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ACRYLIC
Painter’s Checklist
SURFACE
Wooden box 11" x 4 1⁄2" x 1 1⁄2";
lid 10" x 3 1⁄2" (27.95 x 11.5 x 2.5 cm; 25.5 x 8.9 cm)
PALETTE
DECOART AMERICANA PALETTE Avocado
Baby Blue
Bright Green
Bright Orange Burnt Orange Cadmium Yellow Country Blue
Lamp (Ebony) Black Lavender Lemonade
Melon
Milk Chocolate Mississippi Mud Mustard Seed
Napa Red
Pineapple
Snow (Titanium) White Spa Blue
True Red
Uniform Blue
Brushes
LOEW-CORNELL BRUSHES
Series 275 1" mop
Series 410 1⁄4" stipple
Series 7150 3⁄4" wash glaze
Series 7300 nos. 4, 8 & 12 shaders Series JS no. 1 liner
Supplies
Basic painting supplies (page 96) DecoArt So Soft Varnish
Fine sanding pad
Gray graphite paper
Soft artist eraser
SOURCES
Bombay shaped wooden box #BB168 is available from Steph’s Folk Art Studio, 323 Hartman Bridge Road, P.O. Box 309, Strasburg, PA 17579; (717) 687-7520; stephsfolkart.com; info@stephsfolkart.com.
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CAR
Basecoat with two layers of Country Blue. Shade to separate the car sections with sideload floats and linework of Uniform Blue. Highlight the top curves of the wheels with a sideload float of Baby Blue. Paint the car windows with sheer Snow (Ti- tanium) White. Shade across the bottom of the windows with a soft sideload float of Uniform Blue. Detail the windows with thin horizontal glass lines in Snow (Titanium) White. Outline the windows with True Red, highlighted on the top curves with a top line of Melon. Paint the door handles with a dash of Lemonade. Basecoat the wheels in Lamp (Ebony) Black. Detail the wheels with a center dot of Bright Green and an outline of Snow (Titanium) White. Basecoat the car key with Bright Green. Shade the car key with a sideload float in a mix of Bright Green+Lamp (Ebony) Black (1:tch). Paint the holes in the key with Spa Blue and outline them with Lemonade.
DUCK
Basecoat the duck with one layer of Mustard Seed. Using a 1⁄4" stipple brush, highlight the sections with Cadmium Yellow, then Pineapple. Shade to separate the duck sections with a soft sideload float of Milk Chocolate. Paint the duck ‘feathers’ with short (1⁄8") lines of Cadmium Yellow, working up in bright- ness with additional layers of Pineapple, then Snow (Titanium) White. To achieve a “messy feather” look, vary the direction of the linework. Basecoat the beak with Burnt Orange. Shade the top curve and separate the beak sections with a soft sideload float of Napa Red. Highlight the beak with a sideload float in a mix of Melon+Bright Orange (1:tch). Further highlight the beak with a line in a mix of Melon+Bright Orange (1:tch). Reinforce the shading on the duck to separate the sections and around the beak with another soft sideload float of Milk Chocolate. Basecoat the small eyes with Milk Chocolate. Paint a small iris with Lamp (Ebony) Black and add a highlight dot into each eye with Snow (Titanium) White.
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