Hermes2020
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This is meant to be a colourful decorative painting for a specific site. My daughter replaced the doors under the basins in her main bedroom's en suite bathroom. These were the old doors that she hated with a passion.
The new ones were plain and painted a deep blue, with new sold brass handles.
I thought a circular blue painting would look good on the wall next to the mirror, so I decided to recycle the old doors into a very decorative piece that reflects that deep blue, as well as the brass of the handles and the new taps. I sandwiched the doors together face-to-face, then cut the sandwich into a 600 mm disc. I attacked the sandwich with a knife and chisel, making holes that revealed parts of the mouldings that were now hidden inside.
When I was satisfied with the mutilation, which was a good release of energy, I primed the thing with white gesso. I used acrylic texture paste mixed with sand to make the lines and textured areas at the bottom and in the large opening. The paints were Winsor and Newton Griffin alkyd paints and brass metal powder to get the decorative effect I wanted. The red areas were underpainted in orange and glazed with transparent Permanent Rose mixed with Liquin medium.
An interesting bonus effect can be seen on the edges, where the cavities were "gilded" on the inside with metal powder.
We will hang it next to the mirror next week.
The new ones were plain and painted a deep blue, with new sold brass handles.
I thought a circular blue painting would look good on the wall next to the mirror, so I decided to recycle the old doors into a very decorative piece that reflects that deep blue, as well as the brass of the handles and the new taps. I sandwiched the doors together face-to-face, then cut the sandwich into a 600 mm disc. I attacked the sandwich with a knife and chisel, making holes that revealed parts of the mouldings that were now hidden inside.
When I was satisfied with the mutilation, which was a good release of energy, I primed the thing with white gesso. I used acrylic texture paste mixed with sand to make the lines and textured areas at the bottom and in the large opening. The paints were Winsor and Newton Griffin alkyd paints and brass metal powder to get the decorative effect I wanted. The red areas were underpainted in orange and glazed with transparent Permanent Rose mixed with Liquin medium.
An interesting bonus effect can be seen on the edges, where the cavities were "gilded" on the inside with metal powder.
We will hang it next to the mirror next week.
