Soggibottom bear hospital.

Philip's bear has had a bath, I'm sure he enjoyed it by the look of his face.


I had to play around with acrylic paints........
I could have gone slightly darker but decided to stop while I was ahead.
Why is it when you paint, you always end up with brown ?
When you need to make the colour brown it's hard work.


The new pad is pinned on, the other one is the original.
I had to phone a friend and ask her about the paw pads, I couldn't make out what the original ones were made from.

It seems that Philip's bear is post 2nd world war II. They used to paint on material to give the look of leather because of material shortages....


Here is the finished paw pad.....

I haven't quite finished his paws but I took all the pins out before I put him to bed.

As you see he is coming together...........................