6.09.2013
Special Thanks
Dylan made a little Thank You video for everyone who backed our Kickstarter project.
We'll be making and sending along thank you notes to everybody this week, and we'll start making the actual rewards once we're settled into the Wheelie House. We're still waiting for Amazon Payments to make funds available to us so that we can get stuff like flooring, a compost toilet, and a refrigerator, but in the meantime we've been able to get some stuff from Amazon online. Our first purchases include curtain rods and fabric to make curtains, an Ott light for my worktable, and a water hose.
Thank you once again to everybody who helped to make our Kickstarter campaign a success!
6.05.2013
Making Moonheads
I always like to see in-progress pics, don't you? So even though these moonbeams are all done now and on their way to far off destinations I thought I'd share anyway.
Here they are drying overnight on my drying rack (cheapo box fan turned face-up) after round two of sculpting. First round was craters, second was faces, and third was all the detaily detail bits.
Here they are after all the detaily detail bits, then more drying time, then sanding. Now comes the first coat of paint. Dark gray. Nice and thick.
Then another coat of paint, this time dry-brushed. Light gray.
Then another coat of paint, also dry-brushed. White.
Then they got warmed up with a watery wash of burnt umber. It sneaks into all the craters and crevices, then I immediately wipe it off.
Then I busted out the teeny tiny brushes and painted them some eyes, gave their lips a little bit of color. . .
. . .and they came to life!
College Girl was in the third grade before we realized that she needed glasses. Up until then she had no idea what we were talking about when we said stuff like "the man in the moon is singing tonight." To her, the moon was just a bright dot. She was so happy when she finally saw it through her new eyes.
6.02.2013
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