This is a project that I started many years ago - painting the lid of a wooden box meant to hold 2 decks of playing cards. I was working in acrylic craft paint and got as far as completing the background and laying my drawing down. And then I stopped.
Until today, when I was in a really pissy mood - something is draining my car battery and I thought I'd figured it out. Apparently not!
Anyway, I needed to channel all of that negative energy into something much more productive and this is what I picked. For a first layer I'm really pleased with it. I'm at the standing back and making some more decisions stage. I could tidy it up a bit, paint the rest of the box solid black, sign it and seal it. OR I might put some muted poppies in the background. Seeing it here, I'm leaning towards the first. Cleaner that way.
Finally, I can lay the bugs colouring page to rest and by that I mean put it in the drawer and forget about it LOL. It has been on my desk for what seems like ages, nagging at me. I even tried putting it away and ignoring it but it seemed to call out to me - finish meeeeee.
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| Final stage |
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| Stage 1 - initial wash |
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| Stage 2 - some shading |
So as tedious as it was to do, it's done. Overall yes, I'm pleased with where I ended up considering I only knew how I wanted to start it. When I look at the 3 digital images of the stages side by side I like how it developed. (Blogger and I are still not formatting friends so if you move counterclockwise from the bottom left you'll see these in order. sigh)
Perhaps one day when I'm doing a collage piece and it just needs that certain something, this will pop out of the drawer and be the answer I was looking for.
