Paint a Trick or Treat Sign

Hi Painting Friends!

There's still time to whip up

a Halloween Greeting

for your front door.

It kind of has that "old sign" look

with some bold stripes and text.

So it will be very visible

for all of your little "trick or treaters".

Start with a 16" x 26" rectangle

cut from 1/2" plywood.

Paint the back outdoor black.

Paint the front white.

Tape off the stripes

and brush the black in lightly

leaving white space on the edge.

If you want more of a worn look

lightly drybrush white over the black stripes.

I am including here a photo of the line drawing.

I don't have the download directly on my blog here,

but I think if you pin the picture

then "save as" a jpg. you can enlarge it

on your scanner or in photoshop.

Then you will have the template to trace.

If I would just set my paintbrush down long enough

to teach myself those techy things.

Someday!

Paint the Pumpkin and the lettering black....

yep, black first so it has that dark undercoat.

Then layer the orange over the top.

I also added some yellow highlight to the lettering

and painted the edges of the sign orange.

I like how you can see the layers of paint

as if it is worn with time.

So the orange over black is the vintage trick here.

Isn't October fun!

Especially as I sit here eating my

candy corn and peanuts Chex Mix.

Yum!

Here is another template:



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