Showing posts with label Rebecca Trimble. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rebecca Trimble. Show all posts

Sunday, May 27, 2018

Thyme to show you Tranquil Times Portside Clock

Today
 I wanted to show you a project 
called
Tranquil Times
Portside Clock


Design
 by
Rebecca Trimble



Lets step inside the STUDIO!


My Palette

Antique Green, Antique White, Asphaltum, Avocado, Black Green, Black Plum, Blue Chiffon, Burnt Sienna, Cadmium Yellow, Camel, Cocoa, Driftwood, French Vanilla, Gingerbread, Hauser Medium Green, Light Buttermilk. Neutral Grey, Plantation Pine, Raw Sienna, Rookwood Red, Snow ( Titanium) White, Soft Black, Soft Sage, Williamsburg Blue.




The surface I used is a thick MDF.
The surface is bevel cut so it is actually 2 pieces.
I had my good friend
  Sheila Landry 
specially cut the surface for this clock.

You can purchase the surface
HERE

The pattern 
for this project can be found
in the
August 2010
 Issue of Quick and Easy Painting


I began by first establishing the horizon lines
by base coating in 
the 
sky and water.



I like to use Ultra Rounds for both base coating and shading.
I build the value by adding several washes of color.
I mop in between each wash.

*** I use separate brushes for my base coating and floating. ***
This insures that the brushes you use to float with maintains a perfect chisel edge!


I keep a separate small bowl of CLEAN water that I use for floating.
If you use the same water that you clean your brushes in to float you you will have a muddy float!


I used a wash of Williamsburg Blue for the water.
I used streaky, short and choppy strokes.
I let the area dry completely.


Next I added the the hills in the background then the hills in the water.


I use Moon and Stain -It brushes to dry brush on the highlights.

Once the hills were painted I added the ship in the background.
I then base coated the cliffs with Cocoa.
I worked wet on wet to slip slap Camel into the Cocoa.
I used French Vanilla to further lighten the edges.
I then shaded the area under where the greenery will be with Asphaltum.


I am now working on the back ground shrubs and trees.


I have started to paint the houses in the back ground.


Continuing to paint the houses in the back ground.
This is a bevel cut surface.
The outer ring is where I will paint the numbers for the clock.


I will now start the lighthouse.


I have finished painting the lighthouse and foliage around it.
Next I will be painting the stone house on the right cliff.


I have finished the stone house and cliff on right.


I am now working on the foreground ship.


I have now mixed a glaze for the outer rim.

To make the GLAZE
I mixed 
Antique Green + Asphaltum + Plantation Pine
(3:2:touch)
I then added to this mix
(1:1)




I used a sponge brush to "press and lift"
 the 
glaze medium 
around the outer frame.
It will have a bubbly texture.
While the glaze mixture was still wet 
I used a piece of crumpled up plastic wrap
 to pounce over the area.



Pouncing with the crumpled plastic wrap gave a nice mottled appearance.

I let the outer frame dry completely before proceeding to paint the numbers.


I am now ready to paint the numbers!


I used a vellum template to transfer the numbers to the outer frame.


I used a liner brush with watered down Lamp Black paint to do the numbers.


Almost done!


The numbers are complete!


I used several coats 
of
on the clock face and outer frame.


I usually apply my first coat of varnish with a large brush.
I ONLY USE this brush for varnish.....nothing else!
I apply additional coats of varnish with a sponge.


I drilled a hole in the center of the clock face for the workings.

It's now THYME to assemble the clock!


Rosemary Reynolds and DecoArt 
provided me with the paints to complete this project as part of their 
Helping Artist and Blogger Outreach Programs.

THANK YOU!






I hope you have enjoyed watching me paint
this
Portside Clock

Happy Painting!
Lynn



Saturday, August 13, 2016

Thyme for Tranquil Times.


Today 
I want to show you a
Memory Box
that I painted for our chapter
 Cape Cod Mayflower Decorative Painters

This box will be donated to a local 
HOSPICE

Step inside my STUDIO and lets get started!



I used a design
by
Rebecca Trimble 
for this project.

The original design 
called 
Tranquil Times Portside Clock
appeared in the 
August 2010 Issue 
of
Quick and Easy painting
I adapted the clock design to fit my surface.


MY PALETTE






Antique Green, Antique White, Asphaltum, Avocado, Light Avocado, Black Green, Black Plum, Blue Chiffon, Burnt Sienna, Cadmium Yellow, Camel, Cocoa, Driftwood, French Vanilla, Gingerbread, Hauser Medium Green, Light Buttermilk, Neutral Grey, Plantation Pine, Raw Sienna, Rookwood Red,  Snow ( Titanium) White, Soft Black, Soft Sage, Williamsburg Blue


Let's Paint


I began by base coating the top of the box with a mix 
of 
plus
Light Buttermilk (1:1)




I let the first coat dry completely then I based with a coat 
of
 Light Buttermilk


I use a foam applicator brush to apply the second coat.
Once I dip it in the paint I use a "press and lift" method to apply the paint.
This gives your surface a slight texture.

**** To do this use the FLAT side of the foam brush (not the chisel edge).
Repeatedly press the loaded brush down onto your surface , and then lift brush straight up without bending it. Continue to cover your surface in this manner. When complete you can go back over your surface with the same brush ( do no wash it) to refine the texture some.
This technique makes painting small detail easier.



I first painted in the sky
 then 
based coated in the water



I use
for base coating in small areas.
I have these in several sizes





I use Lowell Cornell Ultra Rounds quite often to shade with.
I "mop" with Maxine Mops
Brushes always come down to personal preference 
BUT 
it is really important to buy the
BEST quality brushes you can afford!
Good brushes really do make a difference in your painting!


Here I have added some shading details to the hills in the distance.
I have painted the ship in the background.
I base coated the cliffs in the foreground with Cocoa.
I used a large #14 Lowell Cornell Ultra round brush for the shading on the cliffs.
This brush holds a LOT of water
 and 
can create some nice affects when shading along with your mop brush.

I do most of my highlighting 
using a 
I have these in several sizes and love the soft affect you can achieve with them!



After I base coated the tree trunks I added the foliage 
with a 
SPONGE.


I cut my sponge into 
small wedges.
It adds a nice "airy" look.


I have started base coating the houses in the distance.


I have now started adding the details and shading to the small houses


I have painted the lighthouse


I randomly added the bricks to the lighthouse.


After base coating the house on the right I began to work on the stones



I have now begun to work on the foreground shrubs




I have now begun working on the foreground ship


I painted the bottom of the box Light Avocado


Ready for varnish!





I used 
to 
finish my box





I apply the first coat of varnish with a brush.
I let that dry well before applying several more coats of varnish with a sponge.
Let each coat dry completely!



I applied 4 coats of varnish to the cover of the box


Completed Memory Box

DecoArt
 provided me with the paints to complete this project
as part of their

Helping Artist


and

Blogger Outreach Program




Thank you DecoArt for all the wonderful products to create with!



I hope that you have enjoyed watching me paint this Memory Box.

Happy Painting!
Lynn








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