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by Sharon Bond

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Palette

AMERICANA ACRYLICS BY DECOART:Boysenberry Pink #13029Burnt Orange #13016Buttermilk #13003Canyon Orange #13238Dioxazine Purple #13101Grape Juice #13236Heritage Brick #13219Honey Brown #13163Irish Moss #13548Lamp Black #13067Lavender #13034Marigold #13194Payne’s Grey #13167Victorian Blue #13039Warm Beige (formally Fleshtone) #13078Warm White #13239Zinc #13539

SurfaceChris’s Plaque (14x10”) #63098

Misc. SuppliesAmericana Acrylic Matte Spray Finisher #70836Falling Stars Background Stencil #71899DecoArt DuraClear Gloss Varnish #87393 (Optional)Identi Pen Black - # 70830Ordinary Rubbing Alcohol (70% or higher for best results)Water Mister Bottle Miscellaneous SpongeScotch’s Magic Tape or Painters Tape (to aid stencil-ing)Miscellaneous wire or ribbon to create a hanger (Op-tional)

Brushes

PAPILLON BY THE ARTIST’S CLUB:Angular Shader 1/4" #20109Angular Shader 3/8" #20110Flat Shader size 6 #20127Glaze/Wash Brush size 3/4" #20102Highlighter Set (4 piece) #20173 Round 2 #20158Script Liner 10/0 #20137

PREPARATION:To start, trace the outline of the moon (only) directly onto your surface. Then basecoat the moon with two coats of Canyon Orange. (Let dry between coats for best results.) Once you have basecoated, let this dry completely.

Our next step is to create the ‘crater’ eff ect for our moon! Create a wash of Marigold (on a palette large enough to dab your sponge in). Place some Rubbing Alcohol in a small dish that you can dip your fi ngers into. Have your sponge, your rubbing alcohol and a small mister bottle of water all handy!

Remember the key to this eff ect is to keep your wash damp before fl icking on any of the rubbing alcohol. Mist frequently with water if necessary. Proceed as follows:

1. Brush on your Marigold wash to a section of the moon.

2. Pounce over this area with your sponge that has also been dabbed into the Marigold wash.

3. Immediately spritz with your water mister.

4. Dip your fi ngertips into the rubbing alcohol and ‘fl ick’ this over the wet section of wash.

5. You will see ‘circular starbursts’ begin to appear!

Continue these steps until you have completed the entire moon. Remember, no two are going to look exactly alike! You can add as little or as much of the rubbing alcohol as you like to achieve the eff ect that you want! Once fi nished, let this dry completely be-fore proceeding! (I recommend a couple of hours).

Basecoat the areas left on the plaque with Payne’s Grey. (Add an additional coat if needed for solid cov-erage). Let dry. Then drybrush (or scruff ) these areas with Victorian Blue. Drybrush (or scruff ) again ran-domly with Payne’s Grey to blend the colors a bit. Let dry completely. Once dry, trace on your main design.

PAINTING INSTRUCTIONS:GIRL WITCH – Start by basecoating her face, hands and legs with two coats of Warm Beige. Let dry.

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Shade around the inside edges of these areas with Honey Brown. Once this has dried, you can trace on her facial details.

Basecoat her hair with Heritage Brick (I recommend two coats for the best coverage). Once dry, drybrush her hair with Burnt Orange, then highlight her bangs and the top parts of her pig tails with Canyon Orange.

Drybrush her cheeks with Boysenberry Pink. To tone down and blend, drybrush them again with Warm Beige. With a bit of Warm Beige and Boysenberry Pink mixed, very lightly drybrush across her hands, her left knee and her nose.

Her eyes are based in Warm White. Irises are Victorian Blue. Pupils are Black. Her eyebrows are lined with Heri-tage Brick. Finely outline her other facial features with Black. The inside of her mouth is Black as well. Her eyes and cheeks are all dotted with a dot of Warm White.

HER CLOTHES – Basecoat her hatband, underneath her hat brim and her dress all in Grape Juice. (Add an additional coat if needed for coverage). Once dry, drybrush these areas with Lavender. If you would like to tone the Lavender down a bit, simply add Grape Juice to your brush and lightly/randomly drybrush back over the Lavender. Shade the left side of her hatband, under the hat brim, around where the cat will be and under the pumpkin with Dioxazine Purple.

The rest of her hat is painted in Black. Her dress collar is Black as well. Buttons are dotted Irish Moss. Her hair ties are based with two coats of Irish Moss. Once dry, wetbrush down the middle of the hair ties with Mari-gold to highlight. Her socks are based with two coats of Burnt Orange. Once dry, drybrush with Canyon Or-ange. Highlight with Marigold. Shade down the left side of each sock and between the wrinkles in the socks with Heritage Brick. Her shoes are painted Black.

Finely outline her and her clothes in Black as well.

PUMPKIN – Basecoat the pumpkin with Burnt Orange. (Add an additional coat if needed). Drybrush with Can-yon Orange as if you were creating sections or stripes down the pumpkin. Highlight across the top with Mari-gold. Shade down the left inside edge with Heritage Brick. Once this has dried, you can transfer the details.

The facial parts of the pumpkin are painted Black. Add a fi ne line of thinned Marigold to accent each part.

The stem is based in Irish Moss, then wetbrushed with a thick line of Marigold to highlight.

Finely outline the entire pumpkin with Black.

CAT – Basecoat the cat’s hat with two coats of Grape Juice. Once dry, pounce or drybrush with Lavender. If

you wish to tone this down a bit, simply got back over it with a bit of Grape Juice added to your brush. Shade the left inside edge of the hat with Dioxazine Purple.

The hatband is based with two coats of Burnt Orange. Highlight the right side with Marigold and shade the left side with Heritage Brick. Finely outline the entire hat with Black. Also outline the dots on the hatband in Black. Dip-Dot to fi ll in each dot, randomly using Irish Moss and Dioxazine Purple.

Basecoat the cat in Black. Once dry, you can trace on the details. The insides of her ears are solid Boysen-berry Pink. The nose is also solid Boysenberry Pink. Basecoat the eyes with Warm White. Irises are done in Irish Moss. Pupils are Black. Eye accents, eyelashes and the mouth are all done with thinned Warm White.

At this point I thinned a small amount of Zinc and used this with my Script Liner to add fi ne details to the cat: outlining her face, her paws and lined around the part of her tail that is against the dark blue background. I also used this thinned Zinc to outline around the girl’s shoes and to add a few fi ne lined details to her collar and hat.

STARS – I used the stars stencil to randomly create diff erent sized stars on the plaque. Stencil all stars with Buttermilk. While your stencil is still in place, stencil or tap on a bit of Marigold to the left side of each star to enhance. Let dry. I fi nely outlined my stars with my Black pen, but this is an optional step.

LETTERING – the lettering is done with an equal mix of Marigold and Buttermilk.

FINISHING:Once we have fi nished painting, we will need to seal our project! I spray sealed mine with Americana’s Matte Spray Finisher. Once the sealant had dried, I went ahead with a couple more optional steps! I used some Black wire to create a hanger and I also used DecoArt’s DuraClear Gloss Varnish to add a bit of extra shine to the cat’s eyes, nose and the polka dots on her hatband, as well as the girl’s eyes and mouth.

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Pattern at 100%1" x 1"

To ensure yourpattern is at 100%,

this box should measure 1" x 1" when printed.

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