Friday 23 March 2012

Paint(ed) box

I didn't do much painting this week, at least not picture wise, but I did something I've been wanting to do for ages. Some time ago, I bought a little wooden box at a "Brockenhaus" (second hand/thrift shop) to keep my pastels in. It had the right size, it was cheap, and I thought that it was pretty enough to have good "make-over potential".


It was rather dark, a bit dull, and had some pieces of paper still sticking to it. It  needed some colour and brightening up. I started with a couple of layers of gesso. I didn't really bother to remove the paper bits. I tried, but they were sticking very fast, and I didn't have the patience to peel it off.


Now, what colour? I decided on some lovely purple. Simply because it's one of my favourite colours :).


But it wa a bit too purple and needed some white over it.


And at the end some toning down to make it look more old and worn and woody.


So here it is, my finished little paint(ed) box to keep my pastels in.


21 comments:

  1. I think the box is really lovely now and I love your tea cup... looks like it is a perfect shape...happy ppf xx

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  2. Beautiful! I loved seeing the different stages, it's such a lovely box, perfect!

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  3. Loving the alteration. Happy PPF and enjoy the weekend, Annette x

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  4. Love you little box, so pretty! And I love the WIP photo, I can you're enjoying the process. Good on you!

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  5. What a change! Your colors and the white make the design stand out. Beautiful box!

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  6. wow! lovely restoration and love the colors ~ beautiful ~thanks, wishing you a great weekend ~ namaste, carol ^_^

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  7. Gorgeous! Love the finished color.
    Rinda

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  8. Den blev så fin! Färgen är fantastisk. Nu måste jag nog ta och måla min träskål som jag har på byrån i hallen... Den har väntat i flera år.

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  9. Oh, you turned it into something very lovely.

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  10. I love this! Thanks for sharing. Sometimes when I look at those old items, I have a hard time visualizing how beautiful they could become, and I hadn't thought of using gesso. Great idea!

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  11. wow what a beautiful makeover!

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  12. I love your little box at all of the stages of its transformation. I quite like its original state too. You have made a lovely job of painting it...
    :)
    xxx

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  13. Pretty! Thank you for sharing the process, so much fun! Happy PPF!

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  14. oooh how very beautiful! Love how you shared the process behind it and it turned out to be an amazing transformation. TFS
    hugs
    Chris x

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  15. Wow, love that restoration. Looks great. Now fill it up with pastels.:)

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  16. What a wonderful find. Your restoration job is brilliant, and I love the detail on the top of the box.

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  17. This is such a great box! Love the color! It looks totally transformed!!

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  18. turned out great!! what a lovely place for your pastels!! hope you have a great week!

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  19. wudnerbar und toll die einzelnen Arbeitsschritte sehen zu können!

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