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2 Ceramic Go Cups Delta Ceramcoat ® Select Multi-Surface Acrylic Paint - Satin - Butternut, 2 oz. #04012, Delta Ceramcoat ® Select Multi-Surface Acrylic Paint - Satin - North Sea, 2 oz. #04019, Delta Ceramcoat ® Select Multi-Surface Acrylic Paint - Satin - Chestnut, 2 oz. #04034, Assorted Brushes: No. 14 Flat brushes and 5/0 Script liner brushes, Palette Paper or foam plate, Paper towels, Brush basin or container for water, Tracing paper, Transfer paper, Stylus, Painters tape or stencil tape, Soft lint-free cloth, Rubbing alcohol
Instructions
Preparation Instructions
- Thoroughly wash the ceramic cups with soap and warm water. Rinse well, and allow to dry.
- Moisten paper towel or lint-free cloth with rubbing alcohol. Thoroughly wipe cups to remove remaining dust, dirt, grease and soap film.
- Trace pattern onto tracing paper.
- Tape pattern to cups and neatly transfer the ornament patterns using transfer paper and a stylus.
Painting Instructions
Turquoise Ornaments
- Create a color mix of equal parts Seafoam and North Sea.
- Apply one coat of this mixture to the turquoise ornaments using a No. 14 flat brush.
- Paint the ornament caps and strings Harvest Gold then allow your undercoated areas to thoroughly dry for several hours.
- TIP: If you do not allow adequate dry time, the undercoat may lift.
- If needed, reapply undercoat until ornaments are opaque.
- Using a No. 14 flat brush, float North Sea shadows across the bottom of all three ornaments.
- Highlight the ornament center with a circular Seafoam float.
- Neatly transfer all detail pattern lines on ornaments using transfer paper and a stylus.
- Using a 5/0 script liner loaded with thinned White, paint over the detail snowflake pattern lines on each ornament.
- Still using the 5/0 script liner, paint over the swirl pattern lines with Fire Red.
- The third ornament is accented with Harvest Gold brush strokes using the No. 1 liner brush.
- Float a Chestnut shadow across the bottom of the ornament caps.
- Accent the top of the ornament caps with a mix of equal parts of White and Harvest Gold.
Red Ornaments
- Apply one coat of Fire Red to all ornaments on the second cups.
- Paint the ornament caps and strings Harvest Gold then allow your undercoated areas to thoroughly dry for several hours.
- TIP: If you do not allow adequate dry time, the undercoat may lift.
- If needed, reapply undercoat until ornaments are opaque.
- Using a No. 14 flat brush, float Barn Red shadows across the bottom of all three ornaments.
- Highlight the ornament centers with a circular Tangelo float.
- Neatly transfer all detail pattern lines on ornaments using transfer paper and a stylus.
- Using a 5/0 script liner loaded with thinned White, paint over the detail snowflake pattern lines on each ornament.
- Still using the 5/0 script liner, paint over the swirl pattern lines with Seafoam.
- The third ornament is accented with Harvest Gold brush strokes using the No. 1 liner brush.
- Float a Chestnut shadow across the bottom of the ornament caps.
- Accent the top of the ornament caps with a mix of equal parts of White and Harvest Gold.
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