I spent most of my childhood in a ceramic's shop where my grandmother painted. She had a very particular style and was an extremely talented woman. I picked up quite a few tricks and traditional techniques from my time spent there. I have been dabbling in ceramics just a little over the years, and picked up this super cute little piece at a local ceramic shop.
I initially stopped by to find something for Cayden to paint for Christmas gifts and they had nothing....except this sweet little snowman family. So I picked it up. It sat on a shelf in my crafty room (slash laundry, slash storage room) for about a month, and as usual, I forgot about it. One of the guys I work with was looking for a non-Christmas snowman for his wife. She loves them and he buys her a new one every year. He asked if I could paint a picture of one...no way....I don't do pictures, but wait, didn't I have a little snowman family sitting on my shelf? I took a picture of it and asked him if this would work as the "just because" gift for his wife. I told him I could paint it however he wanted. He gave me free reign (he said he "trusted" my judgment....wahahaha) on the piece so here is what I came up with...
I painted the piece with really bright colors, then drybrushed (which I hadn't done since I was a child, and suprisingly it turned out great) the arms, scarves, hats, and earmuffs. I used a diamond acrylic paint to accent the scarves and hats, and gold stain for the bells. I hated to see this go, I fell in love with it...but it was totally worth it to see his face when I brought it in to work. His wife LOVED it. And that was enough for me. It wasn't enough for him, so he MADE me take payment for it.
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