by Bob Pennycook | Feb 18, 2014 | Art, Art techniques
Maybe it comes from looking in the mirror every morning when I’m brushing my teeth, but I’m becoming partial to old stuff. Distressed, crackled, stained, antiqued, I’m on a mission to age almost everything I touch. I’m eyeing the dining room furniture right now. The... by Bob Pennycook | Feb 4, 2014 | Art, Art techniques
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...