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 1/2" and 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
* Basecoat the bottom 1-1/4" of the Candleholder and the stripe on the Tile in Maize using the 1/2" wash/glaze brush 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 using the same brush in Country Tomato.

* Using the #1 liner do the narrow stripes on the candleholder and the band on the tile in Burnt Sienna.

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

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
* Float the shadows under the fruit with Olive Green plus a touch of Maize using the 1" wash/glaze brush. 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.

* The small apples and leaves on the Candleholder are done exactly the same way only using the #8 and 12 shader.

Pears
* Basecoat the pears in a mix of 4 parts Maize to 1 part Burnt Sienna using the 1/2" wash/glaze brush.
* Float the shadows first with Dark Goldenrod and then with Burnt Sienna using the same brush.
* Float the highlights in the following order first with Maize and then a mix of equal parts Maize and Cream and then Cream using the same brush.

Apples
* Basecoat the apples in a mix of 2 parts Country Tomato to 1 part Maize using the 1/2" wash/glaze brush.
* Float the shadows first with Country Tomato and then with Bordeaux all with the same brush.
* Float the highlights first with the basecoat mix plus a touch of Cream and then with more Cream using the same brush.

Apples and Pear Leaves
* Basecoat the pear leaves in a mix of 2 parts Olive to 1 part Cream using the #12 shader.
* Float the shadows in the following order first with Olive and then with Olive plus a touch of Burnt Sienna using the same brush.
* Float the highlights in the following order first with the base mix plus more Cream and then add a touch of Maize and more Cream using the same brush.

Branches
* Do the branches in Burnt Sienna using the #1 liner. Streak the highlights using the same brush a mix of 2 parts Cream to 1 part Burnt Sienna.