easter egg parade bowl - Distinctive Brushstroke Pattern

EASTER EGG PARADE BOWL
Surface Source- Turns In Time-1-800-840-1497--12 flat bowl-A120
Palette: Deco Art
Antique Mauve
Baby Blue
Burnt Sienna
Country Blue
Golden Straw
Gooseberry
Hauser Dark Green
Hi Lite Flesh
Jade
Light French Blue
Milk Chocolate
Moon Yellow
Payne's Grey
Sapphire Blue
Sea Glass
Silver Sage Green
Spice Pink
Titanium White
Brushes:
#2, #4, #6, #8, #10, #12, 1/2" 1"flats
#1 liner
1/2" 1" mop
Preparation:
Basecoat the inside of the bowl with a mix of Light French Blue and Titanium White (1:1)
Basecoat the outside and rim of the bowl with a mix of Light French Blue, Sapphire Blue, and Titanium
White (1:1:1).
Painting Instructions:
BASECOATING/ SHADING EGGSYellow eggs- Basecoat with Moon Yellow, shade the inside edge of the egg closest to the center of the
bowl with a float of Golden Straw.
Pink eggs- Basecoat with Hi Lite Flesh and shade the inside edge with a float of Gooseberry Pink.
Green eggs- Basecoat with Sea Glass and shade the inside edge with a float of Jade Green.
Blue eggs- Basecoat with Baby Blue and shade the inside edge with a float of Sapphire Blue.
Highlight all of the eggs on the opposite side with a float of Titanium White. We will further highlight
the eggs after the details are painted on the eggs.
EGG TRIMS#1 yellow egg- Using a liner brush, paint broad stripes of Sapphire Blue, wiggly lines of Antique Mauve
inside of the blue lines. Thin Titanium White lines to the outside of the blue lines and dots of Spice Pink
in the middle.
#2 green egg- The stems and leaves are painted with Jade Green using a fine liner. The flowers are dots
of Spice Pink with a center dot of White.
#3 blue egg- the various size dots are Titanium White.
#4 yellow egg- Using a fine liner the wiggly lines are Antique Mauve with stitching line between with
Titanium White.
#5 pink egg-Using a #6 flat, the broad stripes of the plaid are Antique Mauve. Using a fine liner the other
stripes are Titanium White.
#6 yellow egg- Using a #6 flat, the broad wiggly stripes are Purple Cow. Using a fine liner the stripes in
between are Titanium White.
#7 pink egg- Using a fine liner, paint tow lines across both ends of the egg with Gooseberry Pink. The
crosshatching lines between the stripes are Titanium White with dots of Gooseberry Pink.
#8 green egg--repeat #2 egg.
#9 pink egg- using a fine liner, paint wiggly lines with Titanium White.
HIGHLIGHTING, SHADING, AND SEPARATING EGGS1st highlight- using a large flat brush, reinforce the first highlight with a very soft side load float of
Titanium White.
2nd Highlight- dampen the egg with clean water, dab on a small amount of Titanium White in the upper
right quarter of each egg and softly mop the paint into the surface. This step may have to be repeated a
couple of time to achieve a 'shine' highlight desired on each egg. The egg must be completely dry
before repeating this step on that egg. Keep wiping your mop brush on a towel to remove excess
moisture as you are mopping the highlights.
Set Down Shading---Using a large flat side loaded into a small amount of Payne's Grey, shade below each
eggs on the side toward the center of the bowl with a very sheer float to set them down into the
surface.
Separate the eggs. to create depth in the design, shade the eggs which fall behind other eggs with a soft
sideload float of the their shade color and a touch of Payne's Grey.
Yellow eggs- Golden Straw and a touch of Payne's Grey
Pink eggs- Gooseberry and a touch of Payne's Grey
Green eggs- Jade and a touch of Payne's Grey
Blue eggs- Sapphire and a touch of Payne's Grey
VINING AND LEAVESUsing a fine liner and thinned Milk Chocolate, pull loose vining around the base of the eggs to create a
fine vining wreath.
Using a #12 flat, double load with Hauser Dark Green and Sea Glass, blend well, paint one strokes leaves
sparingly along the vining wreath.
Shadow Leave- Using a #10 flat and thin Silver Sage Green, paint sheer one stroke leaves sparingly along
the vining wreath.
Tiny filler leaves- Using a #2 flat and Hauser Dark Green, paint small one stroke leaves randomly and also
some groups of three leaves along the wreath to loosen the overall look of the design.
FLOWERSUsing a #8 flat, double load into Titanium White and Gooseberry. Keeping the white to the outside of
the petals, paint petal strokes to form the flower petals.
The flower centers are Moon Yellow, shaded with a float of Burnt Sienna and highlighted with a dot of
Titanium White.
Using a fine liner, the calyxes on partial flowers are Hauser Dark Green.
BORDER TRIMUsing a #1 liner, and slightly thinned Titanium White, paint intersecting 's' strokes to form the
strokework border around the rim of the bowl.
Allow the painting to dry thoroughly. Erase any visible tracing lines. Varnish with three coats of your
favorite satin acrylic varnish. Allow to dry 24 hours between coats.
Distinctive Brushstrokes
Judy Diephouse
Lynne Deptula
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