Funky Snow Dude
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- Last Updated: Tuesday, 30 September 2014 15:33
Bisque
- MB-1095 - Funky Tree
- FN-001 - White
- SC-8 - Just Froggy
- SC-12 - Moody Blue
- SC-15 - Tuxedo
- SC-45 - My Blue Heaven
- SC-74 - Hot Tamale
- SC-75 - Orange-A-Peel
- SG-302 - Snowfall
- AC-213 - Sponge on a Stick - 1¼"Diameter
- BT-910 - Synthetic Sponges
- CB-406 - #6 Pointed Round
- CB-604 - #4 Soft Fan
- RB-100 - #0 Reflections Detail Liner
- RB-104 - #4 Reflections Liner
- Pencil
- Toothpick
Instructions
- Begin with properly fired shelf cone 04 bisque. Moisten a clean sponge and wipe bisque to remove any dust.
- Using a No. 2 pencil, draw a circle on the bottom left corner of the tree for the snowman's head.
- Next, draw on the snowman's hat, nose, eyes and mouth.
- Using a CB-604 #4 Soft Fan, apply 2 solid coats of FN-001 - White to the snowman's face and to the "trunk" of the tree.
- Using a CB-406 #6 Pointed Round, apply 2 coats of SC-15 Tuxedo to the hat.
- To create the night sky, dip your AC-213 Sponge on a Stick into SC-12 Moody Blue, blot on your palette and then press and turn it against the tree to create a swirl. Continue this process until the entire sky is covered. It is okay to overlap some swirls. You may find that you need to use a small brush to fill in the edges around the face with SC-12 Moody Blue so you don't get blue on the snowman's face.
- Using a toothpick, scratch out a star on the top of the tree like the one seen in the photograph.
- Using a RB-104 #4 Short Liner, fill the star in with 3 coats of SC-45 My Blue Heaven.
- Re-draw the eyes, nose and mouth before painting on the snowfall.
- Using a CB-406 #6 Pointed Round, apply 2 coats of the SG-302 Snowfall. Rather than paint it on, dab it on unevenly except for the area marked off for the nose, eyes and mouth.
- Using a CB-406 #6 Pointed Round, apply 3 coats of SC-75 Orange-A-Peel to the carrot nose.
- Lightly sketch a scarf at the very top of the tree trunk just beneath the snowman's head.
- Using a CB-406 #6 Pointed Round, apply 1 coat in alternating stripes of SC-74 Hot Tamale and SC-8 Just Froggy to the scarf.
- Using a RB-100 #0 Detail Liner, apply 1 coat of SC-15 Tuxedo, add the eyes and mouth. Also outline the nose and add ridge marks going up the carrot. Outline the star, the scarf (add fringe).
- Using a CB-406 #6 Pointed Round, paint on two buttons beneath the scarf in the center of the trunk with SC-15 Tuxedo.
- Using a toothpick, scratch out two small buttom holes in each button.
- Stilt and fire to shelf cone 05/06.