| Painting birdhouses can be a fun hobby! Most | | | | to practice on. In fact, the more paint, the better |
| unpainted birdhouses range from $5.00 to $20.00 at | | | | (especially if they end up outside). Another reason |
| Michaels, a chain craft store here in the U.S. For the | | | | why I choose to work with them has to do with the |
| most part, they keep unpainted birdhouses in stock | | | | multiple planes of birdhouse architecture. Trying new |
| year 'round. Birdhouses can be purchased from art | | | | design ideas on different planes is easier than painting |
| and gift stores, craft shows, garage sales, antique | | | | on 2-D formats. When painting on 2-D canvases, |
| stores, and even thrift stores. They are plentiful, | | | | artists need to worry about composition and framing, |
| once you get an eye for seeing them. Thanks to | | | | whereas this is typically not too much of a concern |
| birdhouses, I have slowly and gradually improved my | | | | when painting birdhouses.I decoupage, glaze, antique, |
| artistic skills. You might wonder, why | | | | stress, sponge, stencil, and even faux paint |
| birdhouses?Since birdhouses are made out of wood, | | | | birdhouses. Birdhouses are the perfect format to |
| they can be painted over and over. They are great | | | | explore color schemes too. |