Sunday, August 30, 2015

Rustic White Pumpkin Art

Fall Decorating

is here!

Time to paint some pumpkin art.



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So, today I'm going to be painting on 

rough board.

After a brown wash base and first coat of white,

I sketched a pumpkin shape onto my board.




I used some heavier tube acrylics in

white, ecru, warm grey, and grey.

I used a folded piece of card stock to drag my paint

across the surface, all around the pumpkin.




I dipped the card stock into a bit of each color

making a mixed background.




Then I used a liner brush to just sketch in the curved

lines and perimeter lines of the pumpkin.




Then I used my palette knife (you can still use card stock)

to drag mostly white paint onto the pumpkin

with just an edge of grey brown on the curved lines.




Lay your knife flat for more coverage.

Keep it on it's side for a fine line.




Use raw umber and ecru for the stem.




Add more shading to the bottom and right of the pumpkin.





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Hope you try it!

The next one I'm going to share in on a canvas panel.

Time to paint pumpkin art,

Deb



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18 comments:

mzzbev said...

Very very nice! I love it :)

Anonymous said...

Great pumpkin!
Seeing so many variations in blog land!
Love it!

Two Chicks and a Mom said...

Very nice! Classy take on a Fall favorite:)

Anonymous said...

I like your painting!
It's refreshing not to see another orange pumpkin, so well done!
I immediately want to try this too :-)
Greetings from Belgium,
Sigrid

Sandi @ The Primitive Skate said...

Beautiful, Deb!
I Love this! Thank you for sharing!

Sandi

Patti @ Pandoras Box said...

Love this - thanks for the inspiration!

ChampagneDIY said...

So pretty! Thanks for sharing!

Debra@CommonGround said...

oh I love this, the grays and creams are perfect!!

Lady Pamela said...

This is so beautiful. I'm afraid I wouldn't have the courage to try one myself.
But I sure enjoyed looking at yours.
*Smiles*

Nellie's Cozy Place said...

Oh wow, that looks great.........
I am in love with white pumpkins, course, I love them all, but the last years the white
ones have garnered a lil more of my heart I must say.
You make that looks so easy, but doubt mine would look like that.........
course, I just might have to give it a go and see for myself.
thanks for the inspiration,

Blessings, Nellie

Nellie's Cozy Place said...

Oh wow, that looks great.........
I am in love with white pumpkins, course, I love them all, but the last years the white
ones have garnered a lil more of my heart I must say.
You make that looks so easy, but doubt mine would look like that.........
course, I just might have to give it a go and see for myself.
thanks for the inspiration,

Blessings, Nellie

Anonymous said...

Your painting looks great! I need to work on my painting skills! Thanks so much for sharing at the Submarine Sunday Link Party! I hope you'll stop by again soon!

Navy Wifey Peters @ The Submarine Sunday Link Party

Suzy said...

I adore your project, Deb! I'll be featuring it at The Scoop this Monday night. Thank you for linking up!

Karen @ karensuponthehill said...

This is just gorgeous! I am dying to have this for my living room this Fall!
I would love for you to stop by and share at our Something to Talk About link party that's starts each Monday!
Karen

Marie-Interior Frugalista said...

Love your white pumpkin art - so pretty!

Kay in North Carolina said...

I love the colors of this pumpkin and the rustic appeal of the rough wood... I'm going to give this project a try. It would be perfect for my farmhouse décor style for the fall.
Happy Tuesday,
Kay

reFresh reStyle said...

Love it! I am going to try and follow your instructions, I want to do this!
Debbie

Wooden Picnic Bench said...

Wow! I love this! Thanks for the inspiration!