Welcome back.
This week we’ll be taking a one week diversion. We’ll be looking a two of our recent works, previously seen as unadorned pieces, now fully framed.
The first is our most recent work, finished last week. When last seen, it appeared as it did in the photo directly below.
Here is how it now appears in its modestly priced photo frame. (This piece is 5×7.)
I thought that the grooves continued the lines in the building. It works fairly well and saved the cost of an expensive frame.
Next up is the work immediatel prior, the Arizona used car lot. When last seen, it appeared as it does in the photo directly below.
I’ve added a frame that I finished myself. It was bare poplar, I believe. I’ve finished it by adding acrylic red and metallic gold to some paste wax. Then I rubbed the mixture onto the frame, rubbing it to a sheen after allowing for some drying time. The photo does not capture the metallic sheen but it is there. It is seen directly below.
Of course, framing is an art in itself. My efforts here are just illustrations of possible solutions, but I have no great knowledge of framing.
That’s it for now, see you next week with a new piece.
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I had missed the Car Lot Painting…geez..it looks terrific!
B2 – I really like the finished painting. Your choice of frame is interesting. I have only recently come to appreciate that framing is an “art in itself.” I have seen frames that are smooth and curvy – I wonder what one of those would look like around your painting, sort of picking up on the curves of the building. I imagine a whole different feel would be achieved.
I am unable to appreciate the frame you finished yourself for the car. Alas, my monitor is now providing me a view in varying shades of pink (rose-colored glasses?). When it corrects itself or, most likely, I replace it, I will be sure to check back. I didn’t know acrylic could be added to wax!
Thanks for sharing your work.
Thanks. The acrylic paint that I used has a gel consistency. I simply mixed a bit into the soft wax. I was too lazy to stain the frame.
Boran2 You are correct. It seems that without a frame it does not look complete.
One thing I find when framing my images, is that I often do not allow much room for the frame.
I`ve taken to matting them first, then framing, to move the frame further away.
It doesn`t look confined that way.
I`ll get an example in a min.
Good choice of frames , Boran
Boran,
Not to put your choice of framing down in any way, but I think you are crowding your work.
Putting some distance between the two, shows off the painting, framed, rather than a framed painting. My apologies for intruding.
Nice job, I’ll have to keep my eyes open for another frame.
Boran,
I found that yard sales & thrift stores are the best place to get frames of all kinds, for next to nothing.