Pink Forget-Me-Not Garden Tote

Pink Forget-Me-Not Garden Tote

Posted by DecoArt on Mar 10th 2015

A plain wooden planter becomes a colorful resting place for plants with Americana® Multi-Surface Acrylics.

SUPPLIES

    • water container
    • palette or plastic plate
    • paper towels
    • stylus or pencil
    • tracing paper
    • transfer paper
    • 1" flat brush
    • #12 flat brush
    • #1 round brush

    INSTRUCTIONS

    NOTES:

    Let dry completely between painting steps.

    1. Use a 1" flat brush to basecoat the inside of the wooden planter, Lavender Fields; the outside, Coastal Waters; the side-supports, Blue Bird; and the handle, Apple Green.
    2. Instruction #1
    3. Trace and transfer the pattern onto the planter with a stylus or pencil and the tracing and transfer papers.
    4. Use a #1 round brush and Chartreuse to paint the vines.
    5. Instruction #3
    6. Use a #12 flat brush to basecoat the flower petals Shrimp and the leaves, Chartreuse.
    7. Instruction #4
    8. Use a #1 round brush and Poppy to outline the petals. Rinse brush. Use Apple Green and the same brush to outline and detail the leaves and vines.
    9. Instruction #5
    10. Use a #1 round brush to add buds with Shrimp and Poppy and Chartreuse leaves at the bud bases.
    11. Instruction #6
    12. Use a #12 flat brush and Lavender Fields to paint the flower centers.
    13. Use the handle end of a brush and Poppy to dot flower petals.
    14. Instruction #8

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    Flowers And Vines Pattern