{"id":970,"date":"2016-01-27T08:08:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T08:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thepaintpalette.co.uk\/?p=970"},"modified":"2016-01-27T08:08:42","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T08:08:42","slug":"ive-finished-my-shop-woyww-347","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepaintpalette.co.uk\/static\/blog\/ive-finished-my-shop-woyww-347\/","title":{"rendered":"I’ve finished my shop!! Woyww 347"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s so exciting…wait for it….”I’ve finished my French shop!!!”<\/p>\n

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I can honestly say that this project has been the most detailed one I have ever done. \u00a0When I first started it, I wasn’t sure if I would enjoy it as it was very ‘precise’ and I love to paint a bit more ‘random’ as my students know but it grew on me very quickly.<\/p>\n

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Yesterday I painted the fruit and veg crates, lights and doorway as well as stamped the shop signs. Even though I have painted for many years, I still learnt from this project, a design by Linda Lock. \u00a0I realised that sometimes you have to have very strong shadows and highlights to make something ‘pop’ which is very evident from the window blinds and crates.<\/p>\n

The shop windows were a real experiment! \u00a0Linda used image transfer on her piece to add reflections in the glass, but as this can be hit and miss for me I didn’t want to risk ruining my piece. \u00a0Instead I used quality matt inkjet printing labels which I printed the reflected image onto and then adhered them to my windows…some more washes of black paint on top and….hey presto….it worked!<\/p>\n

Finally, a sand with some medium sandpaper to pull through the texture paste I applied at the start and my piece was ready to sign.<\/p>\n

I think my next project is going to be a bit more ‘free’ but this is a piece I will treasure and hang with pride!!<\/p>\n

To take a look at more What’s on your Workdesk? Wednesday’s, pop over to Julia’s blog at the\u00a0stamping Ground<\/a>\u00a0, it’s very inspiring to see what others have been up to \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Til next time….<\/p>\n

Dawn x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s so exciting…wait for it….”I’ve finished my French shop!!!” I can honestly say that this project has been the most detailed one I have ever done. \u00a0When I first started it, I wasn’t sure if I would enjoy it as it was very ‘precise’ and I love to paint a bit more ‘random’ as my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[12,10],"tags":[30,34,31],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepaintpalette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_0553-scaled.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p71bqO-fE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":85,"url":"https:\/\/www.thepaintpalette.co.uk\/static\/blog\/february-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":970,"position":0},"title":"February News","date":"2nd February 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Thought I would let you know what's happening in the Paint Palette studio each month....My weekly classes returned mid January and it was so good to see everyone again after such a long time.\u00a0 Three new ladies started in my Wednesday evening class....Gayle, Karen and Dawn and they have already\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Uncategorised"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-XALf9XWwuiA\/Uu5NhJ9MpqI\/AAAAAAAAAOY\/mMSTjeDMbQ4\/s1600\/LindaButterfly.JPG?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1960,"url":"https:\/\/www.thepaintpalette.co.uk\/static\/blog\/french-shops-are-finished\/","url_meta":{"origin":970,"position":1},"title":"French Shops are Finished!","date":"22nd July 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Just had to share the wonderful French Shops that my Weekly Art Club ladies have finished. 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