From the Moon and Back!
From the Moon and Back
By Elisabetta De Maria
Dearest painting friends, I thought up a three-dimensional project for you: a cat and its
pumpkin for a magical Halloween!Hope you like it!!!Happy Painting my dear friends!
SURFACE:
The surface measures 31 x 26 cm. (12.2" x 10.24")
PAINTS:
DecoartĀ® Americana Acrylics:
DA172 Black Plum
DA318 Blue Haven
DA329 Bright Salmon
DA016 Burnt Orange
DA064 Burnt Umber
DA376 Crisp Blue
DA219 Heritage Brick
DA163 Honey Brown
DA067 Lamp Black
DA114 Light Cinnamon
DA194 Marigold
DA095 Neutral Grey
DA201 Primary Yellow
DA093 Raw Sienna
DA04 Sand
DA155 Soft Black
DA01 Snow (Titanium) White
DA369 Vintage Pink
DA08 Yellow Ochre
DHS2 Neon- Torrid Orange
BRUSHES:
DynastyĀ® Black Gold Brushes : 4, 8, 10, 1/2 Shaders (206S)
5/0 Liner (206L)
1/4, 3/8, 1/2 Angular (206A)
Round Brush for Drybrush Mezzaluna X-Large
1/2 Mop (Dynasty series 400)
MISCELLANEOUS SUPPLIES:
DecoartĀ® Media Gesso White
Stylus - For dots and transferring pattern.
Tracing paper and graphite paper - For transferring design.
Paper Palette
Light Satin Varnish DecoartĀ®
PAINTING TECHNIQUES:
Basecoat :
This is just painting the basic background color onto your surface.
Shading and Hightlighting (Floated Color):
Load the brush with a small amount of paint in the corner of an angular brush.
Stroke the brush back and forth on the palette paper until most of the paint is out of the brush.
It is important that the color be worked in the brush until it is completely transparent.
Apply as if walking out a float of color.
Repeat if necessary and use the MOP brush to blend the color.
Drybrush:
Use round brushes that are dome-shaped - rounded on the tip and have shorter hairs.
To begin, dip the brush into the paint and then wipe the brush on a dry paper towel, rotating the brush until only a residue of paint remains.
Using light pressure, begin āscrubbingā the paint out of the brush onto your surface, slowly, in a small circular motion.
Work the paint outward. Allowing it to diminish so that there is a gradation of color.
LETāS PAINT:
Use the brush you are most comfortable with to apply a coat of sealer and let it dry.
Sanding with fine sandpaper, then wipe away dust with a soft cloth.
SHADING AND HIGHLIGHTING : ( Refer to color photo for placement)
Pumpkin
Basecoat:
Burnt Orange. Shade with Heritage Brick. Deepen with Black Plum.
Drybrush with Primary Yellow. Highlight with Torrid Orange.
Stem:
Raw Sienna. Shade with Burnt Umber. Highlight with Honey Brown
Cat
Basecoat:
Lamp Black. Highlight with Neutral Gray
Eyes:
Blue Haven and Lamp Black. Shade with Crisp Blue
Nose:
Bright Salmon. Highlight with Vintage Pink
Mustache:
Titanium White
Hat:
Light Cinnamon. Shade with Burnt Umber and highlight with Honey Brown.
Drybrush with Yellow Ocher and highlight again first with Marigold and then with Sand.
Reinforce the shading with Soft Black.
Hat Band:
Honey Brown. Shade with Burnt Umber and drybrush with Sand.
Reinforce the shading with Soft Black.
Fibia:
Yellow Ocher. Shade with Honey Brown and highlight with Sand.
Collar:
Honey Brown. Shade first with Burnt Umber and then with Light Cinnamon.
Highlight with Marigold.
Pendant:
Blue Haven and Crisp Blue
Moon:
Primary Yellow.Shade with Torrid Orange. Paint the line that hangs the moon from the hat with Lamp Black. Paint the phrase "I love you to the Moon and Back" with Lamp Black.
FINISHING:
Varnish as desired
Download Original WORD File Here.
I hope you Enjoy painting this as much as I did!
Happy Painting!
Elisabetta