FIRST YOU NEED PAINT , RED ,BLUE,YELLOW,BLACK,AND WHITE ARE THE ONLY COLORS YOU NEED TO BUY BECAUSE YOU CAN MIX THEM AND MAKE ANY COLOR YOU WANT WITHOUT BUYING TONS OF PAINT . JESSICA IS USING TEMPERA IN BIG BOTTLES WITCH IS CHEAP, AND LASTS A LONG TIME . IT IS ALSO EASY TO CLEAN UP WITH WATER AS LONG AS YOU DO SO BEFORE IT DRIES IN YOUR CARPET!
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YOU WILL ALSO NEED A SPONGE(NATURAL NOT A SQUARE DISH SPONGE) OR A ROUGH RAG WILL WORK BUT NOT AS WELL , A STRAW , A SMALL PAINTBRUSH TO MIX WITH AND A LARGE PAINTBRUSH , CHIPPING BRUSHES WORK BEST AND YOU CAN BUY ONE LIKE THIS AT W%$#^%T FOR FIFTY OR SEVENTY FIVE CENTS , AND SOME PAPER. WATERCOLOR PAPER OR CARDSTOCK , SOMETHING THICK THAT WONT WRINKLE UP WHEN WET WITH PAINT. YOU CAN USE A PLATE OR GET A MIXING PALATE ALSO AVALABLE AT THE W WORD FOR A COUPLE BUCKS.
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TAKE SOME BROWN PAINT AND THIN IT DOWN REALLY GOOD , MAKE A PUDDLE HALFWAY BETWEEN YOUR ORANGE GLOB AND THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE THEN TAKE YOUR STRAW AND BLOW THE PAINT REALLY HARD TOWARD THE TOP OF THE PAPER. IT WILL GO OFF IN ALL CRAZY DIRECTIONS AND MAKE YOUR TREE TRUNK AND BRANCHES! FOR THOSE WHO ARE MIXING THEIR OWN COLORS MIX BLUE AND RED TO GET PURPLE THEN MIX YELLOW AND BLUE TO MAKE GREEN ADD PURPLE A LITTLE AT A TIME AND MIX KEEP ADDING PURPLE AND STIRRING AND EVENTUALLY YOU WILL GET BROWN.
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WHEN IT IS ALL DRY SIGN YOUR NAME NEATLY (OR NOT) AT THE BOTTOM ,AND YOUR MASTER PIECE IS READY FOR THE PUBLIC ! JESSICA GAVE HERS TO HER TEACHER AND I AM TOLD IT IS NOW ON DISPLAY IN HER CLASSROOM!
REMEMBER ,HAVE FUN ,AND IF YOUR FIRST ONE OR TWO DONT TURN OUT GREAT -TRY AGAIN ! ART IS NOT JUST ABOUT HOW GOOD IT LOOKS BUT ALSO ABOUT HOW MUCH FUN YOU HAD MAKING IT ! |