Life is a Rollercoasterby Christy Hartman

Life is a RollercoasterBy Christy Hartman

Palette: Deco Art AmericanaAntique Gold #13009 Bright Yellow #13227Burnt Sienna #13063 Desert Turquoise #13044Electric Pink #13231 French Grey Blue #13098Hi-Lite Flesh #13024 Honey Brown #13163Indian Turquoise #13087 Jack-O’-Lantern Orange #13229Lamp Black #13067 Lavender #13034 Light Buttermilk #13164 Light French Blue *discontinued by DecoArtMoon Yellow #13007 Napa Red #13165Navy Blue #13035 Olive Green #13056Peony Pink #13215 Sapphire #13099Shading Flesh #13137 Snow White #13001Tangelo Orange #13196 Tangerine #13012Glamour Dust Glitter PaintsAqua #13604 Ice Crystal #13598Sapphire Blue #13600

*suggested mix is Williamsburg Blue #13040 + Slate Grey #13068 + Snow White #13001

Surface: Roclon #40136 Arch Top Banner Holder #62669

Misc. Supplies:Alpha Stencil 103 #70802Blue Painter’s TapeCurly Words Stencil #70848Deco Art Dura-Clear Matte Varnish #87395Deco Art Multi-Purpose Wood Sealer #87392Large Fine/Medium Sanding Pad #70796Foam Roller #70210 Saral Wax Free Transfer Paper (Sampler Pack) #82069 Sharp Scissors/Craft KnifeSoft Grip Embossing & Stylus – set of 3 #70125Tack Cloth #70104Identi Pen – Black #70830

Brushes: Papillon by the Artist’s ClubRound, size 2 #20158; size 4 #20161; size 6 #20163Shader, size 4 #20126; size 8 #20129Angular Shader, size ½” #20111; size 3/8” #20110Glaze Wash, size 1” #20103Script Liner, size 0 #20140; size 18/0 #20136Deerfoot Set #201671

Highlighter Set #20173Stencil Brush Set #20189Artist Inspired BrushesMaxine Thomas Mop, size 3/8” #27182Use the brush that best fi ts the area to be painted.

Preparation: •Using a very sharp pair of scissors cut the Roclon into 18”wide X 25”long rectangle. •Measure 1 ½” in from the edge of the Roclon all the way around and using a ruler and a pencil draw the border area. Using painter’s tape mask off the center design area. Base the edge border and back of the banner with Lamp Black. Using the Alpha Stencil and Snow White randomly sten-cil the alphabet around the border area and onto the back. (refer to the photo.)•Measure ½” in from the border on the Roc Lon for the checked border and base with Snow White and every other check with Lamp Black. •The Roclon surface comes ready to paint but the wood banner holder will need to be sealed with DecoArt MultiPurpose Sealer and sanded to a smooth fi nish.

Painting Instructions:Wood Banner Holder: •Base the wood banner with Lamp Black, using the Alpha Stencil randomly stencil letters around the edges of the wood pieces with Gesso. (Refer to the photos for placement.)•Transfer the word Life to the center of the wood piece. •Base the L with Indian Turquoise, fl oat shade with Sapphire and highlight with Light Buttermilk. Base the dots with Tangerine, fl oat shade with Tangelo Orange, and highlight with Bright Yellow. •Base the I with Peony Pink, fl oat shade with Napa Red, and fl oat highlight with Electric Pink. Dip dot using a stylus with Olive Green.•Base the F with Moon Yellow, fl oat shade with Antique Gold and deepen with Honey Brown, and fl oat highlight with Light Buttermilk. Using a SL line the stripes with Lavender.•Base the E with Lavender, fl oat shade with Navy Blue and fl oat highlight with Electric Pink. Dip dot with Moon Yellow.•Base the blue dots with Indian Turquoise, fl oat shade with Sapphire, and fl oat highlight with Light Buttermilk. Dip dot with Tangerine.

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Banner Background: •The background areas are completed in a very non-traditional manner by squirting your paint directly onto the area to be painted and then blending the paint using your foam roller and reapplying paint as needed. The back-ground might look slightly mottled, you will stencil over this background conse-quently it is unnecessary to blend your paint perfectly. Mask off the border area with painters tape to aid in painting. Sky: •Place a long “string” of Snow White directly into the middle of the sky area, this can be a liberal amount of paint, squirt three quarter sized puddles of Indian Turquoise onto the sky area randomly around your white “string” and three dime sized puddles of Desert Turquoise in a similar manner. •Randomly roll your foam roller through your paint and continue to roll mix-blending the three paint colors on the piece. Do not worry if you do not have a smooth blend as you will add stenciling over this layer. •Randomly place your Curly Words Stencil onto the sky area and stencil over the words using Snow White. Con-tinue the stenciling process by moving the stencil to position the words as you prefer. Continue stenciling using a dirty brush alternating with Indian Turquoise and Desert Turquoise and depending on your preference layering over the white stenciled words. There is no right or wrong way to accomplish this but should be completed based on your per-sonal preference. There is also no need to clean your stencil brush in between paint colors as this will help your words to “blend” into the background area. •Wash Glamour Dust Aqua, Glamour Dust Ice Crystal, and Glamour Dust Sap-phire Blue randomly onto the stenciled area. •Float shade next to the black and white border with Sapphire. Fireworks: (Note Placement on the Line

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Art and in Pattern Photos)•Dry brush Tangerine using a circular motion onto the background area of each fi rework. This is the fi rst layer that you will add to the fi rework and is de-signed to give you a base color as well as form the shape of the fi rework. •The Fireworks are formed using a very loose lining stroke with the Round #6 and a Round #4 brush using the length of the brush handle and your arm to do the bulk of the work. Load your brush with paint which has been thinned down to inky consistency so that it fl ows out of your brush easily. •Thin Indian Turquoise down to a very thin transparent consistency and us-ing a very fl uid movement and a round brush form the fi rework by working out from the center to form the arms of the fi rework. Continue forming the fi rework by layering Sapphire, Jack-O’-Lantern Orange, and Snow White layering your paint colors until the fi rework begins to take shape. •Thin Sapphire, Jack-O’-Lantern Orange, Snow White, and Napa Red down to a very thin consistency and splatter each paint color randomly onto the fi reworks. •Transfer the child and roller coaster for the design. Float shade Sapphire around the roller coaster, tracks, and the child. Child: •Base the face, arms, and hands with Hi-Lite Flesh, shade with Shading Flesh and using a glaze fl oat deepen the shaded areas with Burnt Sienna. Highlight the face, arms and hands with Light Buttermilk and dry brush the cheeks, chin, and the forehead with Peony Pink. Base the eyes with Lamp Black. Dip dot the highlight in the eye with Snow White. •Wash Shading Flesh on the lips and the tongue, highlight with Snow White. Base the inside of the mouth with Lamp Black. •Base the hair with Burnt Sienna, line highlight with Honey Brown and line shade with Milk Choco-late. •Base the shirt with Moon Yellow, shade with Antique Gold and deepen with Honey Brown, and highlight with Light Buttermilk. •Using the Identi Pen – Black, line the facial features and glasses. Using a Script Liner line high-light lines with Snow White into the center of the lenses to mimic the refl ection in the child’s glass-es. Roller Coaster Car: •Base the car with Peony Pink, fl oat shade with Napa Red, and fl oat highlight with Electric Pink.•Base the grill, windshield frame, and radiator cap with Light French Blue * discontinued by De-

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coArt (*suggested mix is Williamsburg Blue + Slate Grey + Snow White) shade with French Grey Blue. Wash shade the darker areas of the grill by thinning French Grey Blue down to a transparent consistency and washing it into the shaded areas, using the same technique thin Light Buttermilk down and wash into the highlighted areas. Highlight the outer portions of the grill and cap with a thin application of Light Buttermilk. •Thin Light French Blue *discontinued by DecoArt (*suggested mix is Williamsburg Blue + Slate Grey + Snow White) down to a transparent consistency and randomly wash onto the windshield (note placement on pattern photos). Using the same technique thin Light Buttermilk down to a transparent consistency and randomly wash to highlight the windshield. •Using a Script Liner line the grill with Lamp Black. •Float Snow White around the edges of the eye and base the pupil with Lamp Black. Float high-light the pupil with Snow White and dot the highlight in the pupil with Snow White. •Line the eyelashes and eyebrows with Lamp Black. •Base the roller coaster tracks with Lavender, fl oat shade with Navy Blue and fl oat highlight with Electric Pink. The tracks continue into the sky as a ribbon, note placement of shadows and high-lights on the pattern photos.

Finishing: •Using a Script Liner line the confetti coming from the hands of the child with Snow White and line shade with Lamp Black. •Varnish and Enjoy!!!

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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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Transfer border pattern to the opposite side as well.

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