Size 14 Liquitex Freestyle Small Painting Knife (or similar for mixing)
Pencil
Eraser
Container (for water)
Palette Paper
Paper Towels
Paper or Plastic (to protect work surface)
DIRECTIONS:
To find the downloadable patterns click on the "GET PATTERNS" tab above.
Use the pencil to either trace the bunny silhouette or to draw your own bunny shape
Squeeze out three, 1/2 tsp piles of Titanium White onto the palette paper.
Next to the first pile, squeeze out a tiny dab of the Cadmium Free Red Light.
Next to the second pile, squeeze out a tiny dab of the Quinacridone Magenta.
Next to the last pile, squeeze out a tiny dab of the Bright Aqua Green.
Use the palette knife to mix each of the paint piles, cleaning the knife with a paper towel between colors.
Take the size 2 round brush and pick a color to create a tiny flower by the bunny's ears. Alternate colors and make different petal shapes.
Tip: to make the flowers, use quick brush strokes to create varied line widths. Also, allow white to show through the different petals.
Next, clean the round brush and dip it into the gold. Use varied thick and thin line work to outline the bunny shape.
Once that's complete, it will be time to paint over any excess pencil marks. Dip the size 4 filbert brush into the Titanium white and paint over any pencil residue or marks.
Clean the filbert brush and then return to the round brush. Take the round brush and dip it into the Cadmium Free Red Light and white color mixture.
Make some rounded strokes to create an oval/egg or jellybean shape.
Space out more of the oval shapes around the bunny.
Do the same with the Quinacridone mix and the Bright Aqua Green mix. Make sure to space the ovals in a visually pleasing way.
Let the paint dry and enjoy.
JOANN HACKS:
Allow some of the oval shapes to go off the edge of the canvas for extra design.