Ive had these wooden boxes kicking around from last fall, with the idea of painting them so they could be used at Boogers sisters Nursery, as a means for customers to carry their plants around the nursery and to the their cars when cashed out. So i finally started playing around with one, after hemming and hawing for months about what materials to use, the price of rice in southern Peru, and other such frivolous issues. One4All ink is now my go to solution for all things, its my new artist duct tape. I didnt bother sealing the would this time around, as i wanted to also get a feel for how much ink would get sucked in to the grain versus what would remain on the surface; results were encouraging. As you might expect with cheapie wood the various pieces used to construct the box had their own quirks. On the nicer tighter pieces the ink was pretty much one shot pop. IN other areas the wood was so porous it took a few coats or a white under coat to get the color intensity i was after. If i had sealed the wood first it would have been a non-issue, but was good to fond out you could in theory get some transparency out of layering the ink on a porous surface.
i might have to keep this one. I think the official boxes should jsut have one painted side or be themed thus easier to name, keep track of and differentiate between.
Did some clean up/ surface prep with some mists of yellow, orange and red beltons. and started to sketch out some letters.
