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PREPARATION
Sand the surface of the box until smooth. Remove dust with tack cloth. Using the 3⁄4" wash with Jo Sonja’s Clear Glaz- ing Medium+Dark Chocolate (4:1), basecoat the top of the lid. Basecoat the rest of the box (inside and out) with two or three coats of Dark Goldenrod, allowing the paint to dry completely between each coat.
Using painter’s tape, mask off the verticle stripes around the outside of the box in 1" (2.4cm) intervals. Using the no. 10 flat with Burnt Umber, basecoat every other stripe. Allow this to dry.
Transfer the design using light graphite paper and a stylus.
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ACRYLIC
Painter’s Checklist
SuRFACE
11.3" x 7.4" x 3.1" (28.6 x 18.8 x 8cm) wooden oval box
PALETTE
DELTA CERAMCOAT ACRYLICS AC Flesh
Avocado
Burnt Umber
Candy Bar Brown Dark Chocolate Dark Goldenrod Georgia Clay Hippo Grey
Ivory
Light Ivory
Light Timberline Green
Maple Sugar Tan
Moss Green
Mudstone
Old Parchment
Raw Sienna
Red Iron Oxide
Roman Stucco
Tomato Spice
DECOART AMERICANA ACRYLICS Soft Black
Yellow Ochre
BRuSHES
3⁄4" wash
Nos. 6 & 8 filberts
Nos. 4, 6, 8, 10 & 1" flats Nos. 1 & 10/0 liners
SuPPLIES
Basic painting supplies (page 159) 1⁄2" painter’s tape
Jo Sonja’s Clear Glazing Medium Water-based acrylic matte varnish
SOuRCE
The Oval Box is available from SETOCO, 2-9-11 Izumi Higashi-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Pref., Japan; (052-932-3891). Similar surfaces can be found at many art or hobby stores.
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