Redoing things
| family, life
It took me an extra weekend, but I repainted the chair I've been working on. This chair was my very first paint job. When we were working on this last weekend, W- was painting his chair too, and I made the mistake of not asking him for help. It turns out I'd loaded the brush too heavily, and the resulting runs marred the finish. So we sanded and scraped some of the excess paint down, and I repainted the pieces.
I thanked W- for helping me learn. He thanked me for caring. =)
There are a lot of things I'm doing for the first time. Whether it's figuring out painting or my career, I try things out, make the occasional mistake, and get better.
Lessons learned from painting: Don't rush. Go light – paint with an almost-dry brush. Ask questions. Watch other people. And don't be afraid to do it again, even if doing again might make things worse. (I sometimes gouged wood out while trying to scrape paint off.) It's just a chair, so don't worry too much about it, but it's a good story too.
In other news: W- has finished painting his chair Bibbidi Bobbidi Blue, and J- is painting hers with One Enchanted Evening. Mine is Pooh Bear Yellow. Attack of the Disney pastels! =) When we finish the chairs, I'll post a picture of the three of us.