De's Gesso Soup for WOYWW

We had my kind of cookery lessons

in art class today.

There wasn't an oven or a saucepan in sight.

My teacher has invented a new

technique and has called it

Gesso Soup.

It's probably the only cooking

I've ever enjoyed.

It involves gesso (well duh), water,

paint, bags, onions, noodles,

 and a whole lot of

slopping and glooping.

Yes, it looks a bit garish but it will lay almost flat

when it dries and this technique is guaranteed

to cure all sorts of ills, just like chicken soup.

There is already a textured layer of goop

under here and this will add to the texture

without texturing. 

Yes, it's texture without texture.

No I haven't gone stark raving mad

(well any more than usual).

It looks really textured but it is in fact

virtually flat and then it's easier to paint on

and I can add texture only where I want it.

See.... really clever huh.

 I've finished my bird and just sealed it

 It's all shiny from the sealer and hard to get a photo.

There's a ton of mica paint and it glows in the sunlight

just wish I could get the glow in a photo.

My boat is finished too.

Same shine problem.

They are both going into a show soon,

hope they sell.

I am picking up a new pair of glasses tomorrow

so I hope to get around to lots of WOYWWer's

but if I don't it's because of the glasses.

I explained the problem in my last post

here, if you're interested.

If you want to see other desks

around the world today,

go over to 

Julia's Stamping Ground

and have a visit.

I'm going to cook up some more soup,

mwa ha ha.