Bunny Votive Candleholder
Posted by DecoArt on Mar 5th 2015
Add a spring theme to any outdoor gathering with this playful votive candleholder and Patio Paint Outdoor™.
SUPPLIES
- water container
- paper towels
- ruler
- pencil
- tape measure
- 2" flat brush
- #4 round brush
- #4 flat brush
- masking tape
- tracing & transfer paper
- votive candle or votive with battery
- 4" clay pot
- play sand
- #10/0 liner brush
INSTRUCTIONS
NOTES:
Let dry completely between painting steps.
- Basecoat the pot rim Sweet Pea.
- Basecoat the remainder of the pot Larkspur Blue.
- Measure and mark off with pencil 1/2" from the bottom of the pot rim and 1/2" from below the rim. Paint strip of Mistletoe Green above the drawn line at bottom and below the line at the top of the pot.
- Using Sweet Pea, paint a wavy 1/2" border above painted Mistletoe Green line along bottom.
- Transfer the bunny pattern onto the pot twice with tracing and transfer paper.
- Paint the bunny solid Cloud White; use Carnation Pink to shade between the ears, below the feet, and around the tail.
- Use Wrought Iron Black thinned with water to make lines and details for the bunny ears, feet, and tail.
- Transfer the carrot pattern twice onto pot with tracing and transfer paper. Basecoat the carrot Pumpkin; highlight one side with a small amount of Cloud White mixed into Pumpkin.
- Paint the carrot top with Sweet Pea and highlight the edges with Mistletoe Green.
- Using thinned Wrought Iron Black, add detail lines to one side of the carrot and edges of the carrot top.
- Dip-dot Cloud White dots along the top of the pot and along the bottom. Using Mistletoe Green and the #4 round brush, stroke the carrot tops along bottom rim of pot.
- Let pot dry thoroughly. Tape over the drainage hole, partially fill the inside of the pot with play sand, and add a votive candle.