Nobby
Sr Member
Hi all,
After recently deciding to keep my Grail Diary, I decided to try and add to it to make a bit more of an Indy display.
So I've traded for one of Alan Castillo's lovely Grails, which is currently winging it's way here.
In the meantime, I did a bit of reading here on the boards and saw some awesome Leap Of Faith paintings. This would go great with the other two items!
But before I go any further, I'd just like to say that I was never in any way aiming for 'screen accurate'. Just something that would look nice on my wall with the other stuff.
Being on a VERY tight budget, I decided to have a root around my garage to see if there was anything there I could use.
I found some old wood, woodstain and a piece of fibreboard that the previous owner had left. I also had a can of spray lacquer left over from previous projects.
I found some fantastic hi-res pics of the original painting, kindly supplied by our friend Alan Castillo again!
(Thanks Alan :thumbsup)
I printed a copy off on my home printer and stuck it to the fibreboard, trimmed it to size and applied some lacquer. I didn't want to spray the lacquer on, so I sprayed it into a small container and brushed it onto the pic for that textured 'brush stroke' look.
I took the old piece of wood and sanded it down (it was originally covered in thick white paint - might have been part of an old solid door)
This I then cut to an approximate size to border the painting. I roughed up the edges a little, and made some faux 'cracks' with a Dremel.
After applying a little woodstain, I sanded the surface a little to rough it up slightly.
I went with the 'less is more' approach to the weathering
It was then just a case of sticking the fibreboard-backed painting onto the wood.
Yes, I know the colours are wrong.
Yes, I know the sizes are wrong.
Yes I know the weathering is wrong.
But for a total outlay of exactly $0.00 (excluding printer ink and paper ), I'm happy that I now have something to hang alongside my Grail and Diary
Thanks for looking
After recently deciding to keep my Grail Diary, I decided to try and add to it to make a bit more of an Indy display.
So I've traded for one of Alan Castillo's lovely Grails, which is currently winging it's way here.
In the meantime, I did a bit of reading here on the boards and saw some awesome Leap Of Faith paintings. This would go great with the other two items!
But before I go any further, I'd just like to say that I was never in any way aiming for 'screen accurate'. Just something that would look nice on my wall with the other stuff.
Being on a VERY tight budget, I decided to have a root around my garage to see if there was anything there I could use.
I found some old wood, woodstain and a piece of fibreboard that the previous owner had left. I also had a can of spray lacquer left over from previous projects.
I found some fantastic hi-res pics of the original painting, kindly supplied by our friend Alan Castillo again!
(Thanks Alan :thumbsup)I printed a copy off on my home printer and stuck it to the fibreboard, trimmed it to size and applied some lacquer. I didn't want to spray the lacquer on, so I sprayed it into a small container and brushed it onto the pic for that textured 'brush stroke' look.
I took the old piece of wood and sanded it down (it was originally covered in thick white paint - might have been part of an old solid door)
This I then cut to an approximate size to border the painting. I roughed up the edges a little, and made some faux 'cracks' with a Dremel.
After applying a little woodstain, I sanded the surface a little to rough it up slightly.
I went with the 'less is more' approach to the weathering
It was then just a case of sticking the fibreboard-backed painting onto the wood.
Yes, I know the colours are wrong.
Yes, I know the sizes are wrong.
Yes I know the weathering is wrong.
But for a total outlay of exactly $0.00 (excluding printer ink and paper
), I'm happy that I now have something to hang alongside my Grail and Diary
Thanks for looking
