Big project begun--finally!

After finishing the two practice projects in water mixable oils, I finally was able to start on the wheel barrow box today. Actually, the box has been ready to go for a couple of weeks, but the time to start on the design work wasn't there.

The outside of the box is stained with DecoArt Americana Dark Chocolate acrylic paint. The inside of the box is painted solidly with the same color. The top edge is painted with DecoArt Patio Paint in Copper metallic.

After all the basecoating work was completed, I used a chalk pencil to draw the pumpkin design on the sides of the box. The design on the front is much more complicated. I first traced it onto clear acetate and then transferred it to the surface using white transfer paper. the design on the front is a collection of pumpkins and gourds with a sign that will read "Pumpkins For Sale". In order to make the original design fit on the front of the box, I needed to make it wider. I mirror-imaged the two pumpkins in front of the sign and placed them at the far left of the design. At that point the piece was ready for the design painting.

Tonight I completed stage 1 on the sides of the box. I started the stage 1 work on two elements on the front of the box as well. The work plan is to complete stage 1 on the front tomorrow. It may take until Thursday to complete. Once the stage 1 work on the front is completed, the sides should be ready for the stage 2 painting. The piece should be totally completed by next week so that it will have plenty of time to dry before it will need to be delivered.

Front

Left Side

Right Side