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SKILLBUILDER
ROSES
Using the no. 5/0 liner with Lilac, add the center vein.
STEP-BY-STEP
GREEN LEAvES
STEP 1
Load the no. 4 round with Soft Sage and tip in Light Avocado. Form each leaf with a straight comma-stroke.
HEART-SHAPED LEAvES
Load the no. 1 round with Lilac and tip in Mulberry. Form one half of the heart with a straight comma. Let dry.
Load the no. 1 round with Lilac and tip in Mulberry. Pull the straight comma on the other half.
Continuing with the no. 5/0 liner, pull a short Mulberry line for a leaf stem, extend- ing it into the vein. Accent the outer leaf tips with a curved Coral Blush line.
Using the no. 5/0 liner, pull Lilac lines out from the point.
artist’s sketch
Maureen McNaughton Gourzong cda, tda began her teaching career in Canada in 1974 and was teaching internationally by 1980. She became an SDP member in 1985, a CDA in 1988, and passed the Master Stroke in 1991. In 1999, Maureen was appointed to the SDP Excellence in Teaching Task Force, and she has written numerous articles for The Decorative Painter. You can contact her at maureen@maureenmcnaughton.com, or visit her website at www.maureenmcnaughton.com.
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