Painted Cacti Canvas Set
Posted by DecoArt on Apr 27th 2016
Add warmth and a Southwestern flair to any room with the latest colors of Americana® Acrylics.
SUPPLIES
- tracing paper
- transfer paper
- #2 round brush
- #10 flat brush
- #1 liner brush
- pen or pencil
- stretched canvas
INSTRUCTIONS
- Use a flat brush to paint two canvases Warm White and two with Aqua Sky. Rinse brush. Let dry. Use a flat brush with Desert Cactus, Frosted Plum, Bright Salmon, and Chartreuse Yellow to paint the sides of the canvases plus a border around each front. Rinse brush.
- Print patterns to fit the canvas size. Use a pen or pencil and the tracing and transfer papers to transfer the patterns on each canvas. Use a round brush to basecoat each cactus using Bright Salmon, Colonial Blue, Chartreuse Yellow, and Desert Cactus. Rinse brush.
- Use the round and liner brushes to mix Warm White with Bright Salmon and paint details on the circle cacti and the Bright Salmon-colored cactus. Rinse brush. Use Frosted Plum and Colonial Blue to paint the cacti on the Colonial Blue and Warm White canvases. (See photo.) Rinse brush.
- Use the round and liner brushes with Lamp Black to paint open and closed triangles and open and closed circles in the backgrounds. Rinse brushes.
