Jean Archer

Protect Your Painted Wood Pieces With Wax

Jean Archer — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:57:33 +0000

Some time ago, a question was posted on Facebook about waxing painted pieces. Waxing with a fine quality paste wax after varnish is dry will not only add a rich luster to your painted piece, it will add durability. Any piece you’ve painted that will be used in the kitchen or bathroom should have a good coat of wax to [...]

Major or Minor Details

Jean Archer — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:57:58 +0000

Details and water drops

Attention to good detail is important whether you are painting realistic floral arrangements, fruit, vegetables, sharp focus still life, landscapes, animals or portraits of people . The glint of light in an eye or on a water drop, pollen on a pistol, tiny stamens in a flower center or bug [...]

Museum of Decorative Painting

Jean Archer — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 03:26:21 +0000

Gathering Eggs

Last month, on our way north to a family reunion in Ohio, my husband and I stopped in Atlanta at the Museum of Decorative Painting that used to be called the DAC or Decorative Arts Collection. Through the years, I’ve seen pieces from the DAC displayed at various Society of Decorative Painters conventions [...]

Decorative Painting Instruction Video

Jean Archer — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 22:00:55 +0000

This is a short video presentation of some of my paintings showing the wide range of art instructions available on my website. You will see still life and floral, as well as holiday and nature themes. Enjoy!

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Judging SDP Certification

Jean Archer — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:03:40 +0000

I was asked by our chapter newsletter editor to write about my experience of judging certification at convention and after writing the article for them it occurred to me that some of my other painting friends might like to hear about the certification program and the judging experience.

Society of Decorative [...]

Inspiration

Jean Archer — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 03:00:29 +0000

Artist’s block? At times I stare at the blank white drawing pad and I feel I don’t have a new design or painting idea left in me. Other times, the object of my staring is the computer screen and I don’t know what to blog about…writer’s block. I’ve learned that staring doesn’t get me anywhere. [...]

Garden Welcome

Jean Archer — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 19:23:24 +0000

Welcome Butterflies Garden Slate

Last month I attended the Sunshine State Decorative Artists retreat in Ellenton, Florida. What a great painting retreat! The SSDA chapter has existed since 2000 and it’s sole purpose as a chapter of SDP is to have a retreat each year. How cool is that? While attended mostly by Florida painters, any [...]

New e-packet, Jingle Bell Christmas

Jean Archer — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:17:20 +0000

Time to paint for the holidays! Today a new e-packet was added to my web site. It is a Christmas Still Life with a brass candlestick and red candle under a glass globe with a brass jingle bell. I included a photo of an ornament I painted using just part of the design; the bell with [...]