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Painter’s Checklist
SURFACE
18" round plate (45.72 cm), 11 3⁄4" diameter inside painting circle, 2 1⁄2" wide rim painting surface
PALETTTE
DECOART TRADITIONS ARTIST ACRYLICS
Burnt Sienna
Burnt Umber Carbon Black Cobalt Blue Hue Dioxazine Purple Hansa Yellow Light Grey Value 8 Light Violet Medium Beige Medium Green Naphthol Red
BRUSHES
Pine Green Prussian Blue Hue Sapphire Blue Titanium White True Gold
True Silver Vermilion
Warm White Yellow Deep Yellow Oxide
Medium & Large Mop
3 to 4 old wash brushes Scrumbling brushes –
old worn nos. 6 & 8 flat or filbert JO SONJA SURE TOUCH BRUSHES Series 1385 nos. 4 & 6 filbert Series 1350 nos. 1 & 4 round Series 1360 no. 2 short liner
Series 3020 no. 10/0 short liner
(or Raphael 8408 no. 2/0 fine pointed liner)
SUPPLIES
Basic painting supplies (page 96) DecoArt Multi-Surface Sealer
DecoArt Extender & Blending Medium DecoArt Satin Varnish
Small lazy Susan (optional – helps in turning the plate during basecoat)
2 or 3 small sponges
Scotch tape or painter’s tape Water spray bottle
Plastic wrap
Latex gloves
Quick-Wood, 8 ounce tube Craft glue
SOURCES
Turn of the Century Wood Products,
www.turnofthecentury-in.com.
While on a drive through the Hudson Valley of New York, we stopped at Tarrytown, which was made infamous by Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” a story capturing the imagination of Halloween scares, mystery, and spookiness. I especially liked the narrative describing Icha- bod Crane: “He was tall and exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, and feet that might have served for shovels. His head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weathercock perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew.” The story begged to be painted and will serve for generations to come in our family retelling the Headless Horseman and Ichabod Crane on Hollow’s Eve.
PREPARATION
Sand and seal wood with DecoArt Multi-Surface Sealer. Dry. Lightly sand and wipe clean.
COLOR MIXES
DarkBlueMix: PrussianBlueHue+TitaniumWhite(1:2) Medium Gray Mix: Light Grey Value 8+Carbon Black (1:tch) DarkGrayMix: LightGreyValue8+CarbonBlack(2:1)
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