a bunch of barge stuff.

Just some of my work, & i must say it looks good all together.

COAL SCUTTLE IN PROGRESS

 

 

 

 

 

 

here are a few stages of my coal scuttle. As you can see, you have to position your circles first as a base colour for the roses.

still working on this one, as I tend to work on several peices at

the same time.

 It saves on paint, & white spirit, when I have to keep cleaning brushes.

I have painted the handles red now, & it is still drying but I will post finished results soon.

Charcoal Iron.

here is the state of the iron my other half stripped down and painted up in preperation for me.






Here is how i start building up a pattern as you can see, & it really works on this subject. I am very tempted to keep this one for my fireplace as I love it.

this is one side finished, and below you can see close up how you build up flowers & leaves.

here it is all finished and ready to go.

Bluebell spice rack

Here is the detail of the spice rack I was commissioned to paint.
The customer decided on colours and the Bluebell motif, & 
She collected it today. She seemed very pleased with it.

View of the side & edges. I am really pleased
with the way this turned out.

TODAYS PROJECT.



I started this today. washing the plate in sugar
soap, & letting it dry in the sun.
Then I sprayed it with Hammerite spray.



I let it go off but not completely dry, then spray
over the top loosely with gold spekkle spray.

Next I painted round the edges
plotting the quarters, then the spaces
in between.

I then added the centre flowers and leaves, then left it out in
 the lovely sun that we are having, untill it dried.
 Lastly I sprayed it with  clear varnish.

EGG RACK

Here is my egg rack.
I was so pleased to find one like this at a car boot sale & It cost me £1.50.   I had been searching for one like this for a while.
The shape just lends itself to be painted intricately,   although it is hard to make sure you dont go over the top, & completely overwwork it.

NARROW BOAT STYLE ENAMEL PLATE

 

This is an enamel plate
I thought I would have
a go at doing.
Its not easy plotting where to put each mark equally, but let's just say that I think I understand the theory of pie now!