Hi!
I've learned from hard experience that if I am going to use a glazing method, the painting has to be completely dry.
I ruined a painting last year by rushing it. Thankfully it was a very small one. But I've put too much work into Mama's blue bowl to risk it. So we'll wait just a bit longer to be sure that one small area is completely dry.
In the meantime, I've got several others in various stages. "Pots And Pans" has been begging me to begin ever since I re-discovered her in my idea book.
The original idea was to do a matching set of stainless steel pots with copper bottoms. I could have borrowed a pristine set and made everything look shiny and new.
Instead, I chose most of my props right from among my own eclectic stash. I want them to look like the stuff women of yesteryear would have used when making a big meal.
You know,.. women who married during the depression and lived through two world wars. Women for whom DIY was the norm, not a trendy lifestyle.
I still have the old iron skillet I thrifted more than 35 years ago from an 80 year old woman who was downsizing. And who knows how old the skillet was when SHE got it for a wedding gift.
I also have a couple of small tarnished copper-bottom pots and a big soup kettle my mother-in-law gifted me some 43 years ago. She was my thrifting hero and had it down to a science! Loved that woman!
And I loved that my wedding gifts had some history!
So when you come across a still life painting that takes you back to days spent with your Grandma, chances are there's a story behind the props the artist used.
"Green Tea" has found a new home!
