The delicate coloring and the expression on this young girls face makes Sheet Number 78 one of my favorite paperwhimsy images. I used her in a few recent pieces and a friend commented that she wondered what the girl was thinking. Another friend said she had frozen eyes and one regret. She certainly gives one a lot to think about when looking at her. I wonder about her life, and find joy in the new life Gale has given her photo.
METHOD
- Paint and Distress Baroque Triptych
The way I distressed the Triptych was trial and error. I began by spray painting the pieces gold. Next I painted sections with some transparent orange acrylic paint. I covered that with gold pigment mixed with varnish and threw some crackle medium over all of it. I scratched and sanded back parts of it until it had a distressed look and coloring that I liked. At the end, I used a wood burning tool to add details. Next time I’ll try burning into the wood first, although both ways have interesting results.
- Create a collage to fit the three panels.
- Make a ‘sandwich’ of the collage, the triptych front and back and glue together.
- Embellish the triptych with wood burning tool, rhinestones or other jewels.
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Spring Triptych
So very beautiful Theresa!!
Marvelous! I love the distressing!
This is BEAUTIFUL Theresa, I love the shape, and the gorgeous pictures, love the colors.. Hope your having a wonderful holiday wekend..
Stunning Theresa!
Love the old world gilded feel very much…
oxo
Stunning Theresa! I Love your Methods of Antiquing a Piece! You have such Beautiful Results. Not being afraid to Experiment seems to be the Key! 🙂
Exactly Jill! Experimenting will get some great results. There is nothing to be afraid of! Try, try again is what I do.
Thanks to everyone for your nice comments. 🙂
what a gorgeous triptych Theresa!! Love the results of your distressing!
This turned out perfectly Theresa! Just love the effect!