Monday, September 26, 2011

Stone Starter

Here's a start on the stone, with a couple of lessons learned:

  • Don't place masking tape on egg tempera--it dulls the surface. I may need to redo the front-facing surfaces. 
  • Keep the razor knife away from the board. I actually cut through the gesso and created some chipping. Trying to fill in with white.

I like the reflected light look on the bottom rail and want to apply that to the right side. I think that might pull the leaves and frame closer together.

Will there be a background? Hmm...


(If the frame looks ever so slightly twisted, it's because my scan was a bit off.)

2 comments:

  1. Wow! I am very impressed. It looks so good. The stone is a real ''trompe l'oeil''. I wonder how you are going to make the lettering. I guess I am going to find out in your future post. Nancy

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  2. Thanks, Nancy! Ya, even I'm not sure exactly how the lettering will come in... Probably the subject of this evening's post, once I try out a few things here. More later! :-)

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