Welcome to the Week Two recap of my new work completed during the previous week. These are just pictures of the stones just painted in "raw" format, before they get their protective finish coat.
I'm using the Danish numbering system for weeks that I grew up with, which means weeks start on Monday and end on Sunday. As much as anything, the purpose of these posts is to create a "catalog" of sorts.
AS26-005
A bright stone, following on the special commisions I did last week. Approximately "mediuam" sized.
Shown with a dime for scale reference.
AS26-006
This was one of the smoothest white stones I have found in YEARS, which made me happy... and it even took paint quite well!
Shown with a dime for scale reference.
AS26-007
A somewhat larger pale stone, from a recent beach combing trip. I don't fine too many of these, except in very modest sizes. This one turned out really well.
Shown with a dime for scale reference.
AS26-008
Smaller stone in a "zinnia" pattern, which I use quite often. Will likely end up in the "under $20" basket.
Shown with a dime for scale reference.
AS26-009
Another pure white stone, very smooth... it's funny how the beach has recently turned up things I rarely find! This one is small-ish, and got a bit of a Nordic theme.
Shown with a dime for scale reference.
AS26-010
Another small stone in a pale sandy color, likely destined for the "under $20" basket.
Shown with a dime for scale reference.
Not a bad week, creatively speaking... keeping up with one of my "goals" for the new year of doing at least one creative thing per day. We'll see how long that howld up!
Meanwhile, I am about to try out some new paint that I specifically got because I am looking for reds with more pigment/better coverage.
Red has always been a bit of a problematic color, and I often need to go back over the same lines two — or even three — times, which is a massively tedious process.
Hopefully something good will come of it.
Decided to start doing this kind of listing to have a better grip on my work and when I make it... just for the record.
Perhaps not the more niteresting content, but I remind myself that this is — after all — my blog, so it also gets to be useful to me.
Till the next one!
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