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BITTERSWEET BRANCHES
Line in with a brush-mix of Evergreen+Heritage Brick (2:1). Add berries with the back end of a large brush. (I couldn’t get them to stick with a smaller brush.) Don’t worry if they are not perfectly round. Add a dot of Tangelo to highlight and shade at the opposite side with Heritage Brick. Add some extra berries to branches with DecoArt Craft Twinkle Writer, Orange.
SHADING
With a brush-mix of Evergreen+Heritage Brick (2:1), dry-brush around the edge of the plate and inside the rim of the plate. Add more Heritage Brick to the mix and brush in and around the entire design, making it wider at the right of the pumpkin, around and under
the lower leaves, keeping it narrower and a bit lighter as you get to the top of the pumpkin and top leaf. I did this very lightly on the left side of the pumpkin. Pick up Black Plum on a dirty brush and add more shading in the darker areas; repeat, picking up Graphite and using this mainly under the leaves and at the bottom right of the pumpkin.
GLITTER
I love using glitter! I used the Tiger Orange Glit- ter Paint on the pumpkin, red/orange leaf, and berries and a little on green/yellow leaves where I added some orange. I used DecoArt Glamour Dust Ultra Fine Glit- ter Paint, Limelight on the stem, green/yellow leaves, the lettering, and top of stenciled areas where the Chartreuse Yellow is. Enjoy!
artist’s sketch
Barbara began painting and teaching this art form over 30 years ago and has taught at many conferences over the years and at various painting chapters in the East and Midwest. She continues to teach on a regular basis in her home studio and wherever her travels take her.
Her designs have been featured in many magazines and eZines. Barbara has been named to the Directory of Traditional American Crafts by Early American Life Magazine for over 12 years. The artists on this exclusive list represent the best ”for their finely wrought skill” in telling wonderful stories with their reproduction artwork.
Barbara is a member of the Society of Decorative Painters, Decorative Arts Collection, Tole Painters of the
where she has served in various board positions. She has exhibited at fine art and craft shows in Ohio and Virginia for many years. You may contact Barbara at: Barbara (Franzreb) Bunsey, 909 Berkshire Drive, Macedonia, OH 44056; (330) 467-7402; bbunsey@calicogoose.com; or visit her website at www.calicogoose.com.
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Design is 40% of original. Enlarge 250% for actual size.
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