It’s Gonna Rain!

I had a hex sign on the side of our shed that I’d painted on a circle of masonite. It blew off in a wind storm this summer and all that was left was a scrap on the shed, and a piece our neighbor found in the adjoining field.

Despite their name, there’s no black magic or superstitions attached to hex signs. They’re just decorative. As you can piece together from the scraps above, mine had a scalloped edge, two rings, and a 4-pointed star with raindrops.

I liked that hex sign, I thought it looked nice and I liked the raindrops on it, representing the importance of rain to the farm. After things slowed down this fall I set about making another one.

I started with a circle of masonite and gave it several coats of primer/sealer to provide a nice base.

Then I sketched the pattern on in pencil.

I’m nobody’s artist. That pattern is mostly just geometry.

I just start painting the colors one at a time. First the yellow.

Then the red.

Then the green star.

And finally the blue.

Each color needs another coat. And then when that’s done I need to go back with white and cover up any drips or places where my shaky hand wandered.

All that’s left to do now is attach it to the side of the shed.

Can those be rain clouds in the background???