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OIL
Painter’s Checklist
SURFACE
181⁄2" x 10" (46.99 x 25.40 cm) wood cutout
PALETTE
WINSOR & NEWTON ARTISTS’ OIL COLOUR
Burnt Umber
Cadmium Yellow Pale
French Ultramarine
Green Gold
Indian Yellow
Indigo
DELTA CERAMCOAT ACRYLICS
Antique White Quaker Grey
Hippo Grey
DECOART AMERICANA ACRYLICS Bittersweet Chocolate Soft Sage
Cool Neutral
DECOART AMERICANA DAZZLING METALLICS Champagne Gold
DECOART CRAFT TWINKLES GLITTER PAINT Crystal
DECOART GLAMOUR DUST
Silver Bling or Gold Glitz
BRUSHES
3⁄4" flat (or larger if desired) No. 5/0 liner
Nos. 2/0, 1 & 2 mops Nos. 2, 4, 6 & 8 shaders No. 1⁄2 angular
No. 0 round
SUPPLIES
Basic painting supplies (page 96)
Jo Sonja’s Clear Glaze Medium
Jo Sonja’s Kleister Medium
Winsor & Newton Refined Linseed Oil J.W. etc. Right-Step Water Base Clear Varnish (Satin)
Liquitex Flexible Modeling Paste Crystal stone
Stamp – your choice
Stencil sponge
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Ivory Black Naples Yellow Raw Sienna Raw Umber Titanium White Yellow Ochre
PREPARATION
Lightly sand the entire surface.
Using 3⁄4" or larger flat, basecoat the entire surface with wash of Bittersweet Chocolate+Hippo Grey (3:1). Reapply if you need more cover on the surface.
After basecoat is completely dry, apply Jo Sonja’s Clear Glaze Medium. Let dry, then trace the design onto the surface.
Basecoat side of the ribbon with Soft Sage. (This is not a wash finish.)
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