To be honest, I am not 100% with how my Halloween truck has come together at this precise moment, but, I am not trying to be too hard on myself as it's very early days!
The truck painted up really well using black acrylic paint from Hobbycraftt (£1.60), but on closer inspection it could do with another coat at some stage during the process, then I am wondering whether the paint could then take a couple of coats of clear, gloss varnish (?).
It was the drawers that I am, at present, disappointed with, but fortunately I have only done one side of the truck (12 so far) so I think I can get things right on the other.
I decided, not only to cover the front of the drawers but also line the inside front and back with the same Halloween themed papers and that worked well........
....... until I went on to colour the edges with a black Sharpie pen and then the sides with a thick felt pen ...... resulting in fingerprints all over the shop ........ agghh, now I know I am not the neatest of workers, but I was sooooo cross with myself.
I am going to cover the inky ones again, despite in some eyes the fingerprints adding an extra spooky element to them. The plan is to then add further embellishment, which would probably cover all manner of blemishes, but I know if the tiniest bit of ink is still visible, my eye would be drawn to that rather than the overall effect!!
Now when I tackle the drawers on other side I need to get all the colouring done first and then allow the ink to really soak in and dry for a day or two, before doing the fronts, well, that's the theory anyway. As I say, it's very early days in this project, there is a long, long way to go yet!
