Creative Woodworks & crafts 2004-01, страница 20

Painting: the leopard

Painting the leopards is easy! I am not asking you to paint the Sistine Chapel or the Mona Lisa, just a few leopards! Most people are afraid to even try to paint. Painting these small animals is not hard to do if you follow the guidelines fisted below. If you make o mistake, just pain) over it until you are pleased. The paint used for the leopards is all from DecoArt. (available at craft and hobby stores) and the numbers listed are the exact colors of those paints. The idea is for you to relax and enjoy what you can accomplish.

If there is any guarantee in the painting : world, it is that your i results will dramati-1 cally improve if you j use good quality j brushes. Using a i good brush is com- j parable to using a : good scroll saw i blade - you get j what you pay for! All! the paint brushes ; used in this project j are from Royal & ' Langrtickel (available at craft and hobby stores). The brush used to apply the sanding sealer and basecoat was the Aqualon shader No. 2150-6, For applying colors the Aqualon round No. 2250-1 and for drybrushing the hog bristle brush No. R1 455-3 were used. Stippling was done with a fitch hair deerfoot stippler No. L-393. Finally, all the fine hairline detail work was accomplished with the Aqualon No. 2595-10/0 fine liner. Good brushes make all the difference!

17. Use the No. 2250-1 round brush to apply two coats of Camel, DA 191, as a basecoat and allow to dry thoroughly before proceeding to the next step.

Step 18. Drybrush Cool White, DA 240, very lightly under the chin and on the chest of the leopard using the R1455-3 bristle brush.

Step 19. Apply Dark Chocolate, DA 65, for the spots of the leopard (this is done with the No. 2595-10/0 liner). Place small dots around the face, paws, legs and tail of the leopard and then make the spots larger all over the rest of the body.

air to remove any sanding debris still left on your leopards. Apply Wood Sealer, DS 16, with the No. 2150-6 shader.

Step 21. Apply Lamp Ebony Black, DA 067, as a spot for the eye and nose using the No. 2595-10/0 liner. When that dries, use Titanium White, DA 01, applied in the center of the black dot with the No. 2595-10/0 liner as the white of the eyeball and on the teeth of your leopard. Apply Spice Pink, DA 30, for the inside of the mouth using the No. 2595-10/0 liner.

Step 20. Using the No. 2595-10/0 liner, apply a dab of Raw Sienna, DA 93, inside the Dark Chocolate spots you made in Step 19.

Americana spray sealer, matte finish, for protection ana a lasting shine. Your leopard is now complete; sit back and enjoy.

For questions concerning this project, send an SASE to: Barry Gross, 2W9 Philip Drive, Bensalem, PA 19020. Email: 2bgross@prodigy.net

If you enjoyed this project, you can create more of "Noah's Ark and His 3-D Friends" by contacting Barry about his brand new 3-D pattern book.