Seaside Message in a Bottle
Posted by DecoArt on Apr 30th 2015
Bring the seashore into any room with a bottle decorated in Americana® Multi-Surface Acrylics.
SUPPLIES
- stylus or pencil
- scissors
- hot glue gun
- computer paper
- jute, hemp, string, or yarn
- #10/0 liner brush
- 6-1/2" x 2" clear glass bottle with cork
- 1/2" x 1-1/2" vials
- grey transfer paper
- 10/0 angle shader brush
- #2 flat shader brush
- seashell
INSTRUCTIONS
NOTES:
Let dry completely between painting steps.
- Use a pencil or stylus to transfer pattern onto the glass bottle using grey transfer paper.
- Using a #2 flat shader brush, basecoat separately: the sky, Sky Blue; the sea, Turquoise Waters; the sand, Mushroom; the shells, White Birch; and loosely brushed-in waves in Cotton Ball. Rinse the brush between colors and at the end.
- Using a 10/0 angle shader brush, shade under the waves and along the ocean horizon with Cobalt; and over the sand and around the shells with Brown Sugar and again with Cocoa Bean. Rinse the brush between colors and at end.
- Using a #10/0 liner brush, mix (2) parts Coffee Bean with (1) part Cobalt. Use the mix to paint a line over the sand, weeds, and birds. Rinse brush.
- Use a #10/0 liner brush to highlight the weeds with Chick. Rinse brush.
- Use a #10/0 liner brush to highlight the sand randomly with White Birch. Rinse brush.
- Repeat the pattern around the rest of the bottle, omitting shells, weeds, and birds. Paint the sand, sky, and sea in the same manner as above instructions state.
- Using a #10/0 liner brush with Black Tie, paint the words "Read me" on the vial. Rinse brush.
- Use scissors to cut string or jute to hold the vial around the neck of the large bottle and to cut the computer paper to fit inside the vial.
- Roll up the piece of paper and stick it in the vial.
- Tie string to attach the vial to the neck of the large bottle.
- Use a glue gun to attach a shell to the cork lid of the large bottle.