Found an inexpensive grandfather style clock on craigslist. I figured gray would be an excellent color for this piece. It wasn't until later I thought that this otomi paper from Spoonflower would be a great fit. What do you know they had gray! I used Queenstown gray and seagull gray milk paint for this piece. The seagull gray was mixed with a little white and used as a drippy wash all over. I also used some green patina milk paint to antique the brass hardware. Hope you like it!
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Being an older piece I was worried about some bleedthrough so I covered the entire piece with some satin enduro-var urethane. Hope it works! The colors on this we're pretty interesting. I used milk paint! I started with a Queenstown gray base coat. I covered the lower portion of the chest and other areas that needed some darkening with a mixture of coastal blue and the green patina. I highlighted certain areas with persimmon and then did a thinner wash over the whole piece with a mix of patina green, halcyon blue, and Klein blue.
