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

DecoArt Americana Acrylics

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

Glazing Medium

(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

Dura Clear Ultra Matte Varnish

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

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

DecoArt Americana Acrylics

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 

Multi Purpose Sealer

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

DecoArt Traditions Angle Brushes

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 

DecoArt Traditions Dome Blender Brush

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 

Dura Clear Ultra Matte Varnish

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