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Saturday, 21 June 2008
Going Goth 4
My little Gothic bargeboard side project is finally finished (well nearly!) and mounted on the little cottage.I'm quite pleased with the effort and the effect as it isn't something I've done before....what to do next I wonder?
very nice detail, historically the colour wouldn't have been white. The Titanium dioxide pigment is a fairly recent invention, older colours were usually darker, creams, greens blues and browns. When stripping paint from old woodwork you can find some amazing colours. I always think that white is too 'strident' for old buildings. Have a play with a graphics program and that photo to see what a different colour does. Next.... a screen for the water but ?
My little Gothic bargeboard side project is finally finished (well nearly!) and mounted on the little cottage.I'm quite pleased with the effort and the effect as it isn't something I've done before....what to do next I wonder?
9 comments:
Bil thinks some garden gnomea are in order!
Gnomes that is!!!!
Really first rate work.
Fred Flintstone's house designed by Pugin.
wow - it looks quite fetching.
Gardengnomea!Isn't that what garden gnomes catch when they've been playing hide the hat?
very nice detail, historically the colour wouldn't have been white. The Titanium dioxide pigment is a fairly recent invention, older colours were usually darker, creams, greens blues and browns. When stripping paint from old woodwork you can find some amazing colours. I always think that white is too 'strident' for old buildings. Have a play with a graphics program and that photo to see what a different colour does.
Next.... a screen for the water but ?
No white paint before titanium dioxide?
Pb(C2H3O2)2·3H2O
Tastes great, too.
White is actually an off white but needs furthert work...water butt is on the list!
Congrats ... that came out VERY nice!
What next? Do more, please!
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