Woodworker's Journal Tinsel-Art-Mirror, страница 5

27. Paint the entire background black when the outline is done.

28. Allow the first background coat to dry.

29. Add another coat and allow to dry.

30. Squeeze small amounts of Prussian blue, alizarine crimson, and thalo green on a non-absorbent surface.

31. Mix a small amount of green with turpentine.

32. Use a small camel's hair brush to paint this transparent mixture over all the leaves and stems.

33. Cover all areas smoothly without brushing the paint out too much.

34. Use alizarine crimson for the rose on the left and Prussian blue for the flower on the right, keeping the paint thinned enough to be transparent.

35. Paint the upper flower purple by mixing crimson and blue.

36. Set the pane aside to dry for a couple of days.

37. Go over the painting in the areas indicated by diagonal lines.

38. Work with smooth strokes to apply darker colors to the centers of the leaves and flowers. NOTE: Don't lay the paint on too thickly; just make it darker than the previous work.

39. Cut a piece of ordinary aluminum foil to the size of the glass.

40. Crumple the foil.

41. Flatten out the foil and lay it shiny side down on the painted glass.

42. Cover this with the 1/8" hardboard backing.

43. Fasten this "sandwich" to the frame to complete the project (see Detail A).

These plans were originally published in Volume 7, Issue 1 of The Woodworker's Journal (Jan./Feb. 1983, pages 28-29).