Working on the chimney wall with its timbering and plaster walls and stone chimney.
(FYI--click on the photo to see a larger picture.)
The chimney wall has been painted with gesso, an acrylic primer that is used to prepare a substrate for painting in oils or acrylics. It dries to a matte finish and helps to seal the wood so the naturally occurring oils will not leach out to stain the surface treatment.
The timber templates have been traced and removed. The areas between the timbers will be painted to resemble the normal discoloration of aging.
Watercolors work well on the gesso base. All of the openings have been aged, although the bottom row may still be rendered in brick instead of plaster.
The next step will be to dig out the cardboard egg cartons and start creating the field stones for the chimney.
The timbers are still in dry fit. They can be easily removed to add in the bricks or if it is necessary to touch up the background.
What a smart idea to leave the timbers separate until you have the walls finished, Kathie! Your aging looks wonderful! Can't wait to see the bricks. They take a long time, but they look so good and it is really a good excuse to listen to a great podcast or audiobook!
ReplyDeleteI love to see the new progress in your interesting project. I do not have a real dollhouse, only small room boxes which I mostly build myself from scratch. Following your project I already got new ideas for decorating outdoor walls for my future room boxes. Thank you so much.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Drora
It's really coming together wonderfully. Can't wait to see the stone chimney. =)
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