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ACRYLIC
Painter’s Checklist
SURFACE
Wood clock 9" x 22 3⁄4" x 2 3⁄4" (22.86 x 57.78 x 6.98 cm)
PALETTE
DECOART AMERICANA ACRYLICS Antique Rose
Blue Harbor
Burlap
Burnt Sienna
Camel
Deep Burgundy Deep Midnight Blue Espresso
Flesh Tone
Foliage Green
Grape Juice
Hauser Medium Green Indian Turquoise
Lamp (Ebony) Black Purple Cow
Spice Pink
Tangelo Orange Tomato Red
Warm White
Wasabi Green Wedgewood Blue Whispering Turquoise
BRUSHES
No. 8 filbert
Nos. 4 - 20 flat
SCHARFF
Series 455 no.1 liner brush or LOEW-CORNELL
Series 7350 no. 2 liner brush 3⁄4" mop brush
SUPPLIES
Basic painting supplies (page 96) Black permanent pen
SOURCES
Wood clock (#100295) available from
www.cabincrafters.com.
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PREPARATION
Basecoat the entire clock using your favorite brush and Lamp (Ebony) Black. As I basecoated the houses, I did not use any water in my brush. Some background will show through here and there. Start from the back and work forward.
PAINTER’S TIP
Use the mop brush to soften all the floated color. Just pounce the mop up and down a few times where the color and water meet.
LET’S PAINT
HOUSE 1: House: Spice Pink. Door: Tomato Red. Shade un- der roof and next to the other houses: Lamp (Ebony) Black. Roof and windows: Camel. Using the liner brush, paint plaid stripes on the roof with very thin Tomato Red. When dry, re- inforce the square where plaid crosses with Deep Burgundy. HOUSE 2: House: Blue Harbor. Shade under roof: Lamp (Ebony) Black. Roof: Grape Juice. Highlight roof with Purple Cow. Windows: Camel. Door: Foliage Green.
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