Sunday, August 20, 2017

A Fairy and Her Garden

My wife, Alla, has a green thumb.  She has an impressive collection of Japanese orchids and African Violets (some pretty rare).  She puts a lot of hard work into it and our house always has a variety of plants in bloom.  Here lately she decided she wanted to display some of her micro violets in a display as a fairy garden.  She found some stuff online and most of it arrived looking pretty good.  Only thing that was really lacking was the paint job on the fairy she ordered.  So, she asked me to repaint it.

BEFORE PICTURE:
Basically most of it was like someone just did an ink wash over the clay...

Here's how it turned out after the repaint (mostly).  I was still working on the raccoon when she stole it to take her pictures so it still looks a bit plain.  Anyway, I think you'll see that she did a really awesome job on putting together her Fairy Garden.  I'm quite proud!





Cheers!

Rod

18 comments:

  1. What a splendid idea for the garden, so cute and full of details!

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    1. Yeah, I thought it was pretty cute too! She had a lot of fun making it. Best part is all the plants in it are real.

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  2. That's absolutely delightful, well done both.

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    1. Thank you Michael. She gets all the credit though for the creativity of it. My part was pretty minor.

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  3. Beautiful and tranquil, the repaint sure looks a lot better too.

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    1. I agree. I was really delighted with how it all came together. As for the repaint... thanks!

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  4. Una idea muy buena, espléndida. Me encantan los detalles y el pintado.

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    1. Gracias. Pienso que hace para una escena tranquila.

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  5. Ha! Great idea! Looking really awesome!

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  6. That's pretty cool. You have effectively co-opted her into the hobby and she doesn't even know it!
    (She doesn't read this does she?)

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    1. I have do nothing. Yes, she does read the blog. And you're probably in trouble. ;)

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  7. Wait till she sees that you've replaced the cute fairy with "Orion - Lord in the Woods, Master of the Hunt"

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    1. Depending on her mood she might be alright with that! :)

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  8. Nice job, Rod! What was your wife's reaction to your final result?

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    1. She liked it. Just had a couple of things she wanted me to fix but the final product was approved. :)

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