Brison’s touch-ups are completed and he & Clever Girl get their Clear Coat. Eight 15 inch by 15 inch grey concrete stepping stones from Thompson Building Materials in Camarillo will provide the perches for Brison & Xavier. After Etching & Washing the Stones are ready for painting. This time Sherwin-Williams Baked Cookie will be the…
Category: Preservation
Halloween & Dinosaurs
We’re getting out the Halloween Decorations. I think the Stores started in August. If you haven’t picked up your decorations you had better hurry before they disappear and are replaced by Christmas ideas. Last year it was rather strange for me to see Halloween and Christmas decorations right next to each other! I guess that…
Raptors & “Dino Fest”
Xavier gets clear coating and Brison has the remainder of the Hammered Verde Green accents painted over. Brison will require a couple of coats to completely cover the prior accents. Xavier starts on his side to make it easier to cover all the underside areas. After a few hours curing, he returns upright to finish…
Dinosaur Perches & Rock Lights
Dinosaurs being the ancestors of Birds, they probably like Perches too! Besides after you have spent a great deal of time protecting your Prehistoric Pal from Rust and provided a Colorful Finish, do you really want to set it on the Bare Ground? See Brison & Xavier below on just bark. During Rainy weather the…
Brison & Xavier, Are We Done Yet?
We left off with the blending of the Gold Rush Metallic on Brison & Xavier. Now we blend the Hammered Deep Green. Artist Brushes dipped into the paint sprayed in the cans caps are the tools to perform this task. The platform truck is very helpful in raising Xavier to a level that makes the…
Clever Girl, Brison, Xavier & Visitors at the Park
Clever Girl received some additional Real Orange Gloss accents along her back and top of her tail. Black Night Metallic provided shadowing highlights. We both are very happy with this look. Next, the blending of the Gold Rush Metallic & Hammered White to provide a more natural look for the meeting of the two colors. …
Museums Reopening & Clever Girl
The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois reopened on July 24th, The American Museum of Natural History reopens September 2nd to Members & September 9th to the general public, The Natural History Museum of LA County is reopening their Butterfly Pavilion & Nature Gardens with Special Member Preview Days August 28th – 30th & September 4th…
The Clever Girl receives more Highlights
After painting over the first orange & yellow accents, I made some sketches of Clever Girl then finished in watercolors to assist with the hopefully final Real Orange Accents. In place of gold a light yellow watercolor was a useful substitute. Using the Gloss Real Orange new accents were added to the head trailing the…
Raptors & Dragonflies!
The Clever Girl’s Orange & Yellow feather accent attempts have been painted over with the Hammered White Gloss. It was a good experiment to see how the Orange & Yellow would look on the White. However, as with the painting of the Sail on the Spinosaurus – Spencer AKA Spike less was more. See Posts:…
Securing Your Dinosaurs & those Rascally Raptors
I was finally able to get the Raptors – Clever Girl, Brison & Xavier to hold still for some additional painting. I took this opportunity to add an extra coat of paint to the Claws, Teeth & Tongues for All. Brison & Xavier received Pupils for their Eyes in Hammered Black gloss. Hammered Grey provided…