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MATERIALS:
Surface:
The chair used for this project was found at a
flea market. It has “cattail” spindles,
perfect for a group of long, thin Santa’s.
The pattern is adaptable to many kinds of chairs. If your chair has simple, round spindles,
leave the Santa’s off and rearrange the pattern to fit the back and seat.
Palette:
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Antique White |
58
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Black Green |
157
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Black Plum |
172
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Burgundy Wine |
22
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Burnt Umber |
64
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Delane’s Cheek |
182
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Golden Straw |
168
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Hauser Light Green |
131
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Lamp Black |
67
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Medium Flesh |
102
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Neutral Grey |
95
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Salem Blue |
43
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Terra Cotta |
62
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Titanium White |
1
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True Red |
129
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Brushes:
Prudy’s Best Floater,
Best Liner, Best Pouncer, Best Mop, Best Stroke Brush, large flat for
BaseCoating
Other
Supplies:
Yard stick, black
permanent pen, and pencil
DIRECTIONS:
To
start:
1.
Fill any cracks and
gouges, then sand. If the chair is old,
seal with Jo Sonja’s All Purpose Sealer, following direction on the back of the
bottle.
2. Basecoat as follows:
Antique White: seat, back
Burgundy Wine: legs, posts, spindles, rungs
3. Use the yardstick and
pencil to draw in the checks (each about 5/8” square). There are 3 rows on the back (adjust if the
back on your chair is wider or more narrow than mine). On the seat, the checks are arranged to go
around the indentation. Again, adjust
if necessary.
Painting The
Design:
Checks:
1. Use Prudy’s Best Floater with Burgundy Wine to paint each
check. Use 2 strokes, a vertical and a
horizontal to fill in. Don’t worry that
they are not perfect.
2. Use the Best Floater to sideload with Black Plum. Shade each check down the left side and
across the bottom.
3. Transfer the rest of the pattern onto your
chair.
Easy Pine
Boughs:
1.
Doubleload the Best Floater with Black Green and Burnt Umber
to paint in the branches. Move the
brush at different angles to go from thick to thin to a pointed end.
2. Use the Best Liner to paint the needles in bunches on the
branches. Start with thinned Black
Green, and then repeat with Hauser Light Green. Finish with lines from the pen to refine.
3.
Paint a ‘bump” on the branch where each bunch of
needles intersect with Burnt Umber.
Stars:
1.
Use Golden Straw and the Best Stroke Brush to paint each
star. Start with simple lines then fill
in the shape.
2. Use the Best Liner to paint the edges of the stars with
Burnt Umber.
3. Paint the wires attached to each star with
thinned Lamp Black
Santas:
1.
Paint each face Medium Flesh, hair, beards, and mustaches
with Neutral Grey. Draw or transfer the
face patterns.
2. Float Terra Cotta across the tops of the faces, and under
each eyebrow. Line the noses and
nostrils with thinned Terra Cotta.
3. Fill the eyes in with Titanium White. The irises are Salem Blue, the pupils Lamp
Black. Outline the eyes with Terra
Cotta.
4. Cheeks are floats of Delane’s Cheek Color on the sides of
the faces. Add a little of this to the
tips of the noses, also.
5. Highlight the face with Titanium White. This is floated across the tops of the
cheeks and are strokes at 2:00 and 7:00 in the eyes. Also use Titanium White to paint stroke eyebrows with the Best
Liner.
6. Shade by floating Black Plum around the hat, head, and
beard, and down the center to make coat openings.
7. Line the hair and beards with thinned Titanium White. Overstroke the mustaches with Titanium
White.
8. Mittens are Hauser Light Green, shaded at the wrists, with
floats of Black Green. Do the stars and
wires as above.
9. Pounce Burnt Umber into the fur areas. While wet, load the Best Pouncer with a
little Antique White and pounce to make a “fur” effect.
Finish:
1. Antique the edges of the checkered design by floating Burnt
Umber with the large flat. Mop to
soften.
2. Varnish with your favorite water base varnish,
satin, or matte.
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