Encore du papier

I applied the last layers of papier maché to my boxes. This sort of thing takes a long time to complete because each layer has to (at least almost) dry in-between layers.
But, for my final application, I used light-coloured paper, to give a smoother finish for painting.

It looks at bit dull and grey, but with a bit of decoration, it will be much smarter.

Here are the two boxes when dry:

I'm not entirely happy with the finish. Papier maché doesn't always work perfectly and in this case, some of it didn't adhere to the box very well, but it has produced a workable, stacking box system, which I can add to as I get more boxes, so it will do.

I painted the boxes purple, with some leftover emulsion, so here they are finished: