Haunted Room Box

I started with this empty box

I collected some of the things I was going to use

I wallpapered, put in the fireplace and window

I started cutting up stir sticks to make a fancy floor

The floor took a long time, many days

I tore up areas of the wallpaper and damaged it with dirty water

I stained the ceiling and glued fake moss along the inside corner of the walls

I did a lot of sanding and distressing to the floor

I stained the floor and walls with diluted greens and browns

Here's the fireplace

Here are some of the miniature food

Here are some of the inhabitants of the room

Of course I had to repurpose the old photo of Vincent Price I had salvaged from my old "Haunted Doll House" (long gone now.)

 

A Bunch of Animation Related Drawings I Have Done Over The Years

 

More Drawings and Paintings

 

My Picasso Rip Off

I did this painting for myself because I saw this Picasso I really liked, but I couldn't afford a real one....so I made one. I believe the original was gouache, but I used acrylic for mine.

 

Building the lighthouse

It all started with the basic Greenleaf Lighthouse Kit, which is a laser cut plywood kit. 

This kit is for the lighthouse tower only

I added on a tiny house section using cardboard

It came together well

I used PolyFilla and that chunky stucco stuff used to make textured ceilings

I used some pre-made dollhouse windows for the house section

I made a little stovepipe from a "Bubble Tea" straw and cardstock

I had to cut a custom hole for the octagonal window I purchased separately
and I began assembling the lantern room

It was coming together well. I added a staircase I had purchased
separately as well.

I built a "rock" base from styrofoam and 
papier mache.

 

Building This Lighthouse Kept Me Sane

Making all these tiny lobster buoys and gluing shingles on the roof etc. kept me occupied and happy during the first part of the pandemic. I loved that I was able to do this. Now it just collects dust, but I look at it and I love it.....I could never part with it. Too much of myself went into making it. I will be posting more photos of the actual construction of it in the coming days.

 

It's funny how sometimes you will build something, and when you lose it......you think you'll never be able to make something that nice again.....but then you end up creating something far better than the original ever was.