Before and After: Gessify it!

Have you ever visited Villabarnes?

It's Rosemary's blog on which she shares

many do-it-yourself projects.

She is a genius and a whiz with the paintbrush.

Rosemary inspired me

with one of her many posts

on which she gives new life to

 old pieces by using Gesso.

Gesso!

I went to the art store and bought just what

she told me to buy... a bottle of white,

and a bottle of black.

After I got the color layers applied,

I added Minwax's dark finishing paste wax

to seal them and give them an older look.

So my first project

was to take an old .50 cent shiny brass

cachepot that I got at a garage sale

that looked a lot like this.

Now it looks like this.

Then I decided to "gessify"

an old mirror I had from

The Bombay Company, remember them?

It was at the shop for over two years

and never sold. Maybe now it will?

I will keep practicing. Not anywhere near Rosemary's fine art form, but I'm working on it!

Now maybe someone will buy it!

Now that looks much better, right?

Whew!

That was fun.

Now it's time for a snack.

Won't you join me?

(Please go visit Rosemary at Villabarnes.

She will undoubtedly inspire you too.)