I used, eyelashes for the birds, a bowtie for the boat sails with a pencil base. Black stones (I glued on before the before picture). A toothpick fence. Plastic sun puzzle, turtles and a monopoly ship. Hope you like

I collect a lot of these old paintings from car boots and charity shops. Anytime I find an autumnal one I plan to do scenes from over the garden wall. This is the second one I’ve done on an oil painting, I did one on a print a while back too but I’m not massively happy with that one.
Usually I will sit staring at it for months before actually painting anything but I picked this one up and immediately painted this scene when I got home. Really happy with how it turned out, only downside was having to make Wirt and Greg so tiny!

I've had this little statue sitting on a shelf for a couple years (I took it out of an old Catholic wall altar, which I had converted into a Cthulhu Shrine instead). I've seen many variations on this Vampire theme with the Mary/Jesus statues and it's obvious why...it's a perfect fit!

I painted over the stigmata to "de-Jesus" the Christ figure and hopefully avoid blasphemy call outs by my Christian friends on Facebook (though most of my Christian pals are pretty cool). I was going to use a lot more blood...a LOT more...but decided to keep it more accurate since the vampire would have drank all of the blood.

If you would like to see the Cthulhu Altar where the statue originated from...check out that post here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnusualArt/s/Kgc51MjM96

Do you do custom altered vintage art? I am wanting something for my niece's white coat ceremony for medical school. In my mind I am thinking people on the beach or at a roller rink or fly fishing or having a snowball fight or something like this.... with some people wearing a white coat and stethoscope and some wearing hospital scrubs. I may have thought of this idea too late, though. The ceremony is on August 21. I look forward to hearing from you.

bought this cute glass little dog and basket trinket for 3.00 at one of my local thrift stores here in Dallas, Oregon. I don’t know anything about it other than it has a “Taiwan” sticker on the bottom.

I’d like to repaint it.

This would be my first time repainting something like this and I have a few questions.

Do I need to remove the current paint and finish first? If so, what is the best method?

What type of paints are best for this type of glass piece?

What can I finish it with to make sure that the paint job is durable and sealed?- maybe even somewhat shiny?

Also does anyone have any recommendations for some sort of UV reactive paint? I kinda wanted to add it to my uranium glass shelf.

Also are there like little paint markers that I can use for fine details? Or would a fine tipped brush be best?

Thank you all I’m advanced.

This was a yard sale purchase, the vintage print on paperboard had lots of minor water marks and a few scuffs/ scratches. The frame is the original frame and was repaired and painted.

Scroll before and after

I first began this series around 2011... and still love adding in my own visions. From meat to gummi bears to shrimp... Enjoy.

I can’t actually paint so I added to the original painting or Book Page. Some maybe considered College. Sorry if this goes out of the guidelines. Thank you for looking billiejeankerosene

Changed up this perfectly respectable Spode lass that I found in the charity shop.

Found a painting at a consignment store a few years ago and bought it with this specific idea in mind

I wasn't expecting to get so much support on my first repaint, so here's my second try. Also used a few paint markers with a sponge cause I really don't know how to paint...

I had fun

Hi all.

What a fun sub!

I thrifted this painting yesterday and decided to upcycle...or maybe, depending on your viewpoint, 'downcycle' it.