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Choosing the correct
brush set is important. Black Gold Set BG-5
paintbrushes were used to create the Cupid Doll. This set offers the
perfect selection for the large and small strokework used in creating
the basecoats, tole painting, linework, dots & detailing.
Materials:
Black Gold Set BG-5 Brushes
Acrylic Paints
Red,
White,
Black,
Blue
Base Flesh,
Green,
Sage
Acrylic Sealer / Finisher matte
Terra cotta pots
4" & 3" & Wooden hearts
Adhesive & Tacky Glue
Large craft stick & Wood balls 4", 1/2"
Cinamay doll hat & Red rosebuds
White miniature flowers
1/8" Red satin ribbon & 1/8Ó Red ric rac
Curly doll hair & Small pearl strand
3" White cotton lace doily
Pink chalk pastel crayon or blush
Adhesive-back Velcro™ squares
Craft knife, Ruler, & Supplies
20-Gauge gold wire
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Directions:
- 1. Using
Black Gold glaze brush, basecoat
large flower pot red and small flower pot white. Let dry. Repeat.
- Basecoat wood balls
and craft stick flesh color. Cut craft stick in half, sand edges. Sand
one area of the small ball knob flat for gluing.
- With shader brush,
basecoat large hearts white and small heart red with glaze.
- Drill holes in
sides of small heart and at each round end of the cut craft stick.
- Using shader
brush, paint red stripes around small flower pot. With liner brush,
paint a black line down the center front.
- Paint apron white
on front of large flower pot. (Flower pot is upside down.) Using the shader, tip one corner in white and one in water; remove dripping water,
paint small half circles around apron for lace. Paint two small circles
white at neckline and with the liner, dot red for buttons. Use detail
brush to dot the border on painted "lace" with white. Randomly
place three dot clusters over dress area. With liner, paint wavy line
border along rim. With round brush and white, paint flower border. Stripe
each flower red with liner. Paint centers blue, dot white. Tip one corner
of shader in green, one in sage. Paint each leaf with one stroke. Dot
apron red with detail brush.
- Paint small red
hearts randomly on the largest hearts (wings) with detail brush. Paint
wavy lineborder red with liner.
- Paint red
"stitching" line around medium heart. Paint inner area flesh. Paint a
white line across this for a shoe strap. Dot blue for shoe button.
- Apply oil pastel or
blush to the cheek areas. Paint eye circles white with round brush.
Using black and detail brush, paint inner eye circles, the line around
the white, eye lashes and eyebrows. Paint lips red using detail brush.
Line remainder of mouth black with the liner.
- Paint lace on small
heart, same as apron. Dot ruffle red with detail brush. Line "lace"
white on inside. Pencil in lettering or paint freestyle.
- Spray before gluing
together or completed doll can be sprayed with sealer finisher before
air is glued on.
- Glue small ball to
large ball for nose. Set to dry. Glue craft stick halves to side of
flower pot for arms. Use masking tape to hold until dry. Glue medium
heart to small terra cotta pot.
- Glue doily to terra
cotta pot. Glue large ball for head to top of doily. Wrap pearl or
bead necklace around bottom of head, gluing at back.
- Glue ribbon around
hat. Tie a bow and glue along with flowers to the hat. Glue small
satin ribbon bows to each "shoe" heart. Set to dry.
- Attach wire to
heart, thread onto craft sticks twisting to secure.
- Attach heart wings
to back of terra cotta pot with adhesive-backed Velcro™ squares.
- Apply thin layer
of glue to top of ball knob for doll hair. Tie ric rac bows, glue to
each side of head. Glue the hat to top of head.
This
project was created by Linda Lover demonstrating the proper techniques
for creating unique craft and painting projects using Dynasty® Brushes.
As Dynasty's artisan to the creative world, Linda has invented new
project ideas,
exclusively for Dynasty, which take advantage of the superior quality of
Dynasty Brushes.
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