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ACRYLIC
lar flowers are painted using the Medium Yellow Mix. Let some of the background show for a shadow. Emphasize the yellow by adding a bit of Yellow Deep to the edges for extra shadow and use the Light Yellow Mix to highlight.
The three red circle flowers are basecoated with the Medium Red Mix, and shadowed using the Dark Red Mix, and highlighted using a touch of Vermilion.
PURPLE TULIPS
The thin tulip on left side of pattern requires two comma-strokes using the Light Purple Mix. The center is an S-stroke using the Dark Purple Mix. The tulip on the right side of the pattern is made with comma-strokes. Pull the two center petals with Light Purple Mix. With a dirty brush, load into the Dark Purple Mix and pull the two outer petals allowing some streaking of the lighter color to show through.
YELLOW TULIP
STEP 1: CenteroftulipisbasecoatedwithRawSienna.A second coat may be required.
STEP 2: Load a flattened round or filbert in Medium Yel- low Mix and sideload in Raw Sienna. Repaint the center of the tulip with the light side of the brush facing to the center. STEP 3: The secondary petals are painted with a round brush dressed in Raw Sienna and sideloaded in Medium Yellow Mix. The lighter side is facing the outside of the pet- al. Using a dirty brush, sideload in Light Yellow Mix and stroke the two outer petals.
STEP 4: Finishing touches include a soft float of Raw Sienna on inside of each petal. Cap the petals with a com- ma-stroke of Light Yellow Mix tipped in Warm White. Finally, the three center C-strokes are painted with Raw Sienna and sideloaded in Light Yellow Mix. The stamens
are Medium Green Mix with tiny dots of Vermilion and Light Yellow Mix.
RED PEPPERS
Basecoat the peppers using Naphthol Red. With a dirty brush, sideload in Dark Red Mix and paint the shadow side of the pepper. Clean brush. Reload in Naphthol Red and sideload in Light Red Mix. Add this to the highlight side of the pepper. When dry, deepen the highlight and shadows by using a filbert dampened with water and side loaded with Vermillion (for the highlight) and the Dark Red Mix (for shadow). The tops of the peppers are two S-strokes of Dark Green Mix highlighted with Light Green Mix.
FLOWER STAMENS
Flower stamens are Medium Green Mix. Light Yellow Mix dots are used on the stamens of the purple, pink and red flowers. Light Red Mix dots are used on the yellow tulip stamens.
FINISHING TOUCHES
Small strokes to fill out the negative spaces are painted with a liner brush using Medium Green Mix or Light Green Mix. The yellow filler flowers are Medium Yellow Mix dabs of paint starting at the top of the green stem and regress- ing in size from the top toward the bottom on each side of the green stem. Large round dots of Dark Green Mix with Light Green Mix centers are painted at the bottom of the tulips, blue daisy flower, and red rose.
To accent the board, paint Naphthol Red on the side and one of the beaded rims of the board. Dry. Finish with three coats of DecoArt Satin Varnish.
artist’s sketch
Jan Ozolek’s art journey began in the 1970’s. As an Army wife, much of her early training was self-taught from magazines and books she could order through the mail. Army life took her around the world many times and allowed her to study and practice the techniques, styles, and media of decorative and ethnographic art of the United States, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Africa. Jan completed a Masters of Tourism in 2000, and retired from full-time civil service work in 2003. She has contributed as an art instructor and decorative arts travel writer for an online art school and magazine as well as teaches locally. She has been a member of SDP since 2003 and currently is a member of the Old Dominion Decorative Artists in Richmond, Va. She resides in Williamsburg, minutes from one of the nation’s best folk art museums. You can reach her via email at ozolekj@cox.net.
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