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ACRYLIC
Painter’s Checklist
SuRFACE
81⁄2" x 11" x 1⁄4" (21.6 x 27.9 x 0.6cm) pressed wood or Masonite board
PALETTE
JO SONJA’S ARTISTS’ COLOURS
Carbon Black Colony Blue Hookers Green Indian Red Oxide Jade
Napthol Red Light Prussian Blue Hue Rose Pink
Titanium White (bottle) Yellow Deep
JO SONJA’S BACKGROUND COLOURS Espresso
Island Sand
BRuSHES
2" foam brush
LOEW-CORNELL
Series 32 no. 6 bristle fan (optional/spattering) LA CORNEILLE GOLDEN TAKLON
Series 7040 nos. 2 & 4 round strokes
Series 7050 nos. 6/0 & 18/0 script liners Series 7300 no. 4 shader
Series 7550 11⁄2" glaze/wash
SuPPLIES
Basic painting supplies (page 127) 0000 steel wool
18" quilting ruler (transparent) Antiquing materials (optional)
Blue painter’s tape (1") Cardboard paper towel roll core Cotton swabs
Disposable gloves
Jo Sonja’s All Purpose Sealer
Jo Sonja’s Flow Medium
Jo Sonja’s Kleister Medium Liberty Art Acrylic Matte Varnish Paper plate (small)
Paste wax
Plastic food wrap
X-acto knife or safety razor blade
SOuRCES
n Masonite board (item no. WDSF217) and the Metal Cookbook Stand (item no. HMDC023) can be purchased from Patricia Rawlinson’s Creative Arts Lifestyle, P.O. Box 938, Gallipolis, OH 45631; (740) 441-1564; www.creativeartslifestyle.com.
n Liberty Art Acrylic Matte Varnish can be pur- chased from Hofcraft: The Painter’s Source at www.hofcraft.com; 1-800-828-0359.
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This beautiful scrolled metal stand makes a very con- venient cookbook (or iPad/tablet) holder. A painted backboard, such as the one featured in this project, makes
a wonderful countertop decoration when the stand is not holding a book. When in use, the stand holds the cook- book at an angle that allows for hands-free reading, and it keeps the book out of harm’s way while you get creative in the kitchen. I have applied a style of Bavarian folk painting known as Bauernmalerei to this board.
COLOR MIXES
Pink Mix: Rose Pink+Napthol Red Light (1:1) Colony Mix: Colony Blue+Titanium White (1:1)
PREPARATION
Basecoat all surfaces of the board (back, front, and edges) with Jo Sonja’s All Purpose Sealer+Island Sand on the 11⁄2" wash, using a slip-slap technique. Allow the piece to dry thoroughly. Next, sand it lightly with sandpaper, removing all debris with a slightly damp paper towel. Using a clean 11⁄2" wash in the same slip-slap manner, apply a coat of Island Sand to the entire surface of the board’s front.
FRONT: Measure in 11⁄4" (3.2cm) from all four edges of the board, lightly penciling in a rectangle using those param- eters. Place blue painter’s tape along the inside of the rect- angle’s lines, and then square the corners where the pieces of tape meet using an X-acto knife and a ruler. Firmly seal all edges of the tape by pressing them down with a plastic ruler
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