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Painter’s Checklist
SURFACE
Plywood weather vane, 10" x 27"
(25.40 x 68.58 cm)
PALETTE – OIL
WINSOR & NEWTON ARTISTS’ OIL COLOURS
Alizarin Crimson Cadmium Orange Cadmium Yellow Light Ivory Black
BRUSHES
Raw Sienna Titanium White Ultramarine Blue Yellow Ochre Pale
Nos. 2 – 10 flat shader with sharp chisel (Red sable or synthetic)
Round brush with a good point for line work Shorter bristle brush with some spring
for dry-brush blending
PALETTE – ACRYLIC
DECOART AMERICANA ACRYLICS
Alizarin Crimson Antique Maroon Antique Rose
Black Green
Burnt Orange Hauser Light Green
BRUSHES
PRUDY’S BEST BRUSHES Mops
Floater
Liner
Lamp (Ebony) Black Light Avocado Marigold Plantation Pine Warm White
SCHARFF BRUSHES INC. Series 155 1⁄4" & 3⁄4" angulars Series 480 scroller
SUPPLIES FOR OIL AND ACRYLIC
Basic painting supplies (page 96) DecoArt DuraClear Soft Touch Varnish –
satin or matte
SOURCES
Plywood weather vane is available from
Bear With Us, Inc., 1331 Green Forest Ct. #16, Winter Garden, FL 34787; (407) 347-5939. Prudy’s Best Brushes available at prudysstudio@ yahoo.com; or (248) 921-4952.
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LET’S PAINT – ACRYLIC PREPARATION
Transfer the pattern.
Basecoat the apples Burnt Orange using a large angle brush. Basecoat the front leaves Light Avocado using Prudy’s Best floater.
Basecoat the back leaves with Plantation Pine.
APPLES
Refer to oil Step-by-Step on page 77.
Shade with Alizarin Crimson. Sideload the large an- gle brush (slightly damp) and pat the shading into the areas as seen in the illustration.
Deep shade with Antique Maroon using the same technique.
Use a smaller angle brush to make the stem end with Antique Maroon+Lamp (Ebony) Black (1:tch).
Use Antique Rose to lightly tint the highlight area. When dry, tint this area softly with Marigold. Add shine marks by lining with Warm White.
LEAVES
Front leaves are shaded with floats of Plantation Pine using Prudy’s Best floater. Add vein lines with thinned Light Avocado or Hauser Light Green where it might be necessary to go lighter.
Deep shade under folds and somewhat around vein lines with Black Green where necessary.
Highlight some folds with Hauser Light Green+Warm White (1:tch). Line edges in the highlight areas with this mix. Add more Warm White to the mix for some detail.