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Joan, my mentor painter at Vaillancourt Folk Art, has put the finishing touches on the chalkware Santa that I created at Collector’s Weekend earlier this month. And, it’s on its way to my door. I can’t wait to see the finished figure.
I’ll be featuring the Vaillancourt Studio in the Christmas issue. They are one of the few artisan workshops still making things the “old-fashioned” way in the USA!
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Celebrate365’s Connie Porcher kicked off the Saturday lecture series … Decorating the Tree … An Evolution April 30, 2011 Vaillancourt Collector’s Weekend |
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Sunday – Painting a chalkware Santa Joan assists us with colors and plenty of instructions. She has been a Vaillancourt painter for 27 years! |
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Each novice painter received a fully-painted sample as a guide. Our Santa’s coat was pre-painted to insure we could work with a dry form. |
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My Santa version is on the left, the artist’s model is on the right. You will see that I took some "liberties" in order to finish within the required time. Yes, I would have loved holly on Santa’s hood … but I think that I would still be painting! |
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