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ACRYLIC
Painter’s Checklist
SURFACE
10 1⁄2" x 10 3⁄8" (26.67 x 26.36cm) wooden plack
PALETTE
DECOART AMERICANA ACRYLICS
Blush Flesh
Burnt Umber Buttermilk
Camel
Cocoa
Desert Turquoise Hauser Light Green
BRUSHES
Lamp Black
Midnite Green
Moon Yellow
Raw Sienna
Traditional Burnt Umber Warm White
Winter Blue
ROYAL & LANGNICKEL BRUSH MFG. CO. Aqualon Series R2150 nos. 6 & 10 shaders Aqualon Series R2170 no. 6 filbert
Aqualon Series R2595 nos. 0, 3/0 & 1 liners Aqualon Series R2250 nos. 2 & 6 rounds Aqualon Series R2935 1⁄4" filbert wisp
Royal Decorative Art Series R660 1⁄4" deerfoot stippler
Snowhite Taklon Series 845 1" Signwriter (for sealing and varnishing)
SUPPLIES
Basic painting supplies (page 96) DecoArt Americana Drying Time Extender DecoArt DuraClear Satin Varnish
DecoArt Multi-Purpose Sealer
Sea sponge
Soft cloth
Sponge roller
Wet palette
White chalk
SOURCE
The surface is available from Viking Woodcrafts, Inc., 1317 8th St. SE, Waseca, MN 56093; 1 (800) 328-0116; www.vikingwoodcrafts.com.
56 The Decorative Painter • ISSUE NO. 2, 2015
Ilove simple flowers such as daises, as do my teddy bears! This project features my fur painting technique of using lay- ers of colors. As I always say to my students, take the time to define the values, tones, lights, and shadows when choosing
and mixing colors. And always love your project while paint- ing it—the result will impress you.
PREPARATION
Lightly sand the surface and wipe clean with a soft cloth. Ap- ply DecoArt Multi-Purpose Sealer. Let dry. Sand and wipe clean again. Basecoat with two coats of Winter Blue using a sponge roller. Sand and wipe clean again. Dab a sea sponge into thinned Desert Turquoise and apply over 70 percent of the surface. Let dry. Lightly sand and wipe clean. Trace and transfer the design without the arrows.
LET’S PAINT
TEDDY BEAR
Refer to the Step-by-Step on page 57.
STEP 1: Load the deerfoot stippler with Raw Sienna and stipple around the edges of the bear. Basecoat the remainder of the bear with Raw Sienna using a no. 6 filbert. Using the no. 2 round, paint
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