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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 243902" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I'm back - I got out to the kitchen and husband was doing the chicken for me (and getting the kitchen tidied up and dishwasher loaded - he's a gem). So I helped then got on with a painting job I'm working on. Linda, I can commend this to you as something to do with your craft - I bought some whitewood desk organisers and I'm painting one for mother in law to match her kitchen. She has tiles with Tuscan scenes on them so I'm painting Tuscan scenes on her desk organiser. You could paint up something like this with your birds. Just use acrylics instead of watercolours, the techniques are then very similar.</p><p></p><p>I didn't have much time to do a lot at one time, so I'm still working on the background. I did the sky a week ago, then had some blue left over so I added it to yellow and white to get the right shade of green for hills, then applied it as a wash. I then sanded the box back lightly a few days ago, so tonight I mixed up a tablespoon of green paint and just went over the hills in more depth. I'll put in some shading later; I didn't have the paint mixed very evenly, so I used the lighter and darker bits to do a little bit of shading already, to make the hills stand out. I need to put in some more white though, to highlight the tops of the hills. Then I go for the detail, using a fine-tipped brush and a little bit at a time. First put in some rows of grape vines, then leave it. Then put in some distant cypresses, then leave it. Then with some terracotta colour, the tiled roofs of some distant villages... each tree half a cm high, each house the size of a sequin.</p><p></p><p>Very therapeutic. I had the TV on and watched (listened to) a documentary as I worked.</p><p></p><p>I once painted a mural on the wall in the girls' bedroom, I painted it the same slow way. I would mix a spoonful of green paint (water-soluble house paint, in this case) and use it all up in painting individual leaves. That way the leaves were all slightly different shades of green, mixed through the tree. I mix my paint from primary colours.</p><p></p><p>Everyone is so busy, we all are dashing here and there on errands. So I recommend picking up a paintbrush now and then, to make something beautiful and lasting.</p><p></p><p>Enjoy your day.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 243902, member: 1991"] I'm back - I got out to the kitchen and husband was doing the chicken for me (and getting the kitchen tidied up and dishwasher loaded - he's a gem). So I helped then got on with a painting job I'm working on. Linda, I can commend this to you as something to do with your craft - I bought some whitewood desk organisers and I'm painting one for mother in law to match her kitchen. She has tiles with Tuscan scenes on them so I'm painting Tuscan scenes on her desk organiser. You could paint up something like this with your birds. Just use acrylics instead of watercolours, the techniques are then very similar. I didn't have much time to do a lot at one time, so I'm still working on the background. I did the sky a week ago, then had some blue left over so I added it to yellow and white to get the right shade of green for hills, then applied it as a wash. I then sanded the box back lightly a few days ago, so tonight I mixed up a tablespoon of green paint and just went over the hills in more depth. I'll put in some shading later; I didn't have the paint mixed very evenly, so I used the lighter and darker bits to do a little bit of shading already, to make the hills stand out. I need to put in some more white though, to highlight the tops of the hills. Then I go for the detail, using a fine-tipped brush and a little bit at a time. First put in some rows of grape vines, then leave it. Then put in some distant cypresses, then leave it. Then with some terracotta colour, the tiled roofs of some distant villages... each tree half a cm high, each house the size of a sequin. Very therapeutic. I had the TV on and watched (listened to) a documentary as I worked. I once painted a mural on the wall in the girls' bedroom, I painted it the same slow way. I would mix a spoonful of green paint (water-soluble house paint, in this case) and use it all up in painting individual leaves. That way the leaves were all slightly different shades of green, mixed through the tree. I mix my paint from primary colours. Everyone is so busy, we all are dashing here and there on errands. So I recommend picking up a paintbrush now and then, to make something beautiful and lasting. Enjoy your day. Marg [/QUOTE]
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