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Painter’s Checklist
SURFACE
Gallery Wrap Canvas, 18" x 24" x 1 1⁄2" (45.72 x 60.96 x 3.81 cm)
PALETTE
DECOART TRADITIONS ARTIST ACRYLICS
Aquamarine
Burnt Umber
Carbon Black
English Red Oxide
Hansa Yellow
HansaYellowMedium
AMERICANA DAZZLING METALLICS Copper Shimmering Silver Rich Espresso
BRUSHES
LOEW-CORNELL
Series 7450 nos. 2, 4, 8 & 10 chisel blenders Series 7400 1⁄8", 1⁄4", 1⁄2" & 3⁄4" angular shader Series 270 3⁄8", 1⁄2", 3⁄4" & 1" oval mop
Series 7550 1" glaze/wash
Series 7350 no. 2 liner
Series 1136 no. 6 white bristle stencil
SUPPLIES
Basic painting supplies (page 96) DecoArt DecoMagic Brush Cleaner DecoArt Dimensional Effects Paintable
Texture Paste
DecoArt Extender & Blending Medium DecoArt Glazing Medium
DecoArt Multi-Surface Sealer
DecoArt Traditions Satin Varnish DecoArt 2 oz. empty bottles with caps Hair dryer
Jardinière Scroll Stencil (see sources) Loew-Cornell Paint Saver Palette Painter’s tape
Waxed palette
SOURCES
Jardinière Scroll Stencil is available from Tracy Moreau Design; www.tracymoreau.com.
TRANSFER THE ROSE AND LEAVES
The technique I use most, when painting, I refer to as acrylic blending, or wet-into-wet blending. I prefer this method of blending one value into the next because of the subtle value changes that occur when one value is blended into another. The technique I use is as follows:
With solid coverage, basecoat the elements in the paint- ing with the medium value mixes. For the rose you will use a mixture of Hansa Yellow Medium+Yellow Oxide (3:1). When dry use the 1" wash and moisten the surface with Extender, brushing it back and forth across the surface. You want a thin but well distributed, even layer of the DecoArt Extender & Blending Medium with no puddles. Use an appropriate size chisel blender for whatever size rose petal you are blending. Dip the brush into the DecoArt Extender & Blending Me- dium, blot well on a paper towel and sideload into the light- est value (highlight or light). Now tap off the excess paint on a waxed palette. Do not blend the brush back and forth on the waxed palette. The blending is done on the painting surface. Hold the brush at a 33-degree angle to the paint- ing surface (as parallel to the surface as possible without letting the metal ferrule touch the painting surface); apply this loaded brush to the highlight or light area of the paint- ing. Sideload the opposite side of the brush into the next
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Medium Beige
Opaque Titanium White Permanent Alizarin Crimson Titanium White
True Gold
YellowOxide