Page 68 - The Decorative Painter Spring 2015

ACRYLIC
Painter’s Checklist
SURFACE
21" x 153⁄4" (53.3 x 40cm) oval cattail plaque
BRUSHES
DECOART TRADITIONS ARTIST ACRYLICS Burnt Sienna
Burnt Umber
Carbon Black
Cerulean Blue Diarylide Yellow Hansa Yellow Napthol Red Light Phthalo Blue
Pine Green Quinacridone Gold Raw Sienna
Raw Umber
Red Violet
Titanium White Ultramarine Blue Yellow Oxide
BRUSHES
LOWEL CORNELL
Series 270 1⁄4" & 3⁄4" Maxine’s mops Series 4000 no. 6 round
Series 4300 nos. 4, 6 & 12 shaders Series 4600 3⁄4" oval wash
Series 7050 no. 10/0 liner
Series 7520 1⁄4" & 1⁄2" filbert rakes Series 7930 no. 6 flora
SUPPLIES
Basic painting supplies (page 96)
DecoArt Traditions Extender & Blending Medium DecoArt Traditions Glazing Medium
DecoArt Traditions Satin Varnish
Ultimate 3 in 1 Color Tool (optional)
SOURCES
n The LW Oval Cattail Plaque oval plaque (item no. 16106) is available from www.paintersparadise.com.
n The Ultimate 3 in 1 Color Tool (item no. TOOL272) is available from Patricia Rawlinson’s Creative Arts Lifestyle at www.creativeartslifestyle.com.
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PREPARATION
Using a pencil or pen and an appropriately sized piece of tracing paper, create a line drawing (pattern) of the photo- graph. If the photograph contains an element that you don’t want to include in your piece (a stray branch, for example), you can simply leave it out. Use solid lines for the pattern’s main lines, and dashes or dots for shadows.
CHOOSING COLORS
If you do not want to use the colors I used, you can choose your own. To choose mine, I used the Ultimate 3 in 1 Color Tool. This handy tool makes color choosing and mixing very simple! The tool shows you quickly and easily how to create an array of different colors from any given color.
You now have a pattern and have chosen your colors. You’re ready to begin!
Using the 3⁄4" oval wash, basecoat the surface (the floor of the oval tray) with Vanilla. Allow this to dry completely, and then lightly sand it. Remove any sanding debris, and then transfer the pattern.
LET’S PAINT
Setting up the palette in an order that is convenient will make painting a snap. My palette is organized as follows: Flesh is at eleven o’clock, Quinacridone Gold at one o’clock, Burnt Sienna at three o’clock, Burnt Umber at five o’clock, and Titanium White at seven o’clock.
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