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Painter’s Checklist
SURFACE
Polyester canvas, 16" x 20" (40.64 x 50.80 cm)
PALETTE
DECOART AMERICANA ACRYLICS
Antique Gold
Antique Maroon
Avocado
Baby Blue
Bahama Blue
Black Green
Blue Chiffon
Burnt Sienna
Burnt Umber
DECOART TRADITIONS ARTIST ACRYLICS
Indian Yellow Naphthol Red
BRUSHES
Opaque White Vermilion
Cadmium Yellow Country Blue Evergreen
Forest Green Olive Green
Soft Black
Torrid Orange Neon (optional) Uniform Blue
Wasabi Green
LOEW-CORNELL
Series 798 3⁄4" flat glaze
Series 7500 nos. 2 & 6 flat
DIANE TRIERWEILER'S SIGNATURE BRUSHES No. 8 Long Petal (long handle hog bristle tongue) No. 4 Long Petal (long handle hog bristle tongue) 3⁄8" Landscape (long handle hog bristle foliage) Petal set (2, 4, & 8 red sable tongues,
short handle – optional)
SUPPLIES
Basic painting supplies (page 96) DecoArt Media Modeling Paste DecoArt DuraClear Gloss Varnish Table easel
SOURCES
Canvas and Diane Trierweiler’s Signature Brushes are available at dianetrierweiler.com
UNDERPAINTING
This will be your first layer of color on the canvas and then we will come back and paint the details.
HILLS: Use the no. 4 or no. 8 long petal brush with Wasabi Green and Opaque White in a wet-on-wet method. Add shadows with Avocado. Where the shadows are the deepest, add a second shade with Evergreen. You may need to use a little Black Green to further deepen the shadows. Dry-brush with Forest Green here and there. Add back- lights with a dry-brush of Country Blue in the shadows. HOUSE AREAS: The ground is wet-on-wet Forest Green and Opaque White. Add shadows of Avocado.
GOLD AREAS: Use the no. 8 long petal brush in a wet- on-wet method using Antique Gold and Cadmium Yellow. DARK GREEN AREAS: This is at the bottom of the canvas where the flowers will be. Paint this area wet-on- wet with Evergreen and Black Green plus a little water.
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