Mirrors

 Here is the mirror that I painted to match the dragonfly fabric. There's a sample of the fabric lying on the mirror.

Even though I cover the mirrors to protect them from paint splotches, there is always some tidying up to do after I take the tape and drop cloth away...

Mirror Number two:

This mirror goes in a powder room, with a very pretty hooked rug providing the theme for the painting...

Cloud Room

Back in the spring, I painted the wall of this house with very light wispy clouds while it was being comlpetely remodeled. Click on the key words, at the end of this post, and you will be able to see those older posts describing the mirror and walls being created.
Here is the room, and the house, completed, and looking very serene!



These are pillows made from my painted fabric.

And here is the partially silver leafed mirror I painted in February.

Here a length of my fabric is being used as a curtain to close off the closet instead of a clunky door!

And last, but not least, one of my ceramic painted plates empolyed as a useful catch all by the front door!

Silver Mirror

I painted this mirror frame last week, but didn't get very good photos of it during the process, so let's just cut to the chase, and show the final touch: applying the silver leaf.
The background on the frame is painted in shades of metallic silver, and the leaves and flowers , being non metallic, stand out sharply. It is a nice effect.














Silver leaf in very, very thin sheets is applied to a sticky surface, sometimes I use the traditional terracotta ground, which seems to add to the depth and brilliance of the leaf.
After it has set a while, the excess leaf is gently brushed away, with a soft brush. Too much brushing or too harsh a brush can scratch the silver, even right through.

I used many coats of solvent based varnish to give all the silver

an amber tint, and it makes the whole piece look aged and mysterious.

Delightful.