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Level:    Beginner

Time needed:    Approx. 1 hour (excluding drying time)

Materials:
  • Jasart Décor Craft Canvases (12” x 30”)
  • Reeves Acrylic Paint 75ml – Colours: Titanium White, Burnt Umber, Gold, Brilliant Red
  • Winsor and Newton Galeria Gloss Medium
  • Large flat paint brush 
  • Empty Squirtable Sauce Bottle

 
Step 1:

Mix the “Titanium White” paint colour with a small amount of “Burnt Umber” to get a cream base colour. 
 
Step 2:

Paint your first canvas with this mixture and set it aside to dry.
Step 3:

Mix the “Burnt Umber” paint colour with a small amount of “Titanium White” to get a brown base colour.
Step 4:

Paint the second canvas with this mixture and set it aside to dry
Step 5:

Mix equal quantities of “Gold” and “Brilliant Red” paint colours to create a burnt bronze colour in an empty squirtable sauce bottle. Put some Gloss Medium and water into the sauce bottle until the paint mixture squirts out in a controlled line (Tip: test it on some scrap paper first).
Step 6:

Put both canvases side by side and squirts the fluid mixture from one side of the canvas to the other creating a zigzag pattern.
Step 7:

Leave all canvases to dry fully before hanging.

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