Little Lark - 8” x 12” Paint Inlay

Little Lark is IOD’s first 8” x 12” small-format paint inlay, created for detailed, smaller-scale projects. The artwork is drawn from the 19th-century book The Bird by Jules Michelet, featuring birds, nests, florals, and pastoral vignettes in a classic toile-inspired layout—full of charming details that you just have to see up close to appreciate.

When you apply an IOD Paint Inlay, Artisanal Paint is embedded into your surface and the paper is removed, leaving an authentic painted design and a buttery, almost leather-like surface on your project.

More About this Design -

Rendered in a three-color palette of sepia black, indigo, and soft green—reminiscent of vintage china—it’s perfect for creating your own faux china-style finishes. The set includes frames, wreaths, and borders to help build compositions and define focal areas, offering plenty of creative flexibility. Vignette scenes can be softened by gently moving pigment with a wet brush for a watercolor effect, highlighting one of our favorite qualities of paint inlays.

The oval gallery blank in the example photo is available here! The frame moulding comes from the Cadré mould!

As a special detail, the beloved cover artwork from this book also appears in our Athenaeum foil transfer.

An Innovative Technique Developed & Patented by IOD!

The 8 sheets will transfer a bright layer of paint in 1st applications - set the sheet aside for 2nd, and maybe even 3rd applications of lighter design, and a more distressed look. The possibilities are endless! You can reconstitute the paint after application, and even add more colors. Experiment. Have fun... almost every application has slight variations that make the project unique.

We highly recommend a chalk type paint with no polymers and finishing up with water based top coat or sealer. IOD has many videos showing different techniques with this brand new product.