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