I sanded the oldskin Volks body and sprayed it with Mr. Super Clear. Now I’m in the process of blushing and painting it.

After trying to sand the body by myself… in my apartment… I can easily understand why most the other dollfie owners I know seem to have their boyfriends, husbands and other males in their life do the work for them. It’s tough going, a bit tedious and very messy. After 3 hours, I still wasn’t totally happy with my sanding job, but I decided to spray the body anyway. Of course I cleaned it well before spraying and wore safety masks through the entire process.

Spraying the body in the very small backyard of an apartment building I share with neighbors was a real pain. I was reminded of why I haven’t done any collage or assemblage projects in recent years. It’s just incredibly hard to work on art projects when you have no studio space or even a garage to work in.

But enough of my bitchin…

I really enjoyed starting the blushing/painting process on my Dollfie! I’m using ZM Pastels & Mr. Color paints and the process is slow going, but fun. Having access to an airbrush would make things much easier and quicker, but I don’t have anywhere that I could use one even if I owned one. I like working on the minor details with my paintbrush anyway so I’m not sure if I’d enjoy working with an airbrush as much.

Here’s a comparison shot of the sanded and sprayed oldskin feet. One foot has been blushed and painted by me and the other one obviously hasn’t yet.

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