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Project | beginner
Priscilla Hauser mda
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s I have said before, I’ve fallen in love with LuminArte
Twinkling H2O cake watercolors. I can make them
work just like acrylics and the effects
are fascinating. I squirt a lot of water
onto the cakes about two hours before I paint. Then I stir them with a
palette knife to make a paste. (When
you’re done, you can simply leave the
lids off and the paints will dry back
to cake form until you’re ready to use
them again.) Next, I pick them up
with my palette knife and put them
on my Masterson Sta-Wet palette.
If you have not worked with these
paints before, it’s time to try them
out. You’ll be fascinated at what you
can do with just a little practice. For
goodness sake, don’t be afraid! The
paint contains mica, and the colors
are simply luscious.
LET’S PAINT
BACKGROUND
Begin by painting the edges with
China Black. Let dry.
n Step 1: Using a sea sponge, pick
up a tiny bit of thinned Spiced Pumpkin and dab it on one corner of the
clayboard. Rinse your sponge, and
in the lower left-hand corner dab on
a little Sunflower followed by Forest
Watercolor
P riscilla Hauser’s
pumpkin shines like
a little sunset in the
autumn garden.
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Surface
The Ampersand Clayboard Smooth
Painting Panel is a cradled panel
measuring 6”x 12”x 2”. It is easily
available online or at better retail
outlets.
Palette
LUMINARTE TWINKLING H2Os
WATERCOLORS
China Black
Forest Green
Gold Dust
Heavenly White
Key Lime
Nutmeg
Orange Peel
Spiced Pumpkin
Sunburst
Brushes
DALER-ROWNEY ROBERT
SIMMONS
Sienna series 51 no. 1 liner
Sienna series 60 nos. 10, 12, 14 &
20 flats
Supplies
Acrylic finishing spray
Brush basin
Leaf rubber stamp of your choice
Masterson Sta-Wet palette
Old toothbrush
Palette knife (a good, straight metal
blade)
Plaid dauber (small)
Sea sponge
Transfer paper
Varnish (optional)
Viva Job Squad paper towels or
soft, absorbent cotton towels
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SIDE VIEW
Green. Add a tiny touch of Key Lime
in the right-hand corner.
n Step 2: Blot your sponge on a
rag or paper towel and sort of merge
the colors together by daubing. I
sometimes add a little bit of water at this stage to get the colors to
run. You can make the colors as soft
or intense as you want—and if you
don’t like it, you can wipe them off.
That’s right—wipe them off. Yes, it
will leave a stain on the clayboard,
but don’t let that bother you. You
can just paint right over it again.
n Step 3: Once the surface has
dried, you may flyspeck it with
whatever colors you like using an
old toothbrush. Please note that
this step is optional and that on the
Color Step by Step I’ve used canvas
rather than clayboard; there is of
course more bleed on canvas because
it, unlike clayboard, has a textured
surface. Bear this in mind as you
compare results.
n Step 4: Allow the surface to dry
and then neatly transfer as much of
the design as you wish. Add stamped
leaves where you desire or as indicated on the design.
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PUMPKIN
n Step 1: Double-load a large flat
brush with Orange Peel and Spiced
Pumpkin. Shade all the way around
the outside edge of the pumpkin
with the Orange Peel. Put the separate sections in with a float of Spiced
Pumpkin, referring to the worksheet
for placement. Let dry.
n Step 2: Double-load the brush
with Orange Peel and Spiced Pumpkin.
Fill in the pumpkin as shown on the
worksheet.
n Step 3: Fill the brush with Gold
Dust and brush over the Orange Peel;
this will give the pumpkin a wonderful sheen. Let dry.
n Step 4: Apply colors to the rubber stamp. I used Heavenly White at
the tip of the leaf, followed by Key
Lime, Forest Green and finally a little
Nutmeg or Spiced Pumpkin; you can
use these colors in this same way or
as you wish. Let the clayboard dry after applying the leaf stamp.
n Step 5: Highlight the edges of
the pumpkin sections with Heavenly
White.
n Step 6: Fill the liner brush with
Key Lime and paint the curlicues,
going back over them with Forest
Project | beginner
Watercolor
Color Step by Step
Step 1
Step 2
Carefullly
sponge wet
colors into each
other. Let dry
and transfer
pattern.
Apply stamps.
Key Lime
Nutmeg
Forest Green
Apply a little paint with a sea sponge.
Step 3
Step 4
Continue stamping.
Spiced Pumpkin
Step 2
Step 1
Orange Peel
Step 1 Key Lime Step 2
Step 3
Forest Green
Highlight with
Heavenly White.
Use no. 1 liner
and paint with
thin Key Lime.
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Project | beginner
FINISHING
When the entire piece is dry, mist
many times with a clear acrylic spray
to set the watercolors. When the
spray dries, you may varnish with the
product of your choice and frame as
desired. y
Stamp
Green or Nutmeg. Add stems here
and there in Key Lime shaded with
Forest Green, Nutmeg or both. Highlight with Heavenly White.
n Step 7: To shadow, double-load
the brush with Gold Dust and Spiced
Pumpkin, creating a lovely gradation
from dark to medium to light. Carefully apply this shadow around the
leaves as shown on the Step by Step
and in the finished painting. Let the
piece dry thoroughly.
For a free design at actual size affix
two first-class stamps to a no. 10
SASE and send to:
The Decorative Painter
attn: Patch of Orange
393 N. McLean Blvd
Wichita, KS 67203-5968
Watercolor
Artist’s Sketch
is infectious, SDP
founder Priscilla
Hauser mda will tell
you she can teach
anyone how to
paint. Appearing
in television series, writing and
illustrating books, and teaching
throughout the world, she has done
enough to wear out a dozen dynamic
people, yet she is just one highly
energetic and inspiring person,
driven by a paintbrush vision of
painting enjoyment for everyone.
Learn about her upcoming seminars
at www.priscillahauser.com.
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Design is 80% of original.
Enlarge 120% for actual size.
With a laugh that