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Cherry Red Apple

October 6, 2014 By: Lesliecomment

1-Apple Before and After

I haven’t been spray painting as much this year…not sure why, maybe it is because of my current obsession with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint!  But, I was on a spray paint kick around July 4th. Don’t ask me why/how I remember that, but I think it might be because of the bright red paint.  I had this boring grey apple in my stash – the stem and leaf were grey too (I got carried away and taped it up before taking my picture).

apple - before

I never found a place for the apple in its grey state, so I thought maybe it would be better painted.  I got out a can of Rustoleum spray paint in red, and gave it a few quick coats.  The cute little bucket was getting updated too….it’s still not finished so there are no after pictures of it yet!

apple - red spray paint

After the red paint, I took off the tape and painted the stem and leaf.  I just used little sample pots of paint I had in my supplies and hand painted the leaf and stem.

apple - close up stem and leaf

With the new paint, you could really see the detail in the stem, which I loved.

Apple - after paint

I wasn’t really loving how bright the red was though, so I decided it could benefit from a bit of wax.

apple - annie sloan dark wax

I used Annie Sloan Soft Wax in dark, and used a t-shirt to apply it to the whole apple.  I waxed the leaf and stem too.

apple - after - detail on stem and leaves

The wax highlighted the details of the leaf and stem even more than the paint did, and the red was toned down but still pretty.  I think it made it look more natural.

apple - after spray paint and dark wax

What do you think…does it look better with the colorful paint, or did you like the muted grey apple?

 

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Leslie

Leslie

Hello! I'm Leslie Wireback and the owner and creator of Puddy's House. Puddy is our cute little dog. I love to yard sale and thrift shop, paint just about anything, use my creative energy on projects, all while trying to enjoy life.

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