Jolly Holiday gingerbread can

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Supplies
Surfaces

Synthetic Brushes for Acrylics - 1" Flat, #6 Flat, #1 Liner

Supplies - Tracing or transfer paper, palette paper, paper towels, water container

Galvanized Metal Bucket



Instructions

Product Note
No-Prep Metal Paint is a non-toxic paint that has good adhesion to most metal surfaces, including galvanized metal, tin, brass and wrought iron,without using a coat of primer. It is available in 35 colors and a Clear Medium. All 35 colors are intermixable.

Instructions
1. Refer to label for cleaning instructions.

2. Basecoat tin Bright White, using 1" flat brush and leaving unpainted 2" band at top and 1" band at bottom.

3. Double load #6 flat brush with Bright Blue and Clear Medium. Holding the brush with Bright Blue side pointing down, paint shaded band 3/4" below edge of basecoat.

4. Load #6 brush with Real Red and create S strokes from top of basecoated white to edge of Bright Blue shaded band.

5. With #1 liner, add lines between Real Red stripes with True Green.

6. Transfer pattern of gingerbread man to Bright White. Basecoat with 1:1 mix of Sedona Clay and Bright White.

7. Float Sedona Clay around edges and detail areas, using #6 flat brush.

8. With liner, paint bands on head, hands and feet with Real Red; outline with Bright White.

9. Add Bright White buttons and Coal Black eyes with handle end of brush. Add Bright White highlight in eyes with liner.

10. Use 1:1 mix of Real Red and Bright White and handle end of brush to add nose. Highlight with liner and Bright White.

11. Pounce cheeks with Easy Cling brush double-loaded with 1:1 mix of Real Red and Bright White on lower half; Bright White on upper half.

12. Draw smile and heart with Real Red and liner.

13. Transfer pattern for holly and berries randomly on white area and around unpainted band at bottom.

14. Basecoat holly leaves with Bright Lime Green; shade with True Green, using #6 flat brush. Outline holly leaves with liner, using Coal Black.

15. Paint holly berries Real Red using handle end of brush; highlight with Bright White.

16. Paint handles on each side of bucket Real Red, using #6 flat brush.

Designer: Teri Stillwaugh

Techniques
Transferring a Pattern
Lay tracing paper over pattern and draw the basic lines. Lay this tracing on the surface to be painted. Slip graphite paper between the tracing and the surface. Tape to secure. Trace with a pencil to transfer the design. Do not trace details until after basecoating has dried.

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