PAINTED AND DECOUPAGE SKY CEILING WITH CLOUDS AND FAIRIES!

I have always admired trompe l'oeil and decoupage decorated homes but had never had the courage to do it myself.  But then an opportunity presented itself.  My morning room ceiling had been badly plastered and looked awful.  Two of my daughters were coming to stay, bringing their own young daughters so  I decided to create  a magical fairy ceiling to surprise them.

This was my second attempt, the first 'sky' was way too dark and oppressive looking.  This paler blue was much more fitting for a low ceiling.   I wasn't sure whether to use vinyl silk or matt.  Decided on matt for the sky and silk for the clouds.

Painting the clouds is a bit of a challenge.  When you look at the sky you see that clouds are not just white, but shades of grey, blue, pink and purple.  So although I finished the project some time ago I feel it needs more work on the clouds.

The edging is made from decoupage shells painted gold.

Aaah my decoupage fairies!  I downloaded them from various web sites. Flecks of gold here and there enhanced them.  Some of them look a little like members of my family so they were given names.

The children loved the 'sky' ceiling.  It was a great 'distraction' when any of them got upset about something.  When I get some time I will enhance the clouds and make them more realistic.  But for now I love my ceiling.