Floral Expressions

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PALETTE:
HB Hartland Blue
B Black

YO Yellow Ochre
CR Calico Red

W White
TB True Blue

PG Poetry Green
T Tafty

MIXTURES:
# 1 YO+ little B + bit CR

# 2 PG+ bit B

# 3 W+ little PG

# 4 CR+ little B

# 5 B+ YO+ little CR

BRUSHES: #3 and #5 round

PREPARATION:
Prime with your favorite tin preparation. Basecoat LAMP-BASE with 2 coats of HB. Apply one coat of varnish and let it dry over
night for a white wash.
With a sponge brush and a little water apply T to the base und wipe it off with a soft rag. When dry, speckle with thinned B.
LAMPSHADE - 3-4 coats with T. Inside the lampshade apply 2-3 coats with mix #5. Allow lampshade to dry at least 6 hours.
Add water or retarder to thin mix #1, apply the whole lampshade. Immediately after applying the paint use crashed newspaper
And dab along with gentle pressure until wetness is gone and pattern stays sharp.

LEAVES:
Basecoat with PG, shade with mix #2. Begin outlining the shadow side. With brush #3 pull a few strokes into the leaves to
achieve a feathered look. Highlightuse mix #3. Brushstrokes are the same as the shadow side.

WILD ROSE:
Basecoat with TB. On your palette max a little B into TB. With the darker blue paint mix shade from the center into the
petal while wet.
Again, on your palette mix W into TB and apply strokes from the top down- into the petal. Reinforce with a little lighter color.
( add a bit more W ) Outline with TB and W
CENTER- use mix #1- while wet add short C- hook with W and apply white dots around the center.

ROSE:
Apply two coats of CR. Immediately after the second coat use mix #4 for the center. Divide the rose petal like done with the
leaves. While wet use W and start to shade from the brown center downwards with long feathered strokes. Reinforce when
necessary. Apply with W very lightly feathered strokes onto the rose petals. Again apply over strokes with W for highlights.

TULIP:
Basecoat with YO. While wet pull a few brown strokes (mix #1) into the tulip to divide each petal. Shade with W from the top
down, about into the tulip. Apply highlight over strokes into wet paint.

SM. FLOWERS:
Dark petal double load each petal, CR with mix #4
Light petal double load each petal, CR with W
Make a short swift C-hook and close the petal with a small D-stroke, pick up new paint for every petal.
Add white dots around the brown center. With brush #3 and paint mix #2 add space filling leaves and veins.

FINISHING: Apply two thin coats of oil based polyurethane varnish.