I am a huge fan of the old
Dracula movies (before all of the gore).
The ones where you see Dracula put his cape around the helpless female
and you must use your imagination. I
also love the gothic style of old movies.
To paint the chipboard
Gargoyle in the back of the piece, I used the same technique as I demonstrated
in the first
Halloween Carnival video tutorial to paint the tombstones.
The floor is made from black
foam core board.
The top of the table is a
plastic lid and the base is the same base as the one I used to make the table
in the “Stump and Owl” carnival game.
The window in the back comes
in a chipboard frame. I removed the
window, papered the frame and painted the window. Next, I glued them back together.
For the back of the piece (seen through the window) I
used a piece of black foam core board. I
applied cheap bat stickers to the board to act as a mask.
I used a stencil brush to dab
red paint onto the board and over the stickers.
I then removed the bat
stickers exposing the black foam core board underneath.
I decided the bats weren't
black enough so I applied black paint.
Here are some of the images I
cooked up for this piece. Feel free to
download them and use them in your art. To
download an image, click on the image to expand it, right-click and select Save
As.
