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HONEY BEE!by Sharon Bond

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PALETTEDecoArt Americana AcrylicsButtermilk #13003Heritage Brick #13219Lamp Black #13067Marigold #13194Saff ron Yellow #13263Soft Black #13155Spiced Pumpkin #13546Sunny Day #13558Tangelo Orange #13196Warm White #13239

SURFACE14" Beehive Plaque #63267Wood Shapes/Flowers #63206

MEDIUMSAcrylic Sealer Finisher Matte Spray #70836Acrylic Sealer Finisher Gloss Spray #70835 (optional)Dura Clear Gloss Varnish #87393 (optional)Media Gesso White #87415DecoArt Media Liquid Glass #87406 (optional)DecoArt Pouring Medium #87466Ice Crystal Glamour Dust Glitter Paint #13598

MISC. SUPPLIESIdenti Pen Black #70830 (for outlining)

Paint pouring suppliesFoil panPlastic cups Small paint stirrers (available most anywhere includ-ing dollar stores)Wire or ribbon to create a hanger (optional)Super glue (for attaching fl owers)

BRUSHESPapillon by the Artist’s ClubAngular Shader size 1/4 inch #20109Angular Shader size 3/8 inch #20110Glaze Wash size 3/4 inch # 20102Highlighter size 1/2" (from set #20173)Round size 2 #20158Script Liner size 10/0 #20137Shader size 6 #20127

Honey Beeby Sharon Bond

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PREPARATIONTo start we will basecoat the entire plaque with a coat of White Gesso. Let this dry. Now we will prepare our supplies and paints to pour the plaque. Prepare your area—it could get messy! I purchased a cheap foil pan to catch the drippings (available at dollar stores). I also pur-chased cheap plastic cups for mixing the pouring colors and popsicle sticks to stir. The acrylic colors that we will be using to pour will be: Marigold, Saff ron Yellow, Sunny Day, Spiced Pumpkin, Tangelo Orange, and Heritage Brick. I have listed these colors in order of ‘most used’, as in we will pour with the most amount in Marigold and with Heritage Brick, the least. The ratio for mixing the acrylic colors with pouring medium will be one to one. Fill each cup with paint then add an equal amount of pouring medium. Stir to mix well. Add all colors slowly into one single cup. I used the ‘fl ip cup’ method by placing the surface on top of the cup, then fl ipping over and lifting the cup to release the colors! So much fun! Tilt your piece until all areas have been covered in paint. Let the excess run off into your foil pan. Once you’ve covered your surface, simply sit on a couple of plastic cups, soup cans, etc… to let dry.

With the excess paint drippings left in your pan, I wanted to take some of the small wooden fl owers and dip them into this. Simply dip the front side of the fl ow-ers into the drippings, lift out (blow air through the holes, if you need to open any holes that fi lled with paint). Lay those aside to dry. I did lay them on a small piece of parchment paper to make sure they wouldn’t stick.

You must let all dry completely—I would say at least overnight. Remember, no two pieces will look exactly alike, which makes this even more fun!

Before proceeding, spray the beehive with a light coat of Matte Spray Finisher and let this dry. (No need to spray the fl ow-ers.) This will help your tracing and paint adhere better. Once your spray has dried, you can transfer your design.

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PAINTING INSTRUCTIONSShade heavily down the left edge of the Beehive plaque with Heritage Brick. (You may need to shade more than one coat for a darker coverage.)

LETTERING—I used my Black pen to do the lettering.

ENTRANCE HOLE—Basecoat the entrance hole solidly with Soft Black. Apply a second coat for complete

coverage if needed. Once dry, shade down the right, inside edge of the hole with Heritage Brick. Shade again, down the left side of the Heritage Brick shade with Black.

Shade down the left, outside edge of the hole with Heritage Brick and fi nely outline the hole with your Black pen.

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BEE—Once you have transferred your Bee design, shade heavily around the left side of the bee with Heritage Brick. I also shaded Heritage Brick under the right wing and right back legs as well.

Basecoat the wings solidly in Buttermilk. This may require two coats for solid coverage. Once dry, drybrush the wings with Warm White. Finely outline the wings and add the fi ne details to the wings with Black (or your Black marker). Shade around the outside edge of the wing de-tails (within the wing) with Sunny Day.

YELLOW SECTIONS of the bee are based with Saff ron Yellow, two coats—let dry. Add an ad-ditional coat of Marigold over this to help with coverage. Now with your liner brush and slightly thinned Sunny Day, line tiny vertical stripes across all yellow sections.

Legs, head, antennae and the other sections of the bee are painted with Black. The eyes are the rest of the body are fi nely outlined in Black. Fill in the eyes with Soft Black and add a tiny Warm White dot to each eye to highlight. Also dip-dot the tops of the antennae with a Black dot.

FINISHINGAt this point, I wanted to attach my small fl ow-ers. I glued these onto the plaque in a random manner. Once the glue dried, I sprayed the en-tire plaque again. This time I used Americana’s Gloss Spray Finisher (which is optional, you could use Matte if you prefer) Let this dry. These following steps are optional as well, but I wanted to add a little extra touch to the plaque! I paint-ed the tops of all of the tiny fl owers with Ice Crystal Glamour Dust Glitter Paint. I also painted over the fi ne detailed parts of each wing with Ice Crystal Glitter Paint as well. I let the fi rst coat of this dry, then applied a second coat for a bit more sparkle. I added DecoArt DuraClear Gloss Varnish to the entrance hole. I added DecoArt Media Liquid Glass to each eye and each dot at the ends of the antennae. Let everything dry, before you display! You can also create a hanger for the plaque using wire or ribbon, if you wish.

I think pouring projects are so much fun!! You never know exactly what will develop when you pour and it makes such an interesting back-ground! I hope you enjoyed this project today!

Thank you!

Sharon Bond

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Pattern at 100%1" x 1"

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