A Small Winter Oil Pastel
Well, I drew some simple compositions and inked them.
Then I added some oil pastels as undercoating.
And, finished up with further layers of oil pastels and then Sennelier to finish.
Building a Bench from a Bed
I had picked up an old headboard and footboard at a garage sale for $3. Maybe I could use it at the cottage; maybe something else. I had seen beds into benches on Pinterst and had made plans to do the same -some time in the future! I had taken the old bed home, stored it in my workshop and didn't notice it until I was doing a major cleaning recently. The need to do something with these random project pieces reared its head. Sometimes it doesn't pay to clean up because, as in my case, I found those project pieces I had intended do and now am doing -all in one time span it seems. Here is what it looks like on the work table. Notice I have not cleaned it as I have a lot of sanding to do. I put wood filler everywhere as I like things without gaps and in cutting the footboard in half I had left gaps that could not thoroughly be sanded out at the time. The 3/4 inch oak plywood seat was cut from a piece I had around the workshop. I cut it a...
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