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ACRYLIC
Painter’s Checklist
PALETTE
DECOART AMERICANA ACRYLICS Banana Cream
Bleached Sand
Dove Grey
Golden Straw
Lamp (Ebony) Black Light Avocado
Midnite Green Neutral Grey
Orchid
Plantation Pine
Raw Sienna
Royal Purple
Shale Green
Snow (Titanium) White Wild Orchid
BRUSHES
LOEW-CORNELL
Series 7300 nos. 2, 4, 6, & 8 shader Series 7400 1⁄2" angle
Series 7350 no. 0 or 1 fine liner
SUPPLIES
Basic painting supplies (page 96)
Sta-Wet Painter’s Pal
60" of 1 1⁄2" wide soft grey-green wired ribbon Fine grain square of sponge
Mona Lisa White Super Chacopaper
Viva paper towels
Waterbase varnish
1" brush for varnishing
SOURCE
The plaque (#20-11231), the bat hanger (20-11230), and Mona Lisa White Super and Chacopaper are all available from Viking Woodcrafts Inc., 800-328-0116; www.vikingwoodcrafts.com.
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FACIAL FEATURES
Using a no. 4 or 6 shader, float in the facial features with Bleached Sand to neutralize color, which will establish various facial areas, in- cluding wrinkles and the brow. You may need to switch to a smaller shader brush for some of the narrow areas, and perhaps a no. 8 shad- er to float in the rounded cheek bottoms. Float in the main portion of her eyes with the no. 6 shader using Bleached Sand. Use a no. 8 shader to float a strong value of Bleached Sand to neutralize the hat band. Use a no. 2 or no. 4 shader to float a strong value of the same color to neutralize the buckle. She has a single tooth that needs a little more color using Bleached Sand.
HAIR
Load the no. 2 shader with Orchid+Neutral Grey (2:1) and pull out wild hair strands. Let some of the black background remain to shade between strands of hair. Make hair strands that are pleasing to you. It’s not really important where hair strands lay. Just keep the heavy hair strands relative to the light shoulder line shapes.
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