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ACRYLIC
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SURFACE
16 3⁄4" x 12" x 6 1⁄2" (42.5 x 30.5 x 16.5cm) oval bentwood basket with handles
PALETTE
DECOART AMERICANA ACRYLICS
Antique Maroon Antique White Baby Blue Bahama Blue Black Green Blue Chiffon Brandy Wine Burnt Umber Butter Butterscotch Cadmium Red Camel
Cocoa
Country Red
Deep Midnight Blue Desert Turquoise Golden Straw Green Tea
Grey Sky
Hauser Dark Green
BRUSHES
Hauser Light Green Hauser Medium Green Honey Brown
Irish Moss
Lamp Black
Light Buttermilk Light Cinnamon Margarita
Milk Chocolate Mustard Seed Peony Pink Plantation Pine Raw Sienna Saffron Yellow Sapphire Blue Snow White
Soft Black
Sour Apple Green Winter Blue Yellow Ochre
LOEW-CORNELL
LA CORNEILLE GOLDEN TAKLON Series DM 1⁄4" stippler
Series JS no. 10/0 liner
Series 798 1" flat glaze wash Series 7050 no. 1 script liner Series 7120 3⁄8" rake
Series 7300 nos. 2, 4, 6 & 1⁄2" flats Series 7350 nos. 2 & 4 liners Series 7400 1⁄4", 3⁄8", 1⁄2", 5⁄8" & 3⁄4"
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62 The Decorative Painter • ISSUE NO. 2, 2015
When Hofcraft sent me this basket to create a design for, my immediate inspiration was a picnic table displaying a smorgasbord of warm-weather food. Of
course, a picnic table requires a tablecloth. I love paint- ing on fabric backgrounds attached to wood surfaces. This is a fun project, and you can make as much or as little work out of it as you want. I chose to use fabric for the tablecloth, but you could paint the checkered background directly on the wooden lid. The possibilities are endless! Do what you choose and have fun with this piece.
PREPARATION
Seal the lid and basket with DecoArt Multi-Purpose Seal- er. Let dry. Gently sand it smooth. If using fabric, cut your chosen fabric so it is 1" to 2" (2.5 to 5 cm) bigger than your surface. Wash the sizing out of the fabric with soap and wa- ter and rinse. While the fabric is damp, iron it well so no wrinkles show up in your piece after it is painted.
If the fabric you’ve chosen is thin, dark areas of the wood underneath might show through. If necessary, apply a basecoat of Snow White to the wood surface. When dry, apply a heavy layer of DecoArt DuraClear Satin Varnish to the top of the lid. While this is wet, position the fabric on top of the lid. Use the plastic gloves to avoid getting varnish on your fingers. Using your fingers, smooth out any wrinkles in the fabric. Using the 1" wash, apply more varnish, pushing down with the brush to saturate the fabric and the wood. Let dry completely.
Trace the designs onto the Canary tracing paper. When the fabric and wood are completely dry, sand the lid. This step will dull the fabric, but it should not damage it. Remove sanding debris with a damp paper towel.
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