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35 Times That Artists Upgraded Thrift Store Paintings With Their Paintbrushes And Shared It In The ‘Repaintings’ Online Community

Article created by: Denis Tymulis

We know how much you love art, illustrations, and paintings, dear Pandas, so we’ve got a treat in store for you today. Say hello to the ‘Repaintings’ subreddit where people from all over the internet share their imaginative creations.

The community isn’t dedicated to just any old paintings, however. No, sirree! The nearly 123k-member-strong online group is meant for repainted secondhand art. People grab a painting from their local thrift shop, garage sale, secondhand store, or even trash bin, bring it home, and add in some awesome new additions with a paintbrush. The results are genuinely cool and we couldn’t wait to share them with you. Remember to upvote the pics that you enjoyed the most.

If you’re anything like me and you’re just itching to give repainting a try, be sure to let us know how that went. And don’t forget to follow r/Repaintings if you love their stuff as much we do.

#1 Painting-Bomb!

Image credits: rrrrreeeeeddddd

#2 I Added Googly Eyes To This Thrift Store Nature Photography. It's Hanging In My Dining Room

Image credits: eyebrowshampoo

#3 Could You Please Say "Hi" To Peany?

Image credits: lupiloopdiloop

#4 Nautical Nonsense - Acrylic Paint On A Thrifted Art Print

Image credits: OldUglyArtHoarder

#5 I Had Planned On Adding Buzz Lightyear But Was Persuaded To Add Alice Instead. I Think She Was The Right Choice

Image credits: OldUglyArtHoarder

#6 For A Year Now I'm Giving New Life To 2nd Hand Wall Plates And Transforming Them In To Very Ugly Plates And This Beauty Is One Of Them

Image credits: milczak

#7 Thrift And Drift

Image credits: davepollotart

#8 I Did My First Repainting Recently!

Image credits: i-am-mothman

#9 Unsolved Mystery...

Image credits: davepollotart

#10 I Bought A Print From A Thrift Store And Felt Like It Needed A Cat!

Image credits: Technicallynotrobots

#11 All Work And No Play - I Had A Lot Of Fun Painting This One!

Image credits: davepollotart

#12 Been Wondering What To Paint Over This Old Thrift Store Art For Some Time. Thanks Bernie!

Image credits: MTGKozan

#13 Found A Cool Print At Thrift...thought It Could Use Some Krakens!

Image credits: Animal_Pharmacy

#14 Stumbled Upon This Work Of Art

Image credits: skhaleesi

#15 “Whom Will Thou Call?” Acrylic On Old Art Print. She Used To Be Holding A Guitar And I Swapped It Out

Image credits: OldUglyArtHoarder

#16 I Thought This Scene Looked Like A Place Darth Vader Would Go To Bask In His Loneliness

Image credits: Ubadishnard

#17 “The Lover, The Dreamer, And Me” Repainted A Couple Years Ago

Image credits: OldUglyArtHoarder

#18 Monster Flowers

Image credits: schnauby30

#19 A Repaint I Finished A Few Days Ago - I Auctioned It To Raise Money For The Hunger Project...

Image credits: davepollotart

#20 Repainting Or Original?

Image credits: orqa

#21 Jake The Dog

Image credits: ramshackleray

#22 “Prepare For Trouble.” I Always Knew I Wanted To Add A Hot Air Balloon But Originally I Planned To Add Rocky And Bullwinkle. I Think The Meowth Balloon Was A Better Idea

Image credits: OldUglyArtHoarder

#23 My Glow In The Dark Repainting From A While Ago

Image credits: keuerle

#24 First Painting Of This Year

Image credits: schnauby30

#25 Here Is My First Attempt At Doing A Repainting, I Couldn’t Be Happier With How It Turned Out!

Image credits: OhoBenderez

#26 "Great Harvest Of The Single Slice" - David Irvine March 2020

Image credits: TheGnarledBranch

#27 This Belongs Here

Image credits: MajorBlink

#28 Added The Beast To This Already Creepy Painting

Image credits: schnauby30

#29 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝟒

Image credits: DPJ333

#30 Mine Isn’t As Cool As Some Of These Others, I Just Taped Off A Piece My Husband Brought Home From His Office When They Remodeled. It Gets A Lot Of Compliments Though

Image credits: Sabrinacolada

#31 Sky Waffles

Image credits: Vartoons

#32 My Childhood Heroes Meet Again In The Black Forest

Image credits: stfnbn

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