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STEP-BY-STEP
GLASS BALLS
STEP 1 STEP 2
Dark Brown Mix: Ultramarine Blue+Burnt Umber (1:1) Cool Black Mix: Ultramarine Blue+Burnt Umber (2:1) WarmBlackMix: UltramarineBlue+BurntUmber(1:2)
COLOR MIXES
Refer to Value Key in Diagram 1 for the value placement.
Highlight Mix: Opaque White+Warm Black Mix+ Burnt Umber (1:1:1)
Light Mix: Highlight Mix+Burnt Umber+
Dark Brown Mix (1:1:1)
Medium Mix: Light Mix+Dark Brown Mix (1:1) Dark Mix: Cool Black Mix+Warm Black Mix (1:1)
Transfer the pattern packet with white graphite using a stylus.
Basecoat the overlay with Medium Grey Value 6+ DecoArt Multi-Purpose Sealer.
Stipple DecoArt Snow-Tex with a scruffy brush. Leave some areas of background showing through. Skip some areas. Let it dry at least four hours.
Wash over the frame with the Cool Black Mix. Let dry.
Tint the frame here and there with Iced Espresso, Black Shimmer, and very little of Elegant Emerald.
STEP 3
D TABLE
CB
DB DB DB
COLOR KEY
DB = CB = WB = BU = UB = W =
Dark Brown Mix Cool Black Mix Warm Black Mix Burnt Umber Ultramarin Blue Opaque White
DIAGRAM 1
M
M+WB D+W
HL L
CB DB+W
DB+W
BU+W
CB
VALUE KEY
HL = Highlight Mix L = Light Mix
M = Medium Mix D = Dark Mix
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