Lovely Old Pine Stool with History of Reinforcements school work sampler as they seemed rather less

as they seemed rather less concerned with the details of the face of this presumably Dutch man--sweetly and a bit hesitantly penciling in eyes

One one side is a nude Eve

Acrylic on cardstock with a linen finish (with a bit of a sheen)

I would treat it as a sculptural object for the shelf

One one side is

Lovely Old Pine Stool with History of Reinforcements school work sampler as they seemed rather lessAnother great old perfect pedestal sort of cricket stool, because they are such lovely and useful things. I really love how the history of this one 19th c. and made of pine I believe unfolds across its surface as a series of repairs and reinforcements, testifying to its having been a much used and valued possession. There are a range of different nails, some of them showing carved plugs; a mend to the front of one leg (quite an old repair), and two