Christmas Keepsakes

Pattern

Instructions

Product Note
Americana Acrylics are artist-quality, water-based, non-toxic paints. They are intermixable and suitable for almost any surface. They are creamy to facilitate smooth and easy brush strokes, and highly pigmented for richer color and one-stroke coverage. The wide range of colors makes color coordination easy: It reduces the waste of mixing to get the perfect hue.
Instructions
1. Measure off 1" outside border around three sides of memory album and 3/4" outside border around frame. Mark 5/8" border on inside of frame.
2. Use #12 flat brush to paint outside borders on book and frame Cadmium Yellow, left margin of book, inside border of frame and corner squares Light Buttermilk. Paint inside areas of book and frame Victorian Blue.
3. Transfer patterns* to book and frame. Draw 1-1/4" triangles on borders.
Helpful Hint: Draw triangle on index card, cut out and use for a pattern.
4. Paint as follows:
Dark Chocolate: Sack and tree branches;
Santa Red: Coat, pant stripes, mouth, bottom triangles on coat and hat, outside triangles on book and frame borders, diamonds on tree buckets, stripes on gift box and number 9;
Holly Green: Mittens, stripes on gift box, cap, tree needles, outside and inside edges of frame, pant stripes, gift ribbon and number 9;
Cadmium Yellow: Top triangles on book and frame borders, tree stars and number 9;
Lamp Black: Boots, diamonds on tree buckets, checkers on border squares, left margin of book and inside border of frame;
Light Buttermilk: Beard, fur trim, remaining gift box, bow on striped box and number 1.
5. Use #10 flat brush to paint face with Flesh Tone. Mix small amount of Santa Red with Flesh Tone for cheeks and nose.
6. Use liner brush to paint eyes Lamp Black and outline all.
7. Use brush handle tip to dot Santa Red on Light Buttermilk package, Cadmium Yellow on tree bucket and Holly Green on Light Buttermilk corner checkers. Let dry.
8. Spray book and frame with two coats Americana Matte Spray, allowing to dry between coats.
Designer: Donna Bush
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.