Bunny in Easter
Basket
By Peggy Laurie
copyright © 2001Brushes:
Loew-Cornell
1 sponge brush
1/4 Angle
3/8 Angle
I/2 Angle
#6 Fabric Dye Scrubber
#4 Liner
18/0 Liner
Palette:
Americana DecoArt Acrylics
Sand
Light Buttermilk
Camel
Peony Pink
Lavender
Golden Straw
Salem Blue
Jade Green
Lamp (Ebony) Black
Burnt Umber
Titanium (Snow) White
Delanes Cheek Color
Alizarin Crimson
Dioxazine Purple
Honey Brown
True Blue
Forest Green
Surface:
1 (one) Quart Mayonnaise Jar
Supplies:
Zinsser, BIN, Primer Sealer Stain-Killer
Stylus
Sandpaper
Grey Graphite Paper
Flowerpot shaped Glass Votive
3 X 45 Fabric |
Preparation:
This jar is a quart Mayo jar. Washed in the dishwasher, then mix vinegar and water and
rinse jar. Dry. Spray jar outside with Zinsser, BIN, Primer Sealer Stain-Killer. Let it
dry 24 hours. Directions:
Basecoat jar with Sand, using a 1 sponge brush. Let dry several hours before the
next coat of paint. Paint 2 more coats of paint, letting it dry several hours in between
coats. Let the jar dry over night. Transfer pattern on with grey graphite paper.
I used a 3/8 angle brush to basecoat bunny and basket. I
used a 1/4 angle brush to basecoat eggs. I used a 4 liner to basecoat in nose and
eye. I used a 1/2 angle brush to shade everything. I used an 18/0 liner brush for
the lines in the eyes and eggs. I used a stylus for all the dots in the eggs.
Bunny:
1. Light Buttermilk: Basecoat bunny.
2. Titanium (Snow) White: Base in eye. Float inside of muzzle.
3. Burnt Umber: Shade all around outside of bunny and basket, so bunny will show up on the
light background. Shade around head, inside ears, on top of eye, tail, separate feet and
toes. Base in pupil and outline bottom of eye. Shade around top of eggs on bunny.
4. Delanes Cheek Color: Base in bunnys nose. Stipple in cheek with a #6 Fabric
Dye Scrubber. Load a dry brush and pounce on palette paper then on a paper towel to get
most of the paint off.
5. Lamp (Ebony) Black: Outline top of eye and eye lashes.
6. Titanium (Snow) White: Float C stroke inside pupil. Paint dots to highlight
inside of pupil, nose and cheek.
Basket:
1. Camel: Basecoat basket.
2. Burnt Umber: Shade under all the lines for the basket weave. Shade on the outside of
the two lines going threw the weave. Shade top of basket, under the eggs, bottom of the
basket and left side of the basket.
3. Golden Straw: Float inside of each weave slate of the basket, to highlight. Float right
side of basket to highlight.
Ground:
1. Jade Green: Paint ground under basket.
2. Forest Green: Float on top of ground and walk the floated color to the bottom. Shade
under the basket.
Eggs:
1. Two eggs are Peony Pink-Zigzag lines on eggs are Jade Green and Forest Green: Shade egg
with Alizarin Crimson.
2. Two eggs are Lavender-lines on eggs are Salem Blue. Shade egg with Dioxazine Purple.
3. One egg is Jade Green-Dots on egg are Dioxazine Purple, then a little dot on top with
Camel. Shade egg with Forest Green.
4. One egg is Salem Blue-Strokes are Peony Pink and dots are Sand. Shade egg with True
Blue.
5. One egg is Golden Straw-Dot flowers are Dioxazine Purple and center of flowers are
Peony Pink. Shade egg with Honey Brown.
Finishing:
Spray jar with Americana Satin Spray finish, let dry and spray again.
Cut a piece of fabric 3 X 45 the width of fabric and fold in half and tie a
bow around the top of jar to hide were the lid screws on. Then cut the ties shorter.
Insert a flowerpot shape glass votive candleholder in the top of the jar. |