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ANTIQUE SANTAby Sharon Bond

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Palette

AMERICANA ACRYLICS BY DECOART:Avocado #13052Black Forest Green #13083Canyon Orange #13238Dark Chocolate #13065Grey Sky #13111Lamp Black #13067Leaf Green #13051Marigold #13194Rookwood Red #13097Sand Grey #13310Soft Black #13155 Toff ee #13059Tomato Red #13169Warm Beige (Formally Fleshtone) #13078Warm White #13239

SPECIALTY PAINT BY DECOART:Dazzling Metallics – Worn Penny #14214

SurfaceSanta with Lantern #80879

Misc. SuppliesAmericana Acrylic Matte Spray Finisher #70836Flourishes Stencil #70978Scotch’s Magic Tape or Painters Tape (to aid stencil-ing)A piece of soft cloth for antiquing

Brushes

PAPILLON BY THE ARTIST’S CLUB:Flat Shader 6, #20127Flat Shader 10, #20130Glaze/Wash Brush ¾ #29002Highlighter Set (4 piece) #20173 Round 2, #20158Script Liner 10/0, #20137Chris Haughey Brushes:Chris’s Spectacular Stencil Brush #29074

PREPARATION:There is no prep for this resin surface, it is ready to paint!

PAINTING INSTRUCTIONS:SANTA - To start, we will basecoat Santa’s inner coat,

sleeves and top of his hat with Rookwood Red. You will likely need two coats for the best coverage; be sure to let the fi rst coat dry before applying the sec-ond coat. Once this has dried, drybrush with Tomato Red.

Basecoat his outer coat (or cape) with two coats of Black Forest Green. (Letting the fi rst coat dry be-fore applying the second). Once dry, drybrush with Avocado.

Basecoat Santa’s face with two coats of Warm Beige. Once dry, lightly drybrush his cheeks and nose with Tomato Red. Tone this back to the desired color you prefer by drybrush again with Warm Beige.

His eyes are based with Warm White with Lamp Black pupils. The lips are painted with an equal mix of Warm Beige and Tomato Red, however, I did not paint on the lips until after I painted the beard.

Basecoat his hair, beard, mustache and eyebrows with Grey Sky. Once dry, drybrush those areas with Warm White.

The trim (with the design engraved, on his hat, cuff s, cape and around the bottom of his coat) are all based with two coats of Toff ee. Once dry, drybrush lightly with Warm White.

The faux fur trim (around his hat and cuff s) are based with Sand Grey. Once dry, pounce lightly with Warm White.

LANTERN – Basecoat the entire lantern (includ-ing handle) with two coats of Marigold and let dry. Pounce lightly on the inside sections with Canyon Or-ange. If this appears to bright for your liking, simply add a bit of Marigold to your brush and pounce again. Let dry. Now basecoat over the “metal” parts of the lantern with Worn Penny.

TREE – Basecoat the trunk of the tree with Dark Chocolate (two coats). Once dry, drybrush with a bit of Toff ee. Now basecoat the actual ‘pine’ part of the tree solidly with Avocado. Once dry, drybrush with Leaf Green.

STAR – Basecoat the star with two coats of Marigold and let dry. Pounce a bit of Canyon Orange, mainly on the left side of the star.

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MITTENS AND TRIM – Basecoat his mittens and the main trim at the bottom of his coat with Black and drybrush with a bit of Grey Sky.

STENCILING – I wanted to add a design to both the front of his coat and the back of his cape and I choose one of the designs on the Flourishes Stencil. I actually cut this stencil design out from the rest of the sheet so it would be easier to apply. Once you have it placed where you would like, secure it with plenty of tape to hold it in place. Using Chris’s stencil brush, apply the fi rst coat with Toff ee. I did ‘pounce’ this on lightly as it seemed to be the easier way to apply it to the resin. Before removing the stencil, pounce lightly again with Warm White to highlight. Once it has dried, remove your stencil.

ANTIQUING – I wanted to give this Santa a more antiqued or primitive look so I decided to antique him using a wash of Soft Black. Create a semi-thin wash with water and Soft Black. Paint this over your Santa (doing a section at a time) and wiping the Soft Black back as you go with a soft cloth (such as a piece of old t-shirt, etc..) leaving the Soft Black in the creases. Mine actu-ally ended up a little darker than I intended so I did go back (once it was dry) and re-drybrush his face and some of the trim to lighten it up a bit. This is something that is entirely your choice!

FINISHING:To fi nish our Santa, we will need to seal him. I simply spray sealed him with Americana’s Matte Spray Sealer and let dry per manufacturer’s instructions. He is now ready to display!

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