Couldn’t you just go crazy over the Stoneware Granite? You could do a whole kitchen ensemble with these fantastic pieces. I choose fruit but you could do herbs, flowers anything that your kitchen contains or better yet that you want it to contain.

Surface
03-1284 Stoneware Granite Soap/Lotion Dispenser
03-1108 Stoneware Granite Square Antique Tile
03-1281 Stoneware Granite Candle Holder

Delta Ceramcoat Acrylics
www.deltacrafts.com

Brushes
Royal and Langnickle
www.royalbrush.com
Majestic
Series 4585 liner #1
Series 4150 shader #8 and 12
Series 4700 wash/glaze 1"
Stylus
Transfer paper
Palette Paper

Miscellaneous Supplies
Water container
Paper towel
Tracing paper
Scissors
Transparent tape

Preparation
When using PermEnamels
* Do not apply PermEnamel products within 1" of any area that may come in contact with food. With the exception of Surface Conditioner, this may be applied to the entire surface as it wipes off when you are finished painting.
* If the piece is allowed to sit for more than four hours between steps, it is necessary to apply another light coat of Surface Conditioner before continuing to paint. This may be applied right over the already painted areas.
* Never forget the PermEnamel Surface Conditioner if you do the paint will not adhere to the glass and you will have gone to a lot of work for nothing.
* Never use water with PermEnamel Colors, as it will break down the properties of the paint. Use a mix of 4 parts Clear Gloss Glaze to 1 part Thinner as a floating agent when painting on glass. This mix will allow you to achieve a very fine transparent look with your colors.
* Be sure to allow a little extra time between coats with PermEnamel. It may feel dry to the touch but has not bonded with the glass yet. If you don’t allow the first coat enough time to bond the paint will slip and slide and make a mess as later coats are applied.
* Because the glass is non-porous it will take more coats for opaque coverage.
* PermEnamel will air-dry to the touch in just a few minutes. But must be allowed to air-dry for 10 days before it is cured. When cured PermEnamel is dishwasher, microwave, and oven (up to 350 degrees) safe.
* Wash with warm soapy water and allow to dry thoroughly.

Painting Instructions for Backgrounds
* Place a piece of tape 1-1/4" up form the bottom of the Candleholder. Next place a piece of tape at the bottom and the top of the 2" band on Soap/Lotion Dispenser. Basecoat the bottom 1-1/4" of the candleholder, the band on the Soap/Lotion Dispenser and the stripe on the Tile all in Maize using the #12 shader for the candleholder and the #8 shader for the tile. Tip: ?o basecoat means to give an object total opaque coverage means solid you can not see through it. Two thin coats are preferable to one heavy coat. A good tip is to load the brush, never more then halfway up the bristles. Start in the center of the area to be painted and push the paint out to the pattern line. This technique will leave no ridges on the edge of your painted area.

* Do the next band on the Tile and the checks on the Candleholder using the same brush in Country Tomato.

* Using the #1 liner do all of the green bands in a mix of equal parts Olive and Cream.

* Using the wooden end of the brush dot all of these areas in Cream referring to the color picture.

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

Painting Instructions

Pears
* Basecoat the pears in Maize using the 1" wash/glaze brush.

Apples
* Basecoat the apples in Country Tomato using the 1" wash/glaze brush for the large apple and the #8 for the small apples.

Apples and Pear Leaves
* Basecoat the pear and apple leaves all in a mix of 2 parts Olive to 1 part Cream using the #12 shader.

Branches
* Do the branches in Chocolate using the #1 liner.
* Do all of the accent liner work using the #1 liner in Chocolate.