Airplane Updated

I painted this picture of an airplane {as part of a series} a long long time ago for my nephew’s first birthday…he’s turning 10 this year!  My sister didn’t want/need the paintings anymore, so I took them back.  I thought this airplane one would be perfect in Sam’s room, but I didn’t love the colors.  I especially wanted the background to be white and not blue.  

  It would have been easy enough to make the background white without practically painting over the whole airplane, but I figured I’d probably end up changing all the colors anyway. I went ahead and painted over it a bit. 

Then I got to work re-painting the airplane in colors that would work a bit better in Sam’s room.  I decided to use some metallic paints, too.  Overall, I like how it turned out.  It’s not perfect, and could probably use some more detailing like I had before.  I’m seriously rusty when it comes to painting projects like this.  I was pretty stumped with what colors to do and where…I still might go back and repaint this plane one more time someday, but for now it will do. 

PS. Seriously loving gold frames right now! I bought 10 of these in 2 sizes when our Roberts Craft store closed, and now I’m wishing I bought them ALL so I could use them in my own bedroom, too!