Distress wood angels

I had a few pieces of furniture made recently and when he delivered them, I had asked if he had any old pieces of wood, to stick in so I could paint on them….

So, I have been playing with the pieces he brought me… I am not sure when the love of distressed wood started with me, but I do love it…

      

I started with this piece… washed over the wood with acrylic rose and blue… then sketched out the angel that I had in mind with a charcoal pencil…. Then, I got my white gesso out and painted over the design with the gesso. At this point, I was kind of deciding if I wanted to leave it this way or add some color. I let it sit for a few days and look at it as I passed by and then decided to add some color…. So, I painted her face and gave her some blonde hair…

 

While I still had my paints out and the other piece of distressed wood near by, I started another one… Just because that is the way my mind works…. can`t do just one!!

 

 

But this one had a different color scheme.. I used the lime and teal colors to wash over the board for her. The cool thing about this piece is that this awesome cross just appeared on her dress…. from the crack in the wood… I decided to give her a red, auburn hair color and got her face done then…. used some gold flakes for her halo.

 

So, I think these girls are finally finished. It was fun bringing them to life…

Now, on to the other pieces….

  

I had a little helper in my art room today. My grandson, Heston, spent the night and wanted to go paint some this morning, so he started his piece while I finished the girls…

Love that he loves to create.

Linked with Sunday Sketches today. here

Have a great day,

Love,

Jane