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Listen With Your Heart & Hear the Angels Sing
by Shara Reiner, CDA
Painting World Magazine
This project is a good lesson on my simple angel faces. My angels have red hair, as my first granddaughter is a redhead. You will also have plenty of practice on leaves done Shara’s way. Enjoy your project…
• Warm Beige • Spice Pink • Deep Burgundy • Burnt Sienna • Whispering Turquoise • Aqua Blue • Wedgewood Blue • Deep Midnight Blue • Foliage Green • Hauser Medium Green • True Ochre • Camel • Black Plum • Oyster Beige • Burlap • Espresso • Tangelo Orange • Metallic Gold of your choice
Scharff® Brushes:
About Shara I have been painting almost 40 years and still love every minute of it!! I am a wife, a mother, grandmother and painter.... I have authored hundreds of pattern packets, written many books, I’m a teacher and have been a shop owner. My life revolves around travel teaching now both in states and Europe. I love the people I meet and have made lots of friends. I like my painting to be free and HAPPY. I hope each pattern of mine is a new adventure for the painter.
Surface: • Metal - Lamp Base with Cord and Socket 10” x 7” x 5.5” TLA74389, from Painters Paradise® (Note:
• #6 to #16 Scharff Golden Taklon Champagne Handle Flats 142 • #1 Scharff Golden Taklon Liner 455 • 3/4” Moon Mop 685
Transfer the basic pattern on. Basecoat using Burlap for the angel dresses, Warm Beige for the faces and legs, and Camel for the basket. When that’s dry, trace the pattern on again to add the details.
All Leaves & Veins: I put the veins all around using a liner and Hauser Medium Green. I then added a dry brush of Foliage Green here and there. The leaves are one medium coat of Hauser Medium Green. The background will show through a tad. Shade the leaves with a sideload of Black. Highlight the tips of the leaves with Foliage Green. Paint the veins with a liner using Foliage Green + a tad Warm White. The tendrils are also Foliage Green + a tad Warm White.
Miscellaneous Supplies:
Basket:
• Tracing Paper • Transfer Paper • Pen • Pencil or Stylus • Permanent Black Pen • Light Gray Auto Primer Spray
Shade the outside edges of the basket with very thin Black Plum. The liner is Camel + a tad Warm White.
Preparation: I sprayed the surface with Gray Auto Primer. Base the entire outside with Black. For the inside, I used my Metallic Gold - this will take several coats. Trim with colors of your choice from the color list. I used Adobe on the top rim and Aqua Blue on the bottom rim.
The ribbon on the basket is Aqua Blue. Shade it with Wedgewood Blue, and highlight it with Whispering Turquoise. Base all the hearts with Adobe, and shade them with Deep Burgundy. Highlight the rounded parts with Spice Pink. The stroke at the top of each heart is Camel. Check the pattern - some hearts have dots, liners, or plaid; paint these using very thin Spice Pink.
Many craft stores have wonderful metal lampshades in now - you can adapt this pattern to fit many shapes.)
DecoArt Americana® or Delta Ceramcoat® Acrylics: • Black • Adobe • Warm White © 2018 Painting World Magazine Digital Edition. All rights reserved. Not for distribution, resale or reproduction. You agree to follow all international copyright laws as well as the terms and conditions outlined at paintingworldmag. com. You may NOT reprint or make copies, even for non profit uses. Any violation of these terms will result in a nonrefundable cancellation of your subscription and possible prosecution with fines up to $150,000 USD. http:// www.copyright.gov/title17/ Please contact info@paintingworldmag.com if you have received this PDF illegally.
April 2018 Issue
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Tulip Trio by Michael Cheek
Painting World Magazine
This is the time of year when the weather starts warming up and nature starts showing off all its beautiful colors. And what better way is there to celebrate spring than by painting flowers? In this project, I’ll show you how to use oils to paint this lovely tulip trio.
Hue PO-43, PR-170 • Titanium White PW-6, PW-4
Brushes: • #12 Loew-Cornell® Flat Bristle 1801 • #12 Daler-Rowney® Robert Simmons® Flat Shader E60 • #4 Loew-Cornell Script Liner • Chip Brush or Sponge Roller
Miscellaneous Supplies: • Tracing Paper • Black Graphite Paper • Pen • Pencil or Stylus • Paper Towels • Kanvas Koat® - Grey, from www. palettecreationsbymichael.com
Canvas Preparation/ Michael’s Kanvas Koat:
About Michael Michael was born in the small mountain town of Boone, North Carolina. In 1983, Michael began his journey in the art world. Over these past three decades, Michael has devoted a lot of time developing his “easy to learn” techniques. Since the early years, Michael has had the opportunity to teach countless students the joy painting can bring to an individual life! Michael now resides in Taylorsville, North Carolina where he continues to teach local workshops as well as traveling to neighboring towns and cities.
Surface: • 11” x 14” Canvas
Martin F. Weber® Prima® Oil Colors: • Ultramarine Blue PB-29 • Alizarin Crimson PR-83 • Cadmium Yellow Light Hue PY-97 • Cadmium Red Light
Using a chip brush or sponge roller, apply two coats of Michael’s Kanvas Koat (grey) to the canvas, allowing plenty of drying time between coats. Using black graphite paper, transfer the pattern to the canvas. Note: Michael’s Kanvas Koat is not available in any art or craft store. It is only available by ordering from Michael’s website, www. palettecreationsbymichael.com. When using Kanvas Koat, you will not need any oil medium to make the paint move, spread, or blend!
Cadmium Yellow Light Hue + a touch of Titanium White. This will be a blue-green mix (more to the blue side). Starting at the bottom left side of the canvas and working off the right side corner of the brush, use short, downward strokes to paint in the background; work around the stems and tulips. Note: Switch to the #12 flat bristle for a faster block-in! As you progress near the top tulip, pick up a bit more Cadmium Yellow Light Hue (this will be more of a yellow-green mix), and continue painting in the background using crisscross strokes. Wipe the brush. Load a mix of Titanium White + a bit of Cadmium Yellow Light Hue. This will be a lemon-yellow mix. Working off the right corner of the brush, paint in the highlighted area, again using a crisscross (or even a tap-tap) stroke, intermixing with the previous color. Work for a nice blend between the colors. If you lose too much of the brightness, just reload the colors and repeat the step.
Helpful Hints: When transferring the pattern to the canvas, only trace the basic lines. For instance, it will be difficult to paint around objects such as trees, bushes, etc. Instead of cleaning the brush in thinner each time, use a paper towel to pinch the paint out of the bristles. This allows some color to remain in the bristles, causing more variety of color tones when loading the next mixes. Let’s paint! Shall we?
Background: Using the #12 flat shader, load a mix of Ultramarine Blue +
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April 2018 Issue
33
Fairy Tales
by Leslie Smith, CDA
Painting World Magazine
Trompe-l’œil (French for “to fool the eye”) is one of my favorite styles. In 2013, I had the opportunity to travel in Italy, where the magnificent paintings in the churches and chapels enthralled me. Many employed trompel’œil to raise the vaulted ceilings, simulate statuary, and give the illusion that God and His force of angels were all about. Life is a wonderful adventure – some days, it really is a fairy tale.
DecoArt Americana® Acrylics: • Lamp (Ebony) Black DA067 • Forest Green DA50 • Hauser Light Green DA131 • Burnt Umber DA064 • Honey Brown DA163 • Mocha DA060 • Warm Beige DA078 • Buttermilk DA03 • Light Buttermilk DA164 • Snow (Titanium) White DA01 • Blue Harbor DA283 • Margarita DA299 • Golden Straw DA168 • Primary Red DA199 • Zinc DA304
Other DecoArt® Products: • Extreme Sheen™ 24k Gold DPM04 • Extreme Sheen Pearl DPM01 • Americana DuraClear® Soft Touch Varnish DS123 • Americana DuraClear Ultra Matte Varnish DS124 • Americana Wood Filler DS103
Brushes: (I seldom specify brushes; sizes will vary with the size of the surface and design. The following are the brushes I Figure 1 used on my book.)
About Leslie At first, painting fit into the corners of my life. Now, the kids are grown and I am retired - I can (and often do) paint all day. Facebook and travel bring me new painting friends. I hope to count you among them!
Surface: • Craft supply companies make book-shaped boxes in both wood and paper-mâché. Several are available online. I painted my design on a real book measuring 8-1/2” x 11” that I altered (instructions follow). I’ve also provided photos of boxes during preparation stages.
• 1” Flat (to basecoat) • 1” Chip Brush cut at an angle, available from any home supply store (I cut mine at about 45o with a pair of scissors I’ve had this poor, rusty thing for years and use it often) (Figure 1) • #4 Maureen McNaughton Round (for the entire rest of the painting), available online from several sources
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April 2018 Issue
53
Sly Fox
by Kay Witt
Painting World Magazine
This project delves deeper into pastels and how to use them for breathtaking, photo-realistic results. You can create this beautiful red fox by applying pastel pencils and hard pastels to Clairefontaine® Pastelmat® Card. By learning these techniques, you can create animal and pet portraits for wonderful gifts that will make lasting treasures for years to come.
About Kay Kay Witt is a popular Workshop Instructor and Fine Artist living in Strasburg, VA. Kay helps others achieve their artistic goals in her popular classes. She is a realistic pastel artist known for her photorealistic paintings of wildlife. She creates hand drawn pastel paintings of animals, capturing their spirits and personalities. Her favorite subjects are wolves and horses.
Surface: • 9-1/2” x 12” Sienna Clairefontaine Pastelmat Card, available in pads of different colors & individual sheets.
Pastels & Pencils: • Derwent® Pastel Pencil P300 Pale Ultramarine
Stabilo® CarbOthello® Pastel Pencils:
(Note: CO used as abbreviation in the text)
• Cold Grey 1 720 • Dark Flesh Tint 680 • Caput Mortuum Red 645 • Bister 635 • Prussian Blue 390 • Ivory 105
General’s® Charcoal Pencils: • 2B Charcoal Pencil • Charcoal White® Pencil
Nupastel® Firm Pastel Color Sticks: (Note: NP used as abbreviation in text)
• White 211 • Black 229 • Cordovan 353 • Cold Very Light Gray 299 • Indian Red 263 • Warm Medium Gray 219 • Chrome Yellow 207 • Raw Sienna 233 • Cocoa Brown 253 • Burnt Sienna 203 • Rust 343 • Buff 276 • Endive Green 348 • Bottle Green 298 • Cold Deep Gray 259
Helpful Products: • X-ACTO® School Pro® Classroom Electric Pencil Sharpener 1670, available from Amazon® • Möbius & Rupert™ Round, Double Hole Brass Sharpener (for sharpening Nupastel sticks), available from Amazon • Small & Medium Paper Blending Stumps
Miscellaneous Supplies: • 1/2” Masking Tape • Paper Towels • Hand Towel • Black Construction Paper • Glassine Paper (optional) • Transfer or Carbon Paper • 150 Grit Sandpaper • Kneaded Eraser • Drawing Board • Baby Wipes
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April 2018 Issue
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