Winter Book Boxby Debby Forshey-Choma

Winter Book BoxBy Debby Forshey-Choma

Palette: DecoArt Americana AcrylicsAutumn Red #13280 Black Green #13157Black Plum #13172 Bleached Sand #13251Blue Haze Light #13511 Camel #13191Charcoal Grey #13088 Deep Midnight Blue #13166Espresso #13261 Evergreen #13082Honey Brown #13163 Light French Blue #13185Snow White #13001 Tangelo Orange #13196Uniform Blue #13086 Wasabi Green #13519Winter Blue #13190

Surface:Book Box with 5 inserts #62655

Misc. Supplies:DecoArt Acrylic Spray Sealer/Finisher - Matte #70836DecoArt DuraClear Matte Varnish #87395DecoArt MultiPurpose Sealer #87932Gray Graphite Paper #70141 Royal Soft Grip Embossing Stylus Set #70125 Palette Knife #70194 Royal 5 Sea Sponge Pack #70391RulerSpattering Tool or Old ToothbrushCandleDecorative Knob of Choice (Optional)

Brushes: I have used Royal Brushes for this project. Comparable Papillon by the Artist’s Club brushes are in parantheses.Royal Brushes#1360 – sm, med Debby’s Texture brushes (Blending Set #20168)#4160 – 5/8 Majestic angular (Angular Shader, size 5/8” #20112)#1400 – ¾ SG White Blending Mop (Maxine Thomas Mop, size ¾” #27181)#4170 – 2, 4, 6 Majestic fi lberts (Filbert, size 2 #20116; size 4 #20117; size 6 #20118) #3080 – 1 Oval Wash Combo (Varnish Set #20170)#4585 – 10/0, 0 Majestic liners (Liner, size 10/0 #20145; size 0 #20146)#4150 – 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12 Majestic Shaders (Shader, size 0 #20123; size 2 #20125; size 4 #20126; size 6 #20127; size 8 #20129; size 12 #20131) #4700 – ¾ Majestic glaze wash (Glaze Wash, size ¾” #20102)

Preparation:1. Seal the entire book box and one insert with DecoArt MultiPurpose Sealer; using the glaze wash

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brush. Allow to dry.Lightly sand, wipe off with a lint-free cloth.Basecoat the entire book with Bleached Sand; using the glaze wash brush, achieve an opaque cov-erage.Basecoat the trim edges and backside of the front cover of the book box with Charcoal Grey; using the 12 shader.

Smoke Marbleizing Technique:2. *This faux fi nish on the book box will accent a variety of designs you to choose to paint on the inserts. You might want to have a scrap piece of wood prepped to try this technique before going directly to the box. Also you could try using a spoon, fork or palette knife to see the different ef-fects each one makes. I used the palette knife. The outside front and back of the book box are faux fi nished. To smoke, light the candle in a holder and allow to burn for a few minutes, until you have a good fl ame. Practice moving the scooped side of the tablespoon, the fork or palette knife wiggling and moving it up and down in the fl ame. Watch the steady stream of black carbon rising above, this stream of smoke is what adheres to the project piece. Hold the piece about 6” above the fl ame moving the piece around so that the carbon will adhere to various places. Be careful not to let the palette knife touch the surface and handle with care - the carbon will smudge. If you get too much carbon, wipe off with a soapy cloth, redo the basecoating and re-try marbleizing. When you have achieved the desired effect, spray lightly with matte spray to avoid smudging.

When marbleizing a larger or awkward piece, you will have to smoke it in sections. Smoke one sec-tion, spray, let it dry and repeat steps to the other sections until the entire piece is marbleized.

After the piece has dried, varnish the entire piece with the Oval Wash Combo brush; it doesn’t leave any visible brush stroke marks after the varnish has dried.

Using the gray graphite paper, a traced pattern, and a stylus transfer the horizon line, structures, shrubs, and pines along the horizon to the insert. Use a ruler to transfer the straight lines of the design.

Painting Instructions:Winter Sky3. With the dampened silk sponge and Deep Midnight Blue, pat in the sky area starting at the top of the insert. As you work down the sky area, pick up Light French Blue on the other pre-dampened sponge for the lighter color at the horizon. Blend the colors together where they meet.

Moon4. Transfer the moon.Dampen the area around the moon with clean water, then with thinned Light French Blue pit pat around the moon; use the mop brush to soften. Allow to completely dry, then repeat the steps; if necessary, to brighten.

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Basecoat the moon with two sheer coats of Snow White; using the 6 fi lbert. Allow some of the background color of Deep Midnight Blue to come through for shades.

Background Horizon Pines 5. With a pencil and ruler, lightly transfer the center line for each pine. Now slightly dampen the surface with clean water where the pine will be pulled. The dampened surface will allow the pines to softly bleed; giving the illusion of the pines in the distance. Use the 4 fi lbert loaded with a mixture of Snow White + a shot of Blue Haze Light across the chisel edge, pull the lighter background pines fi rst.

Up on the chisel edge, vertically pull the very top of the pine. Horizontally tap from left to right for the boughs, slowly and slightly widening as you work towards the base of the pine. Allow a bit of the background to show through; so the pine doesn’t look like a triangle. Repeat the same steps with the front pines; using Black Green. For snow on the pines, repeat the steps lightly with Snow White, randomly tapping on the boughs.

Background Horizon Shrubs6. With the appropriate size Texture brush and Evergreen, dance in the shrubs along the horizon behind the structures. Then with Snow White on the toe of the Texture brush, lightly and randomly dance snow on each shrub. The snow will also help to separate shrub clusters. For proper use of the Texture brush, use the following method. Dampen the bristles with water to start the separation of bristles. Tap bristles into the paint on your palette, hold it perpendicular to your palette, pounce it up and down to get some of the paint off – keeping the paint sparse on the brush. Note – this brush can be used on the whole foot or just the toe. Tap lightly on the surface, dance with the brush up and down, rolling the brush in different direc-tions in between your fi ngers when it is up in the air (like dancing the twist, light on your feet).

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Allow some drying time in between dances so the paint sets up and you don’t end up with a globby or muddy look.

Land Areas6. Basecoat the land areas with two coats of Snow White; using the glaze wash brush. Corner load the angle with Winter Blue, randomly chisel fl oat* over the snow areas.

*chisel fl oat by corner loading the angle, blend off on your palette, lay the bristles of the brush fl at on the surface, chisel edge up. Push the paint on the bristles from left to right in a scratching motion, allowing the bristles to pull a broken line that is slightly fl oated.

Using the gray graphite paper, a traced pattern and a stylus transfer the remaining design to the surface. Use the graph ruler to aid in the transfer of straight lines, by dragging the stylus along the ruler’s edge.

Corner load the angle with Winter Blue, fl oat shad-ing along the bottom right of the background snow/land area.

Background Pines7. For the pines to the right of the yellow structure and behind the barn, repeat the steps for ‘Back-ground - Horizon Pines; using the 4 or 6 fi lbert with Evergreen. Then randomly with Snow White; for snow.

Background Shrubs8. Using the med Texture brush and Evergreen, dance in the shrubs to the left of the yellow struc-ture, barn, and behind the snowman. Then random-ly with Snow White; for snow.

Bare Tree9. Double load the 4 shader with Honey Brown + Espresso, base the trunk of the tree and then up on the chisel edge, pull the bare branches. Then with Snow White, randomly dab snow on the branches.

Painting Structures 10. Use the appropriate size shaders to basecoat the structures. The appropriate size liners to pull wall lines. Use the appropriate size shaders to wash over the shade side walls; corner load the angle to

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fl oat shade on the opposite wall.Each numbered step will contain instruc-tions to complete the structure. Roofs, windows, doors will be completed in a later step. Refer to line drawing for num-bering.

Structures #1 & #311. Wasabi Green – basecoat wallsUniform Blue – pull wall lines; wash over left walls; fl oat shade across the top of the right walls

Structure #212. Autumn Red – basecoat wallsBlack Plum – pull wall lines; wash over left wall; fl oat shade across the top of the right wall Structure #413. Bleached Sand – basecoat wallsLight French Blue – pull wall lines; wash over right wall; fl oat shade across the top of the left wall

Structure #514. Camel – basecoat wallsEspresso – pull wall lines; wash over left walls; fl oat shade across the top of the right wallsCamel – pull the chimneys Structure #615. Autumn Red – basecoat top section of the wallsBleached Sand – basecoat foundation walls, silo wallBlack Plum – pull wall lines on top section; fl oat shading under the roofs; fl oat shading down the right side of the smaller wallLight French Blue – with the 2 fi lbert, randomly apply stones to the foundation walls and silo wallLight French Blue – lightly wash over foun-dation and silo walls; fl oat shade down the right side of the smaller wallAutumn Red – basecoat the chimneysBleached Sand – pull the linework trim between the walls, foundation and door opening

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Roofs16. Snow White – basecoat roofsCorner load the angle with Uniform Blue, lightly fl oat shading across the top of each roof. Double load the 0 liner with Uniform Blue + Snow White, pull the side roof lines. Load the 0 liner with Snow White, re-stroke over the side roof lines; to brighten.

Doors and Windows 17. With the appropriate size shaders, pull the – Bleached Sand – barn door; Espresso – yellow structure door; Deep Midnight Blue – windows

With the 10/0 liner and Light French Blue, pull the barn door handle. With the 10/0 liner and Bleached Sand, pull the window panes, shutters, and door knob on the yellow structure. Snowmen18. Snow White – basecoat snowmen

Corner load the angle with Uniform Blue, fl oat down the left side of the snowman and the ‘c’ stroke for the arm inset. Then corner load the angle with Camel, fl oat a tint highlight down the right side of the snowman. Double load the 10/0 liner with Honey Brown + Espresso, pull the twig arm. With the 10/0 liner and Tangelo Orange, pull carrot nose. Path19. Corner load the angle with Uniform Blue, lightly fl oat down both sides of the path.

Ground Snow20. Corner load the angle with Snow White, fl oat along the front side of the snow hills; to brighten.

Crops21. With the sm Texture brush and Espresso, dance in the crops in the foreground.

Foreground Shrubs and Foliage22. With the sm Texture brush and Evergreen, dance in the foreground shrubs and foliage. Then with Snow White on the toe of the Texture brush, lightly and randomly dance snow.

Falling Snow23. With the Spattering Tool (or Old Toothbrush) and thinned Snow White, lightly spatter over the design area.

Finishing:24. To protect fi nished painted pieces, varnish the entire book box and insert with the DuraClear matte varnish; using the Oval Wash Combo. This brush doesn’t leave any visible brushstroke marks after the varnish has dried.

Finishing Touch:Add a decorative knob to the book box if desired.

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Pattern at 100%

1” x 1”

To ensure your pattern is at 100%, this box should measure 1” x 1” when printed.

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