Sunday, May 8, 2011

What I've got done so far....

I've been painting heads all weekend, and just wanted to show you what I'm thinking. I took one of those columns used for cake decorating, and spray painted it with a coat of the stone spray. Then I went back and layered the colors on to give it some depth. I still want to add a piece of something under the girl to give the piece more height, just haven't found anything that would work yet.


Here's an up close of the paint treatment I'm doing...


I just love the crackle effect. I'm using a different brand crackle medium, and I don't think I like it as much as I like the Folk Art brand, but it's what I have... so I'm using it....


This lady is probably one of my favorites...


Her nose was already broke... so I painted around it, and left it to look like it had broke off years ago. I also added some ink to this to dirty it up a bit.



I'm still working on these... I tried painting one green and it just didn't look right, so they're either going to be white or cream-sand colored. And a few got the stone treatment. Waiting for the paint to dry in between coats has been the hardest part.


So..... as the saying goes......

Until Next Time....

4 comments:

Lena said...

You are so creativ! I love the finish and colour!

Ana Anselmo said...

I love these heads, Katie!!
I don´t want to enter in my giveaway?
Love
Ana

Nicole said...

I like it very much how the heads look, Katie. I also love the crackle effect. You have so great ideas :-)

Kim said...

I love these- especially the one with the broken nose! What if you put the head on some type of pedestal base like this:

http://www.gardenornamentsdirect.com/greek-god-bust.html

or even just a square base of wood? Like this:

http://www.uniquegardendecor.com/servlet/the-45/Buddha-Head-Statue-/Detail

but not so huge- just a small square that would still fit on top of your column?

You have such great ideas Katie!