This is my first ever commissioned piece 8) .
The pattern was adapted from this photograph:
I used Paint Shop Pro v9 for the graphics side of things. Then the pattern was printed and applied to two pieces of MDF which were hot glued together. Yes, folks, this project has been stack cut. After cutting, the edges of each piece were rounded by hand using abrasive paper and painted with two coats of Wicke's acrylic undercoat/primer. Then two coats of acrylic paint were applied, a little glitter was added to the pink dress, and the components were glued together with PVA. Once the glue had cured, I reinforced the piece by gluing it to some hardboard as a backer and I gave it several coats of Chestnut's acrylic gloss lacquer.
I thought I'd mention the construction process in some detail because it's a new forum and some people might not have encountered it before.
Is the customer happy? She only got it this morning and already she's plastered a huge photograph of it right across the dance forum she visits :lol: .
Gill
The pattern was adapted from this photograph:
I used Paint Shop Pro v9 for the graphics side of things. Then the pattern was printed and applied to two pieces of MDF which were hot glued together. Yes, folks, this project has been stack cut. After cutting, the edges of each piece were rounded by hand using abrasive paper and painted with two coats of Wicke's acrylic undercoat/primer. Then two coats of acrylic paint were applied, a little glitter was added to the pink dress, and the components were glued together with PVA. Once the glue had cured, I reinforced the piece by gluing it to some hardboard as a backer and I gave it several coats of Chestnut's acrylic gloss lacquer.
I thought I'd mention the construction process in some detail because it's a new forum and some people might not have encountered it before.
Is the customer happy? She only got it this morning and already she's plastered a huge photograph of it right across the dance forum she visits :lol: .
Gill