Decorative Gouache Fireside Studios "Practice Board" Flower Tree Painting, 1935 carved turtle has lost part of its

has lost part of its side and is stained along the lower edge of the lid

I haven't been able to figure out the artist behind this painting

I think this non-preciousness is made even better when the boards tells stories of the people who made and used them

and with these two wonderfully trailing inky black lines lending just a bit of definition and also tension

I really like how the pale blue vase itself seems to be made of flower petals

Decorative Gouache Fireside Studios "Practice Board" Flower Tree Painting, 1935 carved turtle has lost part of itsI bought a bunch of these together, my favorites of which I am listing individually, then I'll list another handful together, your choice, at a common price. A little digging reveals that "Fireside Studios" the maker of these "practice boards was a division of Fireside Industries, Adrian, Michigan, which sold and promoted all manner of decorative projects targeted to women at home. With these practice boards, one was to complete decorative painting