that inspire me, colours, writing, anything like that. I would just recommend put things that inspire you somewhere that you can see them, that way you'll be reminded to come back to them. Use anything you like. Sometimes I'll have fabric swatches, wallpapers that I like, artists that I've seen, pictures of my own work, colour samples, anything like that. Put them in a place that y...”
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Course summary for: Upcycling Vintage Furniture with Painting Techniques
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Decorative Painting, DIY, Furniture Design & Making, Furniture Restoration & Upcycling, Interior Design, Painting, Upcycling, Woodworking

Chloe Kempster
A course by Chloe Kempster
Chloe Kempster is a furniture artist from Leicestershire, England. As a child, she was always painting and upcycled her first piece of furniture at just eleven years old. She went on to study for a fine art degree and work in retail where she developed an appreciation of handcrafted, sustainable products.
Chloe refined her upcycling skills whilst renovating her home and has since gone on to sell her pieces around the world. She has collaborated with brands including Annie Sloan and Valspar Paint and has had her work featured by The BBC, Country Living Magazine, and more. She also shares her art with over 26K followers on Instagram.
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