Siding is no longer new and exciting, in fact I'm still a bit disheartened by the window framing fiasco. I did manage to get a bit more on this evening but it got rather persnickity up around the eaves. I then decided to frame out around the central upstairs window. On the bay window and inside this frame I will make scalloped shingles out of clay and paint them the same colour as the clapboard. It won't be obnoxious but will still add some textural diversity to the house and pay homage to the high victorian siding styles found on older farmhouses along the coast.
However I soon tired of this as well and decided to do some more work on the shingles. The watercolours have firmly set and the shingles are now quite dry, so I added a coat of pecan stain to even out the tones a bit and saturate the cracks between shingles. It's given the shingles a bit of warmth and has toned that blue/purple tinge out of them quite nicely.
The stain was applied heavily with a sponge brush. I started in the corners and worked my way out (the idea to have darker shingles where moisture would tend to collect, lighter where the roof would be baked by the sun). I'm debating adding moss to the shingles with my oil paints and a stiff brush. It could either be really great or really not... I may need to make a practice roof :)
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