Walking Stick Z - Painting- Part 11

14 carot gold paint on the knot work.

Good news today.  First off, the hurricane has stayed well off shore and is not threatening my area.  We have been under the weather with a tropical storm that has been running ahead of the hurricane.  Although my area has been spared, many parts of the state, and for that matter the East Coast have had significant flooding and erosion.  Some states have had flooding at historic levels.  We have had rain for days.  However, it looks as if the storm will clear the area today and we will be in for several days of nice autumn weather.

The second bit of good news is that I have made significant progress in the painting on the walking stick.  I estimate that I have about forty-five minutes of painting left to do on it.  I have been painting between the lines of the Celtic Knot Work with fourteen carot gold paint.  It does not look that impressive at the moment.  The wood of the stick is so white that there is not a lot of contrast between the wood and the paint.  That will change once I get to the next phase of the painting.

Once all the knot work is completed, I will be using an antiquing medium on the rest of the stick.  That will add a bit of dark brown color to the stick.  Once the walking stick is darker, that gold knot work is going to pop!  After the antiquing glaze, the entire stick gets two coats of sealer.  So, if I complete the painting the knot work today, I will add the antiquing glaze tomorrow, and the two coats of sealer the day after.  In theory, I should have the walking stick completed on Wednesday.  I should have photos of the completed project on Thursday.