Upcycling Vintage Furniture with Painting Techniques
Preparation
A course by Chloe Kempster , Furniture Artist
About the video: Preparation
Overview
“In this lesson I will show you how to prepare your project for painting. We will decide if there are any areas of natural wood you would like to keep or not. If we decide to keep any natural wood, we need to sand at this stage.”
In this video lesson Chloe Kempster addresses the topic: Preparation, 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
“In this lesson, we will learn how to prepare your project for painting We will also decide if there are any areas of natural words you would like to keep. The level of preparation for each project Always depends on the type of paint you are using. For this project I'm using chalk paint. Chalk paint requires no sanding and no priming. However, if your piece has been previously painted or it has a particularly glossy finish, I would recommend giving the surface a light sand as I'm going to do here. First, I'm going to look at the piece and decide whether I want to keep any natural wood on sho...”
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Course summary for: Upcycling Vintage Furniture with Painting Techniques
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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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