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30 Paintings From Thrift Stores And Garage Sales That Were Upgraded By Other Artists (New Pics)
Going thrift shopping is always an adventure. You never know what you might find while digging through a bargain bin of shoes or a barrel full of backpacks and belts. If you’re lucky, you might even stumble upon a piece of artwork that’s worth displaying in your home. And even if you don’t think any of the pieces are up to par yet, you might be able to give a painting new life by adding your own flair to it.
In fact, there is a whole community of people who are skilled at finding old pieces of artwork and giving them upgrades. Let me introduce you to the Repaintings subreddit. This group is dedicated to “repainting and transforming thrift store paintings”, and as you'll soon see, some of the members are incredibly talented. We’ve gathered a list of some of our favorite repaintings that have been shared in the group down below, so you can see what all of these creative individuals are capable of doing with simple second hand finds. Be sure to upvote the paintings that inspire you the most, and then if you’re interested in checking out even more, we’ve got another Bored Panda piece on the same subreddit for you to view next right here.
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#1
Clever Girls
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#2
Lotr Added To A Thrifted Painting
#3
Proud Of This One!
Maia Wecker 4 years ago (edited)
This is really impressive! Doing fog in an awkward shape is hard! At least for me…
#4
Cat Bombing, My Latest Thing. Didn't Remember To Take A Before Picture But Think It's Pretty Obvious What I Added
#5
Finally Started Finishing My Bob Ross
#6
Holy Grail Added To A Thrift Store Painting
#7
Godzilla Re-Charcoaling On Etch
#8
This Sat At The Thrift Store For A While Before I Liberated It To Add Some Life And Death. It Is My First Repainting
#9
Pig Bomb
#10
The Pumpkin Magician
#11
Finished My Painting Of Krampus
#12
Pizzagate (Done By My Friend, Hanging In My Kitchen)
Marcie Silver 4 years ago
Your friend did it while hanging in your kitchen, or your friend is currently hanging in your kitchen? Seriously, though, I LOVE it! You can never go wrong with pizza
#13
Le Chat Eiffel. Need To Stop Painting Cats
#14
I Met A Really Talented Artist That You Might All Like, His Name Is Blase And He’s Got Quite A Great Universe!
#15
My Husband Found A Thrifted Landscape That Matched His Computer Background. It Just Needed An At-At
#16
War Of The Worlds Repaint
#17
Obligatory UFO
#18
I Know Painting Furniture Is Un Popular In This Sub, But What About Painting On Thrifted Hand Bags? Saw This Purse At Gw And Just Felt It Needed Some Dugtrio!
#19
A "Deathly Hallows" Repaint Attempt (Including Some Creative Liberty With The Flying Snitch) On A Thrift Store Sunset
#20
My First Repainting!
#21
Courage In Eggplant Suit
#22
The Children - Before And After
#23
Mr. Pickle's Sphere Of Calamity
#24
Tossing My Hat In The Ring After Seeing All These Cool Peeping Cat Posts!
#25
Dirty Dan And The Rustlers Of Hurtville
#26
More From That Glorious Book “Transformations “
#27
Added More Details To This Guy. I Think He's Done Now
#28
Midnight Frolic
#29
Star Wars Fan Art
#30
Such A Sweet Little Lady
#31
Before And After. Original Painting Found In Free Pile
#32
There Goes The Chili!
#33
Someone Was Just Throwing This Painting Out, I Realized When Cleaning The Frame That There Was Also Had A Line Of Blank Canvas So I Thought To Draw A Crap Ton Of Tiny Spongebob Flowers (170)
#34
Skyrim Came Out Ten Years Ago So Here’s A Repainting To Commemorate That!
#35
These Are The Fries She Was Looking For
#36
Friend Rescued A Painting From A Garage Sale And Requested I Add Nautilus From League Of Legends. I Took A While, But It Was The First Project I’d Completed In Years, First Ever Repaint, And He Was Super Supportive. Now It Proudly Hangs In His Office!
#37
Daycare Life With The Gorillaz!
#38
Fetch In The Afternoon Meadow, Pickes It Uo From Goodwill A Couple Days Ago
#41
Tripperfunster
Final score:
34points
#42
My Favorite Part To Do Was The Eye Expressions On The Little Cheep Cheeps
Archer Harris 4 years ago
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#43
'his True Form' - A Repainting Of King George Vi By Me. Acrylics On Vintage Print
#44
Tenacious D Added To A Thrifted Painting
Falicity Humdinger 4 years ago
'We played the first thing that came into our heads, and it just so happened to be...'
#45
I Like To Take Comic Covers And Put My Own Spin On Em Sometimes. What Do You Think Of This One?
#46
Newest Repainting I Completed Last Night. Absolutely Love This One!
#47
New Recent Works... Enjoy!
#48
I'm Not Done With This Guy Yet. Gotta Add More Details. Contemplating Giving Him Tiny Creepy/Cute Arms?
#49
My First Try At This
#51
Started This One Yesterday
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What do you think ?
Zedrapazia 4 years ago
Sometimes i look at these and I wonder "what if you accidentally buy a really valuable art for cheap and then destroy the value accidentally like that"? I'm a little paranoid i guess.
BJames 4 years ago
If someone was truly worried about such a thing, it's possible to cover the original with glass or plastic and paint over that. Or, a restoration grade clear over the original so that the repaint could be professional removed easily if somehow it ended up being a masterpiece.
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Nadine Debard 4 years ago
I really love when people take a real daubing and make them much better by adding fun details. But sometimes they paint on fine art and it makes me sad (the boys with pizza are awesome but i'd rather they do this on a copy, for example).
astrolover 95 4 years ago
Especially when the repaint style is totally different from the original. It usually just clashes with the original look even if it really well done by itself.
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Zedrapazia 4 years ago
Sometimes i look at these and I wonder "what if you accidentally buy a really valuable art for cheap and then destroy the value accidentally like that"? I'm a little paranoid i guess.
BJames 4 years ago
If someone was truly worried about such a thing, it's possible to cover the original with glass or plastic and paint over that. Or, a restoration grade clear over the original so that the repaint could be professional removed easily if somehow it ended up being a masterpiece.
Load More Replies... Nadine Debard 4 years ago
I really love when people take a real daubing and make them much better by adding fun details. But sometimes they paint on fine art and it makes me sad (the boys with pizza are awesome but i'd rather they do this on a copy, for example).
astrolover 95 4 years ago
Especially when the repaint style is totally different from the original. It usually just clashes with the original look even if it really well done by itself.
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