Keeping It Old

The school photograph is from 1890 so the challenge was to make the rest of the painting look old as well. But first, I needed to create a photo transfer of the original picture. I photocopied the picture and applied a coat a day of Golden Soft Gel medium for about...

Quick Photo Transfer

Over the years I’ve tried various versions of acrylic photo transfers. Some worked for me; some didn’t. But most involved a slow process of overnight drying of several layers of medium. Yesterday, by accident, while searching YouTube for something else, I...

Furniture Becomes Canvas

It pays to do a good cleanout once in a while. Deep in the rafters of my garage I found a few pieces of small, unpainted wood furniture I've picked up at various decorative painting shows across Canada and the U.S. I like the unpainted furniture – I...