Seldon9 Is Painting HeroQuest
The Fireplace
Easily the most interesting piece of furniture to paint. I used the stone techniques for the fireplace and thought the pigments worked best here. Props to Gerry’s Gerrycan for that one.
The fire was painted with hottest parts – nearest the wood – painted a white / yellow and wet blended the colours out to red at the edges. I used Scalecolour Sol Yellow, Mar Orange and Aldebaran Red to do this over a white preshade.
The picture frame gave me a bit of a quandary. I could print and cut out a suitable figure. But I thought my friend might like to do that. So I went with a mirror effect. This was done using the loaded brush technique using Daler Rowney Paynes Grey ink, Scale colour Deep Blue and white. Took quite a few goes and then the paint reactivated when I glossed it. Fortunately it settled ok. I added a little purple in later.
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