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BACKGROUND PUMPKIN ON LEFT
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Using dry medium Mezzaluna brush pick up Orange Twist, take out excess, and stipple on some “speckles” on the top areas of the green. Float across bottom, walking color up toward highlights with Evergreen. Repeat, using Dark Chocolate, not walking up as far; repeat, using Bittersweet Chocolate.
Stem: Basecoat with Antique Green. Dry-brush with small Mezzaluna brush or float for highlights: Antique Green+Cashmere Beige (approx. 1:1). Add Burlap to dirty brush; add Light Sage to center section only. Shade with Light Avocado, then Avocado, then Midnite Green to separate sections, at bottom of cut edge, and bottom. Add a touch of Dark Chocolate shading to bottom only.
Background Pumpkin on Right: Basecoat with Eggshell. NOTE – The first highlight is the widest; each successive highlight is a little narrower. Using dry small or medium Mezzaluna brush, pick up base color, take out excess on palette, pick up Light Sage, take out excess, and dry-brush highlights on each section. Repeat, picking up more Light Sage in dirty brush. Repeat, picking up Warm White; repeat, picking up more Warm White.
Shadows: NOTE – The first shadow is the widest; each successive shadow is a little narrower. Shade next to each section, walking floats out toward highlights in each section and across bottom, above front pumpkin, with Celery Green. Repeat, picking up Antique Green in dirty brush. Repeat, picking up Light Avocado; repeat, using Avocado – this color adds a bit of a bluish cast. Add more highlights if necessary. When dry, wash over entire pumpkin with Light Lime to bring out the “blues.”
Stem: Basecoat with Eggshell. Highlight as above, dry-brushing colors or floating next to pattern lines. Shade each section at bottom and at top with Celery Green, then Antique Green, then Light Avocado, and finally Dark Chocolate.
BACKGROUND PUMPKIN ON RIGHT
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