Painting Tips for Nest and Egg Art

It is so time to paint something Spring!

I'm always ready for warm spring reminders on my wall

so I start painting those hopeful signs now.

You can too!

Any wood or canvas surface will do.

This nest art is 22" x 22".

Start with a brown wash

and

White over top leaving an 11" circle.

Here are the colors for the golden nest:

The center brown is a mix of black and chocolate bar.

Alternate yellows and pull a flat brush

around the nest in a wave motion.

Then use a smaller round brush and do the same.

Then again with a fine liner and add some white.

Make an egg template, trace with chalk,

and fill in with white primer.

Shade with turquoise and aqua

giving a good white highlight.

Shade inner circle with brown.

Ashley's large brown egg painting in her book "Handmade Walls"

got me started!  

Though there is not paint instruction for this project,

there are so many other great frame ideas!

You know you want some happy spring art too!

Hope you get your brushes out : )

This helps me get through winter and look forward to Spring.

Two years ago at this time

I made some other Spring Art 

that you might want to try.

This could be a great project this February Weekend,

Deb

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"Welcome to Our Nest" Sign

Hey friends!

I have another "Welcome" sign

for your door.

I know - 

I keep rolling with 

painted canvas panels.

But as I keep coming up with new design ideas

I like to share them with you.

This is really a basic design

that should be easy to replicate.

Here is a template that you can use.

Use a 16 x 20 canvas panel.

Paint off white.

Shade with Folkart Camel on the edges.

You can use a clear glaze to help blend your edges.

But you don't have to use glaze 

if you want to see more of a brush stroke.

Pencil transfer your pattern onto the canvas.

Use camel and dark chocolate for the ribbon.

Dark Chocolate for liner brush lettering.

Use camel and suede for brushing in the nest circle

with a larger chip brush.

Paint the center Americana Dark Chocolate.

Using a shabby smaller chip brush,

keep it fairly dry by off loading paint onto paper towel.

Use camel, suede, or raw sienna

keeping a light amount of paint on your brush,

use a criss cross motion making x's around the edge

of the circle.

Should be a light and airy effect - rough edge.

Now with a small angle brush 

make more x marks around nest edge.

Chalk transfer eggs in nest.

Prime or paint off white.

Layer sea breeze and aqua

leaving tops and lefts of eggs white.

Drop shadow on bottom right.

Splatter nest and eggs brown.

Chalk transfer lettering for "Welcome" on ribbon.

Liner Brush for lettering.

Grommets and Burlap ribbon for hanging.

Simple and Sweet.

You could put any number of eggs in your nest.

You could even personalize each egg.

Happy Painting!

Deb

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