Vintage Camper Folk Art Paintings by K. Bangs

Vintage Glamper Folk Art Paintings

I love old campers. They are filled with happy

family and friends memories. That's my inspiration for my Mini Folk Art

Camper paintings. Capturing fun and joy thru vibrant paint colors and peace, rest and 

from the tranquil setting. 

Painting with Annie Sloan

I love to find old furniture and turn it into Romantic Vintage Finds. What's in a name? Everything...LOL

Want to creative your own Romantic Vintage Find? its easy

Start with a small project like a table

A table has flat surfaces and are very easy to paint.
To create a romantic piece the trick to remember is not to much sanding and not to much dark wax.

You want just enough to give it a worn aged look. To much will create a primitive look to your furniture.

Here is my step by step

Thanks for looking
Kate B


P.S. 
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Step 1. Paint using Annie Sloan Duck Blue

                        Step 2. Paint any accent turnings white

                        
                               Step 3. Sand edges and apply wax

                  Step 4. Sand legs just enough to add interest

                             

                           Step 5. Your table is finished! 

How to Save a Great Vintage Frame with Shabby Chic Roses

I love to find great littles at the local Flea Market.

Littles are small object artisans find to re-purpose and sell.

I found this beautiful framed plaque that originally held a country rooster print.

It had no glass. So I thought it would be a perfect project to re-claim

I left the frame as I found it. You can see it was worth saving. It has layers of aged creamy colored paint and was sanded to perfection.

I simple pulled out my sunset colors and add painted my 

 shabby pink roses right over the rooster. A short time my project was finished.

If you find and interesting framed plaque. Don't pass it up.

re-use it and paint your art on it. 

If you would like to try my roses you and find a video on my blog 

Just look thru my post.

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How to Save an UGLY Table with Annie Sloan Old White Chalk Paint and Shabby n Chic Rose

Hello, I'm Kate from Kate Bang Painting

Do you love saving painting furniture? I do.
I enjoy finding old unwanted pieces and giving them new life.

Here is a piece that you may find alone your travels.
Not quite antique not quite modern, but strangely a bit of both.
Perfect for painting.

If you find a piece like this I suggest a soft Old White Chalk paint.
Sand the edges slightly.
If you paint florals just add them off to the side, never in the middle.
You don't want to cover up your art with a lamp.
Don't forget to seal or wax

Good luck with your painting
K

Paint Shabby Chic Roses on Anne Sloan Old White Furniture by Kate Bangs Painting

How To Paint Shabby Chic Roses on Furniture a quick lesson!
This is not a fancy video. Just me in the back yard on a flip camera.

This is an older video before chalk paint days but I plan to try it on my next piece.

If you try this i suggest you seal it first then add florals and seal it again.
Sealing first is great if you make a mistake. it will wipe right off.

How to save a chair with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint.

I recently started selling painting furniture again. I've done it many years ago with great success. I love finding old pieces and giving them a vintage romantic make over. Plus the weather is now warmer and since I do most of my painting in my yard it is just the perfect time to paint.

Here is a simple Romantic Refreshing i just did for 2 worn out chairs. Using Annie Sloan Old White Paint and a little sanding. 

Last week I saved this chair from the town land fill. Recycling cost zero dollars is good for the environment and I can pass that saving on to my  buyer. 
It's what I call a Win Win Win ....lol

How to decoupage Romantic Vintage Furniture Lesson #2

About Me Kate Bangs

Thank you for looking at my art work

I loaded some pictures of my work so you can get a feel of my style. I love creating art and teaching

Employment

Interior painting, faux finishes and murals. Periwinkle Painter with Nancy Parkinson for the past ten years. I also taught furniture painting at Andy's Chest in Nashua and Dreams faux Phyld in Nashua. My group sizes ranged from 6-10 people.  I am a contract artist for many antique gallery style shops.

 E-Book Author 

How to Decoupage Flea Market Finds
How to Decoupage Vintage Romantic Furniture
How to Paint Rose Basic Beginner
How to Decoupage Botanical Garden Furniture

How to Paint Rose Christmas Ornaments
How to Paint Hydrangea and Roses Bridal train case
How to Paint Vintage Rose Mailboxes
U-Print Collage Sheets Papers in the Attic

 Self taught graphic artist.

I love working on my websites, blogs, taking photos, and creating e magazine, digital collage sheets, vintage images, and labels 

How I got started
I worked as a nurse when I was first married. When I began to have children. I longed to be a stay at home mom. A friend invited me to a craft painting class. I took the very little bit I learned added it to furniture and turned it into a successful business. I Gave up nursing and became a happy stay at home working mom.

 Share with other who want to learn
I share a rose lessons on my YouTube channel. 

One of my rose lessons has over 200,000 hits and still gets subscribers almost daily.

Kate Bangs Sasha Bangs Nancy Parkinson

working as Periwinkle Painters.

Painted Sky Ceiling and Sun Yellow Walls

Home owner loved it. So did we!!

 

Click to view video

A piece of my romantic rose vintage furniture

This is a You tube Video on Kate Bangs Channel

 Painted Furniture Shop Dreams Faux Phyld

 E-Book How to Decoupage Flea Market Finds

E Book How to paint Rose Christmas Ornaments

E Book Decoupage Botanical Furniture

This is a hand painted table that I turned into a decoupage lesson.

This is a good lesson if a student wants to

 learn to make vintage reclaimed furniture.

 

 E Book Vintage Papers in the Attic 

Vintage printable images for creating Altered Art

                   

 Thank you for looking at my work.

Contact Info

K Bangs email

petalsandpatterns@hotmail.com

Harvest Apple Bench with Birds Nest

Some time ago, I did some volunteering at a local kitchen.

At the end of the day as a thank you, I received a harvest box of not so perfect perfectly good apples.

After drying my apples in the dehydrator, I was inspired to paint an apple themed water bench.

I painted it white and crackled the wood using an under coating of Elmers Glue. After that dried, I painted some ripe apples leaves and twigs with a birds nest accent on the front.

I love how it came out.

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What Is Art Cards and A.C.E.O  

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 Paint Your Cat in a Window 

How To Paint Driftwood Fish Book

Just finishing up my latest eBook How-To-Paint Driftwood Fish.I have painted these funny little fish from Cape Cod to Maine and I am always pleased with the responses people give me when they see them. This book will cover everything you need to know about painting and decorating wood you harvest from the sea shore or river bank.

When you learn the technique of how to paint my fish, you'll find that it is fun and easy and when you are finished, each one will have it's own silly sparkling personality. 

Not only do I write about this art, I alway enjoy teaching in small groups

 Here is a photo of a couple of talented young students in York, Maine
  

Some of my students 

What a great time we had and what an awesome job they did!!!

Paint Your Cat in a Window

Cat on a window sill with a cup of tea and books

Cat art is wonderfully fun and very popular

 There are millions of cat lovers all over the world.

This is a theme I have painted for many shop owners.

It is a very sweet theme because you can easily personalize.

You can change the color of the cat and the titles of the books

Some of book titles I like to use:

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Fish Soup for the Soul

College Catolog

People Watching 101

The cat can be drinking tea, wine or a martini

So Fun!

There are also picture of other windows for you to enjoy.

Smarty Cat

Tuscany Scene

Garden Window

How To Paint Pop Art Purses

Colorful POP ART PURSE LESSON

These purses are painted on heavy water color paper in acrylic for vibrant colors

The purses have simple lines and lots of character

How to paint purses
 
Use a #10 brush
Paint background color of your choosing
(Mine is a sunset yellow and white mixture)
Use a watercolor pencil and draw a circle and triangle base and straps.
Don't worry if its not perfect. You want it to look hand drawn.

Paint pretty pink. Let dry a minute or two.

Use a #8 round brush
 Add a swirl of white starting in the center of the purse.

Give it a professional touch using a black outline 

When it is complete dry use a liner brush and outline the purse in black

Wa La
You painted a Pop Art Purse 

Tips
The size shown is 4" x 6"
That is called Mini Art if you plan to sell yours on eBay
Lots of folks collect Mini Art and it sells very well

I love the torn edges when i use this style of paper.

 It gives the painting a natural, modern parchment look and feel.

Give it a try!

Kate

Painted Grape Vines in Kitchen

Grape Vines Painting Job

Inspired by a homeowner's plate purchased during a trip to Italy

Kate holding the plate

Nancy painting vines

Nancy took a picture so you can see how light and airy the free style painting is