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BlackMagdalena — Painted Guitar :close up:
Published: 2005-05-06 22:07:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 5218; Favourites: 54; Downloads: 92
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I was looking through old works and thought this one deserved an updated picture. It was originally painted and photographed when I was 14 years old. I didn't do any touch ups to the paint before taking this picture, so you can see the aged ink on it.I bought this guitar for about 11 bucks from a Salvation Army when I was in 9th grade. It had two strings and half a nut, but I fixed it up with some elmers glue and a bent earring. Originally I just scribbled band names all over it with a sharpie, but later on painted over them with what you currently see. The lettering around the hole is written in Theban and says "LIFE FEEDS ON LIFE" over and over again.
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like it and all the more impressive for the age at creation
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fabulous! i've just been commissioned to paint a guitar, so am looking for ideas.
may i ask, what sort of paint did you use?
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This was done with craft acrylics. You can get a cheap set at Walmart that works pretty well as long as you put some kind of gesso on the guitar first.
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thankyou.
i have loads of acrylics - my preferred paint!
never painted a guitar before though.
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Hey 
Did you sand the guitar before hand
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I didn't sand it, I just used gesso to cover up some sharpie I had scribbled all over it previously. Although I'm sure sanding would have helped. The paint is just cheap acrylics.
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ah... didn't see this when i typed my message! thanks. x
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great photo! I love the art on your guitar!
You have a PM...
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Wow, that's totally stunning! I really love it, it's so vibrant and beautiful.
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Beautiful design. I agree with backwardsmocking...I love paintings on seemingly unpaintable objects. Great job.
-b
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that's really cool. custom paint jobs are always cool on things.
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