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ACRYLIC
STEP 2: Shade in deeper areas and some outer areas with Antique White+Honey Brown.
STEP 3: Highlight the areas shown with Snow White. Tip: When using white to highlight, load the float brush and blend only twice to keep a strong amount of white in the tip of the brush.
STEP 4: Paint the tiny watermelon meat with Country Red. Apply a line of Margarita at the rind end and add Hauser Medium Green to the rind. Add dots of Lamp Black for seeds, then add a tiny Snow White highlight dot. No need to shade.
STEP 5: Basecoat the knife with Country Red, shade all around the inside with Antique Maroon, and dry-brush highlight with Snow White. Basecoat the spoon with Snow White. Basecoat the fork with Baby Blue.
STEP 6: Shade the bowl of the spoon, the tip, and the bottom with Grey Sky. Shade the fork with Sapphire Blue where the color worksheet shows.
STEP 7: For highlights, add thin lines of Snow White to the fork and knife.
STEP 8: The bow is Sapphire Blue. Shade the folds with Deep Midnight Blue.
STEP 9: Add detail lines of Snow White.
GLASS OLIVE DISH
STEP 1: Wash the dish with Snow White, keeping it light. If you get it too dark, it will be an opaque dish.
STEP 2: Let it dry completely, and then float the inside with Snow White. Do this a second time if not heavy enough. STEP 3: Basecoat the trim with Bahama Blue. Shade with Desert Turquoise.
STEP 4: Highlight with floated Snow White, then add Snow White lines for brighter highlights.
BLACK OLIVES
STEP 1: Basecoat the olives with Soft Black. Fill the holes with Lamp Black.
STEP 2: Float around the hole with very soft Snow White+Soft Black.
STEP 3: At the other end, dry-brush a highlight. Next, add brighter Snow White with the brush tip or your stylus. Add some watery Soft Black to the bottom of the dish for juice, and add some Snow White highlights.
GREEN OLIVES
STEP 1: Basecoat the olives with Hauser Medium Green. Add the pimento with Country Red.
STEP 2: Shade the bottom of the olives with floated Haus-
er Dark Green. Highlight the top of the olive under the pimento with floated Margarita until you like the color. STEP 3: Wash some Margarita under the olives for juice. Add some little Snow White highlights. Shade the pimento where it goes into the olive hole with Antique Maroon. Dry- brush highlights with Snow White and a dot of Snow White.
FINISHING THE BASKET LID
Basecoat the lid edges on the top with Hauser Medium Green. When dry, sponge the edges with Hauser Dark Green, then add some Irish Moss to the sponge. While the darker green is still in it, work it in just enough to be able to see both colors on the sponge and apply it to the edge all around. If you get a little on the Margarita line, touch it up. The inside of the lid and the inside of the basket are Sour Apple Green.
Basecoat the handles and outside of the basket with Peony Pink. Sponge with Country Red, and then add some Antique Maroon, blending it into the Country Red by using the pouncing technique. When dry, add the seeds with the same technique as on the plate on the lid. Make some of them go partly behind the trim that will be at the bottom. Let dry.
BOTTOM BORDER
I like perfectly straight lines, so I use painter’s tape to achieve that. One thing to be aware of when using tape is that if you do not make sure it is sealed completely, paint will leak under it. To prevent that, do the following: Use an old credit card to press the edge that will come in con- tact with paint, then apply a layer of either the original basecoat, or a layer of varnish to seal that edge. When dry, apply the color instructed.
SPONGING TECHNIQUE
Wet your sea wool sponge, wring out ex- cess water, and then dip into the first color list- ed. Pounce the sponge into the color. Dip the pounced sponge into a little water, and pounce onto a stack of paper towels. This will give a soft, watered look to the sponging. If a second color is listed, add it while the first color is in the sponge. Because you will be working with so much water, you will have plenty of time to work this until you’ve reached the desired look. A little extra water and a well-pounced sponge are the largest factor in creating a soft look.
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