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Painter’s Checklist
SURFACE
Papier mâché box, 10 1⁄2" diameter x 6" tall (26.67 x 15.24 cm) – reduce or enlarge the pattern to fit the surface of your choice.
PALETTE
DECOART AMERICANA ACRYLICS Baby Pink
Black Forest Green
Cadmium Yellow
Desert Cactus Desert Turquoise Dioxazine Purple Peony Pink
Red Violet
Vivid Violet Warm White Watermelon Slice Wedgewood Blue
BRUSHES
SCHARFF BRUSHES, INC.
Series 140 no. 20 Golden Taklon Flat Series 155 5⁄8" & 1⁄4" Golden Taklon Angle Prudy’s Best Mops, large & small
Prudy’s Best Liner
SUPPLIES
Basic painting supplies (page 96) DecoArt Finishing Spray, satin or matte
SOURCES
Papier mâché box can be found at your local craft store or Hobby Lobby; Scharff Brushes at www.artbrush.com; Prudy’s Best Brushes
at prudysstudio@yahoo.com.
LET’S PAINT
BASECOATS: The orchid petals are Baby Pink. Leaves and stems are Desert Cactus. The center parts of the orchid: A is Baby Pink, B is Red Violet, C is Warm White. Refer to the Step-by-Steps on page 61.
ORCHID PETALS
See the painted Step-by-Steps on page 61 as well as the finished orchid as each petal is painted slightly differently. STEP 1: The first shade is Peony Pink. Use the 5⁄8" angle brush to paint back-to-back floats down the center. Use the large mop brush to soften.
STEP 2: Float Vivid Violet to shade. Use the small mop brush to soften.
STEP 3: Deepen with Red Violet, allowing some Vivid Violet to show.
STEP 4: The deepest shade is Dioxazine Purple.
STEP 5: The light edges of each petal are floats of Baby Pink. Some petals have floats of Cadmium Yellow as tints. Always mop with the appropriate size mop brush to soften and remove brush strokes.
STEP 6: Use the liner with thinned Red Violet for veins. Float Desert Turquoise as reflected light.
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