In Panama we are right now in our rainy season, therefore it is very common to see
cloudy and rainy days, and maybe I was feeling blue but I thought of decorating a box with
vintage birds on a cloudy day. It is also meant to be a gift for my lovely sister in law. Here it is the result:
I started by painting a rainy and cloudy background using gray, white
and light blue colors combined all together at the same time in the brush on
the lid of the box, and same colors but without the clouds in the rest of the
box. The clouds were painted with a
white base and then gray touches to add light and dark shades.
Next step was using a stencil to paint the branch & leaves where the
main bird would be standing on, I chose brown for the branch and orange shades
for the leaves.
Then I glued the birds to the lid of the box with Mod Podge along with two postage stamps to complement the composition. The box was a new wood box I had purchased some time ago, and therefore it did not required further surface preparation than sanding and one coat of liquid gesso.
I love stripes and so I thought to paint some and give the box a special
look. I chose the orange color to
maintain the same color palette existing in the bird’s feathers and painted uneven edges to create a rustic look.
