Miscellaneous Supplies
Water container
Paper towel
Tracing paper
Transfer paper
Palette paper
Scissors
Stylus
Transparent tape
E6000 glue
Preparation
* The really great thing about paper mache of this quality
is that you just pick it up and start to paint. There is no
preparation required. Just enjoy and have fun.
Background Instructions
* Using the 1" wash/glaze brush entirely cover all of
the fence post in Bahama Purple.
* Using the old ratty house brush lightly load the tip of
the brush in White, rub back and forth on the palette to work
the paint into the bristles and remove any excess color. Streak
diagonally in both directions until the entire box is covered.
* Using the 1" wash/glaze and a mix of equal parts White
and Faux Glaze Medium Clear lightly cover the whole box. Tip:
The color can be thinned with water but this makes it very
soupy. If you use water to thin do not have to much of the
thinned color in you brush or it will run every where.
Transferring PATTERN
* Lay tracing paper over the pattern and trace all lines except
those used to denote shadows. The shadow lines are generally
short straight lines and several of them. Main lines are where
there are color changes.
* Detail lines are facial features, patterns on fabric, and
etc. Lay the tracing over the surface and tape at the top
and on one side. Slide the graphite paper between the tracing
and the surface; draw over the main lines only. Do not add
the detail lines these will be applied after the basecoating
is done.
* Apply the pattern for the background flowers and leaves
only to the pieces. After these are painted you will apply
the pattern for the daisies and leaves.
Painting instructions
* Referring to the color step by step work sheet stipple the
phlox balls in Bahama Purple plus a touch of Rhythm N Blue.
On the second coat while the blue is still wet, stipple White
to the upper bright side, Rhythm N Blue to the lower dark
side and Royal Fuchsia in the center.
* Float around the outer edge of the upper balls in Gamal
Green. Tip: To float load the brush first in floating medium
or water, pat of the excess on a paper towel. Tip one corner
of the brush in color, blend the color through the bristles
of the brush using a short back and forth motion on the palette.
The color should graduate from heavy color on the corner that
you loaded to no color on the opposite corner. If when you
begin to paint, you have color showing from both sides of
the brush, it is improperly loaded. Rinse and start again.
* Float the shadow leaves in the background very lightly
in Midnight Blue thinned with an equal amount of Faux Glaze
Medium Clear using the 3/4" wash/glaze brush. Using the
#1 liner do the veins in this mix.
* Using the #8 shader float all of the flower petals. This
stroke is like a "c": start with the brush on the
chisel edge, lay it flat as you come around the curve and
then back up to the chisel around the next curve. Float the
shadows in at the centers of the flowers with either Rhythm
n Blue or Royal Fuchsia using the #8 shader. Float the brightest
highlights with White using the same brush add lots of little
extra White strokes so that it appears really full. Dab the
centers with Sunbright Yellow and Brown Velvet.
* Basecoat the leaves using the #12 shader in Eucalyptus.
Float the shadows using the same brush in Seminole Green.
Float the highlights first with Sea Grass Green and then with
Sea Grass Green plus a touch of White. Float the deeper shadows
in Gamal Green.
* Do the branches using the #1 liner in Brown Velvet highlight
with White plus a touch of Brown Velvet.
To Finish
* Apply as many coats of Satin Varnish as desired.
To Assemble
* Referring to the color picture start gluing the butterflies
in place.
Chris Thornton
52571 NW
First #18
Scappoose, OR 97056
Tel: 503-543-3922
cricinda@earthlink.net
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