Here is the next set up I'm working on. The truck is a Wyandotte Stake Truck dated around World War II - 1930's - 40's. It is on loan from a VERY nice gentleman I met at an antique mall at a town 100 miles from home.
Bill Shideler has a booth at the Red Barn in Round Top and a website where he sales his antique toys. This particular truck is made from pressed metal and has wooden wheels.
I told Bill that I've been using antique toys as subjects in my oil paintings to capture them before they deteriorate... he gifted me a Wyandotte truck like Heavy Metal - but in much better condition (which I'll be using in a future painting) and loaned me this stake truck and a tin mechanical airplane and asked me to return them when I was finished! There ought to be more trusting soles out there like Bill.
The horse toy is actually from Tinker Toys. It was made pre-tinker toys (that we're familiar with) in Evanston, Illinois. I ran across a sales ad which has it pictured - dated 1927. How fun is that!
The satined glass window has seen better days - probably 1940's. The paint is peeling off the frame like crazy! But the beautiful colored glass shaping the arrow is a gorgeous emerald and crimson. I hope I can do it justice.
Here is the photo set up:
and the drawing:
I'll be posting my progress daily.
