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Sunday, September 18, 2016

German Mirror with DecoArt

Hello Dear Friends:

I would like to share this German Mirror painting that I made....using my DecoArt Americana Acrylic paints.

german mirror front


The design of this mirror is inspired from a piece painted in 1837, by an unknown artist.
The style is know as "Bauernmalerei", or Folk farmer's painting, found in the areas of Bavaria, Austria and the Swiss Alps.
It was re-designed and taught by my Decorative Painting Teacher Carl Larson.

Note: ***His piece was an "old baroque mirror", so I decided to choose a more "affordable" (the mirror is from IKEA)  and "modern" shape (square) for my project.
I "twisted a little" his original design in order to fit his design in a square shape and choose some different flowers and scrolls than his.


We started in class and we painted it for several weeks
1st you seal the wood,
then you paint the background with black
then trace pattern
and finally start painting all the designs.
when Finished erase lines from pattern and varnish with 2 or 3 coats

german mirror front class
   

This is My painting setting in class...

german mirror class painting setting

 In "Bauernmalerei" or "Bavarian Folk art" style of painting; the backgrounds are traditionally painted in dark hues such as green or black.
The flowers in yellows and reds such as roses and tulips, are traditional from this style.
And Scrolls are many times included in this style of painting

german mirror flowers detail

Arrangement of "tölzer Roses"  on the center paired with tiny daisies.

german mirror flowers detail

another angle
of the roses, bell flowers, daisies and tulips...

german mirror flowers detail

and I finished it at home.

german mirror decoart paints

 last photo of my finished project


german mirror finished


Thanks for the visit.
until a next project...

Supplies

The DecoArt Americana acrylic paints that I used to realize this project are...
lamp black, fawn, uniform blue, midnight blue, wedgwood blue, light avocado, forest green; evergreen, warm white, burnt sienna, red iron oxide, dark chocolate, terra cotta, honey brown, true ochre, antique rose, alizarin crimson, lavender
 
mirror from IKEA




11 comments:

  1. Absolument superbe ta peinture!! Bises Nadine

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  2. Absolutely gorgeous. I admire your talent.

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  3. Gorgeous painting, love how clean and pretty it is.

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  4. You are doing just a Gorgeous job with your painting!!

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  5. Très joli miroir, bravo pour ces peintures. Bises.

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  6. C'est très joli ! Une belle peinture pour entourer le miroir avec des fleurs d'une beauté incomparable. J'aime beaucoup la façon dont tu as peint ce bouquet. Bravo et grosses bises.

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  7. Il est superbe Bibiana ! J'aime toujours autant tes jolies fleurs ! Bises

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  8. Je te dit qu'il y a de l'amour là-dedans ! Tous les détails et les décos
    sont magnifiques ! Bravo !

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  9. I have no words... I think it's perfect

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  10. waouh que de travail sur ce miroir chapeau
    bisous

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Thanks so much for visiting my blog!...AND Thank you for taking the time to comment on my post today...It keeps me motivated!
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me, I will be more than happy to answer them.
THANKS again, Bibiana