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This gingerbread gal has been busy baking up some gingerbread boys and girls all her own. Sweetie is a whimsical Christmas design that is perfect to paint for a
very special Christmas cookie-sharing event or just to add a bit of sweetness to your Christmas décor.
COLOR MIXES
Medium Green Mix: Moss Green+Teal Green (2:1) Medium Brown Mix: Raw Sienna+Fawn (3:1)
PREPARATION
Sand the plate with fine-grit sandpaper.
Basecoat the entire plate, front and back, with Medium Brown Mix+Jo Sonja’s All Purpose Sealer. If you need to base with a second coat, it is not necessary to add sealer. Dry com- pletely and transfer all of the major pattern lines with wax- free transfer paper.
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ACRYLIC
Painter’s Checklist
SuRFACE
10" x 105⁄8" (25.4 x 27cm) wooden gingerbread cutout plate
PALETTE
JO SONJA’S ARTISTS’ COLOURS Brown Earth
Burnt Umber
Carbon Black
Fawn
Moss Green Napthol Crimson Raw Sienna Storm Blue
Teal Green Titanium White
BRuSHES
LOEW-CORNELL
LA CORNEILLE GOLDEN TALKON Series AMM 1⁄4" mop
Series 275 3⁄4" mop
Maxine Thomas mop
Series 7000 nos. 1 & 3 rounds Series 7300 nos. 8, 12 & 20 flats Series 7350 nos. 4, 6 & 12 filberts Series 7350 no. 10/0 liner
SuPPLIES
Basic painting supplies (page 159) Jo Sonja’s All Purpose Sealer
Jo Sonja’s Clear Glaze Medium
Jo Sonja’s Flow Medium
Jo Sonja’s Retarder Medium
Jo Sonja’s Polyurethane Matte Varnish Jo Sonja’s Polyurethane Satin Varnish Martin/F. Weber Turpenoid
SOuRCES
Wooden gingerbread plate (item no. 18-9195) is available from Viking Woodcrafts,
1317 8th St. S.E., Waseca, MN 56093; 1-800-328-0116; www.vikingwoodcrafts.com.
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