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HOUSE 6: House: Blue Harbor. Shade on left side: Deep Midnight Blue. Door: Foliage Green. Windows: Camel. Roof: Grape Juice. Highlight right side: Purple Cow. Shade left side: Lamp (Ebony) Black.
HOUSE 7: House: Camel. Shade: Lamp (Ebony) Black on left side. Door: Blue Harbor. Roof: Tomato Red. Shade across top: Deep Burgundy. Liner and dots: Warm White.
HOUSE 8: Front of house: Indian Turquoise. Door: Grape Juice. Side of house: Whispering Turquoise. Shade under roof and down left side: Wedgewood Blue. Heart: Spice Pink. Highlight top round parts with Spice Pink+Warm White (1:1). Roof: Warm White with Lamp (Ebony) Black checks.
CHICKEN: Warm White. Shade with Warm White+Lamp (Ebony) Black (1:tch). Tummy: very thinned Antique Rose. Beak: Camel. Comb and wattle are small strokes of Tomato Red. Nest: Camel.
TREES: Medium coat of Hauser Medium Green. Highlight: Foliage Green. Trunk and branches: Espresso. Leaves: Foliage Green applied with filbert brush. Apples: large dots of Tomato Red. Shade with Deep Burgundy, highlight with Antique Rose.
ANGEL: Wings: thinned Warm White. Shade next to face: Lamp (Ebony) Black. Highlight outside edges with more Warm White. Dots: very thinned Warm White applied with liner brush. Face: Flesh Tone, two coats. Shade across top: Flesh Tone+Burnt Sienna (1:1). Nose: Use liner brush to apply Flesh Tone+Burnt Sienna (1:1). Cheeks: very thinned Antique Rose. Hair: Use liner brush to apply Tangelo Orange. Eyes: Lamp (Ebony) Black.
STARS: Thinned Warm White – you can stencil them if you like.
PEN WORK: Use the black permanent pen to add detail. Use the picture and pattern as a guide. I used double lines around all doors and windows. House 7 just has pen work for windows.
Trim top and bottom with colors from the palette. I used Indian Turquoise on the top and Foliage Green on the bottom.
CLOCK FACE: Use the pattern and print it out on card stock. Cut it out and glue in place. Punch hole through the center and add clock parts.
artist’s sketch
Shara Reiner cda is a wife, mother, grandmother, and painter, best known for her funky, free-and-fun folk art style. Shara has authored eight books, coauthored four, and designed hundreds of packets. Her travel-teaching has taken her throughout the United States and beyond.
Shara has been a member of SDP since 1981. You may write to her at 12815 Camino de la Breccia, San Diego, CA 92128; or email shara@angelthyme.com. Visit Shara’s website at angelthyme.com.
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