Heart Halves & A Verdigris Paint Technique

What to do with 2 halves a heart?  Why put them together of course and make the heart whole. 

If you cut carefully when cutting out the heart frame for the heart art I shared HERE, you will end up with 2 heart halves.  I wanted to do a verdigris paint treatment on these.  I knew it wasn't going to look like metal, the wood it too rustic.  I didn't want someone to think it was made from metal, I just wanted the finish to have that verdigris look. If you do want to you this technique to look like metal, use it on a more smooth board or wood--something like plywood. 

Start by painting the item copper. After all, verdigris is a natural finish or patina that occurs on copper items.

I used these three paint colors next.  This is just what I had, anything similar will work.

Dab and stipple the paint on, don't completely cover the copper paint.

Blot some of the paint off with a paper towel (watch for paper towel design impressions) or t-shirt cloth.

When the paint was still wet and with the same paint brush, I stippled a bit more copper paint on.

When this is dry, I sanded a bit.  If you want it to look like metal and not wood, skip this step.  I used some dark Annie Sloan wax over the paint. Then use watered down white paint over the top of the wax.  It will bead up,

but blot it with a t-shirt cloth to leave some parts more white than others.  This is very subtle.

I then joined my heart halves together with a little copper wire.

I was going to add a rusty key or a tag with a verse on it, but decided I liked this one simple and plain.

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