Showing posts with label paint. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paint. Show all posts

November 07, 2012

Twilight zone...

The fading daylight is fascinating in many ways and according to my camera
 the house shade of the lime wash paint today looked something of a newborn pig,
instead of the faded white/pinky color I worked so hard on when preparing it
and normally does. The air is pretty humid this time of the year and 
while lime wash breathes the natural pigment changes slightly all the time.
 Just a reflection as I decided to take som pictures late afternoon
and yes we have turned the clocks back for wintertime!
Today at 2pm we began bringing in the bumper harvest of our
winter apples. We are glad the tree survived last year's construction 
chaos as we extended the kitchen with the bay window.
 Seriously I don't know what to do with all the fruit,
so there will be plenty for all the birds that stay the winter.
They just have to watch out for the the little hunter,
who sits put inside by the bay window in order
to make his moves out the cat-flap.

 




July 29, 2012

En weekend i pyjamas med Ottosson färg

alldeles för ivrig med att shellacka, grunda, slipa o måla,
när kakelsättningen väl är klar.
Greppa inte den där målarpenseln innan morgonpiffet är klart,
hela helgen försvann med i ett moln av annat spackel och damm
Otålig som man är måste det ju prövas lite på hyllorna
innan den bleka pärlgrå linoljan skall strykas och en del 
justeringar åtgärdas.
Nästa projekt som väntar, men nu är pyjamasen utbytt 
mot en ren och en skön kudde väntar på en kind!


Never grab that paintbrush before the Saturday breakfast,
I've been in my pjs this whole weekend, once I got started I worked 
until I was out of shellac, putty and linseed oil. 

I will never let anyone else but myself to apply the linseed
oil indoors, it demands a lot of patience and meticulously
thin coats than need to dry up a couple of days in between.

Painting with linseed oil is an old tradition in Sweden.
Ottosson färgmakeri is today one of our best manufacturers.
The company has many good tutorials on Youtube.
This is one to start with!