Day 8 - Window-box

[vilakins]

For naarmamo today I decided to have a go with Artrage's oils. A few weeks ago linda_joyce took a lovely photo of her neighbour's window and window-box and kindly said I could use it as the basis for art this month.

Also, happy birthdays to reapermum and vandonovan. :-)

Window-box



The original had darker window frames and also white-painted stonework, but I decided to go a little brighter and make it easy on myself and turn the wall into stucco. That was fun: squeeze lots of paint out of tubes then smoosh it with a palette knife.

My NaArMaMo 2010 Gallery is here.

Comments

[azdak.livejournal.com]

This is utterly charming. And the stucco totally makes it. What a wonderful idea!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I was very pleased with the stucco. It was an experiment which worked, and the last thing I did.

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

It's not stucco it's sandstone blocks painted white but it does look like stucco in the photo and that's why I said you had the texture perfectly in my comment.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I know it was blocks and I didn't want to try to depict those. This was the easy way out.

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

Absolutely gorgeous!! I love the wall texture and the bright colors.

And thank you!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's such fun software, and really cheap too.

I suppose you had the best part of your birthday with your friends and that TARDIS cake. :-)

[bramblyhedge.livejournal.com]

Wowzies!! You are so clever with textures! Also the shine on the windowpanes is a great touch. :) I could never get the hang of paints (pencil only for me) and have such admiration for people who can paint. *_*

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I had several goes with a 'dry brush' and white 'paint' on the windows till I got the streaks to look right. The undo command is my friend. :-D I have to say it's a lot easier with simulated paints then real ones. I'll have to try the pencils and other media out.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Textures! I love textures, and that stucco is terrific!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

It was just two colours smooshed around a bit! I love the effect though.

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

You've got the wall texture perfectly and the rest of it is excellent too.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks, also for the lovely photo! I'm fairly pleased as it came out pretty much as what I'd imagined. There are mistakes I could go on correcting but as my art teacher said, they make it look like art and not a photo.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

Great colors! The flowers and window frame are so vibrant, and perfectly set off by the subtle shadings in the stucco.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I liked the holiday look. In the photo there was a sun umbrella reflected in the windows but I wasn't even going to attempt that.

Our window frames are as bright on the outside: a Greek blue. :-)

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

Lovely picture and thank you for the good wishes.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

There were a lot of birthday greetings for you!