I recently spent a day at Ironbridge Victorian Town Blists Hill, in Telford Shropshire. My husband loves all things engineering related and sometimes I struggle with a day looking at engines, but at Blists Hill I found so so much to interest me. If you get the chance to visit it I would heartily recommend it!
Just before we left the museum I popped in a shop selling plaster moulded items and for £2.50 purchased this plaque.
When home I started to paint it and I’m pretty pleased with the results… what do you think?

Got it home in one piece … now to paint!
I decided to use acrylic paints and squirted out some blue, yellow and white; with a tiny smear of purple.
I love mixing paint – it’s almost magical. The main thing to remember is to make enough, it’s always tricky to make the same colour again if you need to. I didn’t have to worry though, leaves look so much better when you use various greens, so I just started and added more yellow to make a light green and more blue to make it darker and richer…
Once all the leaves were done, I let it dry. It doesn’t take long for paint to dry on plaster and I was doing this on the hottest day in England since records began!
Now for the flower, as the leaves were dark I decided to do a light flower… I made a very pale blue – the petals are white really …
So, that’s it.. I gave it a few coats of quick drying varnish and hung it on the front door… it may find a new home but for now that’s where it’s stayed!

You can see where I added the small brush strokes of purple around the centre, just need to varnish now
and here it is on the door…
Thanks for reading, back next week.
Love Rosie
Stunning. Ironbridge is always good for a visit 😎
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yes I loved it – was a tad disappointed when I was informed I was going to Telford for my hols …. but loved it 🙂
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Telford is very exotic but there are some real gems in the surrounding area 😎
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haha did you mean ‘not very’ exotic tee hee…I really loved the area and you’re right it is lovely
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