This is the lid from a bottle of Dole juice. SWMBO is fond of the orange-peach-mango variety.
This is a 2-1/4" disk (I've got a circle stencil) of paper grocery bag. Attach it using the old 19th century poster technique of saturating both sides in Elmer's glue.
Pretty self explanatory. Gesso makes paint stick to plastic.
Gesso goes on pretty thick. Don't dilute it.
It shrinks a lot as it dries. This takes at least 24 hours. They mean it - it'll peel if you try to paint before a 24-hour cure.
FolkArt Artist's Acrylics "wrought iron". I like it better than black because it's plenty dark without being artificially sharp. Real shadows are never black.
No need for a palette. This thing's about the size of one anyway.
The FolkArt regular acrylic is slightly translucent. This works in your favor. Use a palette this time. A medium gray would work just as well, I just like the slate blue effect.
The Dove Gray goes on as a drybrush coat.
Since you're going to game with them, sealing is recommended. I like brush on sealers because they're thick, non-toxic, and can be used at my desk.
With The Lady in Red for scale.
What it looks like on the table. For 2.5-d we usually let anything climbing the column like a squirrel on a tree just set on top and have cover. It also obviously makes a good plinth for big statues.
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