© JANE MINTER
"chimney iron"
antique iron iii
30.5 x 45.5 cm
Fabriano 300g/m2
watercolour study painted from life
.....posting another study of an antique iron the last of the three antique irons .... the "chimney iron" has a practical design but looks quite perculiar with the funnel.
Fabriano 300g/m2
watercolour study painted from life
.....posting another study of an antique iron the last of the three antique irons .... the "chimney iron" has a practical design but looks quite perculiar with the funnel.
Beautiful work! My grandmother use this for her clothes.
RispondiEliminaHave a nice week.
Greetings from Hilda
Another beautiful painting - this one has such a strange shape to it, I imagine it was fun to get the shape right :) You must have a lot of these antique irons (or else visited an antique shop to get photos).
RispondiEliminaUtterly elegant! Love your simple works, and you have no idea how much I would love to be sitting there beside you, watching how you do it! And being back in Italy would be a dream-come-true, too! :)
RispondiEliminaLast, but definitely not least!!! What a superb set of paintings the irons are.
RispondiEliminamy husband's nonna (grandma) used this one :) thanks hilda .
RispondiEliminathankyou rhonda odd shape isn't it ...in this case i sketched a freehand outline in pencil .. i work alot without initial pencil sketch ...these are on loan from my daughters' nonna.
how long were you in italy for katharyn ? ...thanks for your kind words .
thanks so much john ..everyone is probably tried of seeing old irons ! ...have lots of ideas with irons still ..hope to focus on more sets /series this year.
wow, I love the solid felling this has to it but yet still soft design. Nice Jane!
RispondiEliminahi there christy thankyou :) ... they are very solid !!!
RispondiEliminareally beautifull Jane!!
RispondiEliminaCiao Jane,
RispondiEliminacomplimenti per i tuoi bellissimi lavori e per il tuo blog :)
Buona serata
A presto
Laura
nuova follower :)
ciao laura grazie thankyou ... see you like all things old from your blog... ... jane
RispondiEliminaoh thankyou laura
RispondiEliminaciao laura grazie thankyou ... see you like all things old from your blog... ... jane
I always love the way you use soft and hard edges in your watercolors. An interesting subject for this one. I'm guessing the chimney was for the steam to escape. You captured the look of the old so well too.
RispondiEliminaJean
thankyou jean ...i've read that the charcoal irons were smokey so the invention of the spout helped with smoke , smell and inturn provided a draft to keep the burning coals burning longer ...the sheild and timber handle also were a great improvement from the flat irons .
RispondiElimina