Favorite Recipes!Design by

Jamie Mills-Price

“Favorite Recipes”By Jamie Mills-Price © 10/07

Palette: Deco Art Americana Acrylics Burnt UmberCrimson Tide FawnJade Green Light French BlueLight MochaMississippi Mud Plantation PineRaw SiennaRookwood Red Sable BrownSoft Black Warm WhiteUniform BlueYellow Ochre

Brushes: Glaze/Wash 3/4, 1/2Shaders 2, 4, 6Liners 18/0Rounds 3Filberts 6Oval Dry Brushes 8, 6 Mop 1/2

Surface: This was originally painted on a recipe box with card holder lid, but you can paint it on the surface of your choice. It might look nice painted on a recipe book cover. You can also use the elements separately for any little thing you choose! Enjoy!

Preparation:Step 1: Sand, seal and sand again. Step 2: Base the entire recipe box in Light Mocha (inside and out). Apply a wash of Rookwood Red on the bottom molded edge of the base. Step 3 - Sides of Box: Shade the edges using the 3/4 flat and thinned Mississippi Mud; scatter random dots of Warm White over the front, sides and back (inside too, if you like). Step 4: Apply the main pattern lines of the design, omitting detail. We will paint the design section by section. Use the No. 1/2 flat brush for shading, unless otherwise noted, and the 1/2” mop to soften the floats. Refer to the inking dots on the pattern for guidance where to shade, if it is not listed in the instructions.

Painting Instructions:ALL SECTIONS - Background: Tints: Use the No. 1/2 flat and side-loads of the following colors to randomly tint the edges of each section: Plantation Pine, Mississippi Mud, Rookwood Red, Uniform Blue and Burnt Umber. Pick and choose the col-ors that you like, deepen some of the Mississippi Mud areas with Burnt Umber. Drybrushing: Using Warm White loaded in the 8 ODB, drybrush over the background ‘open’ areas.Stitching: All stitching on the sampler is lined using thinned Soft Black.

Section 1 – Heart, Leaf Section:Background: Scatter Warm White stylus dots randomly over the background.Step 1 - Heart: Use the No. 6 filbert and washy Crimson Tide, fill in the heart shape. Using the No. 4 flat and thinned Rookwood Red, add checks. Shade with Crimson Tide; deepen with Rookwood Red and highlight with Light Mocha. Line the top of the heart with Rookwood Red and the bottom with Soft Black. Step 2 - Leaves: The leaves are filled in with a wash of Jade Green. Stripe with thinned Plantation Pine; shade with Plantation Pine and highlight with Light Mocha.Step 3 - Dot: Use the large end of a brush tipped in Soft Black to paint the large dot.

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Section 2 – “FAVORITE” Lettering: Fill in the letters with thinned Plantation Pine using the No. 3 round or a small filbert. Line and float with Plantation Pine; dot between with Rookwood Red.

Section 3 – Watermelon:Background: The small dots are Soft Black; use the fine tip of the liner. Step 1 - Melon: Using the No. 6 filbert loaded in washy Crimson Tide and tipped in Light Mocha, fill in the melon shape using a dabby, tappy effect to create texture. Shade along the top with Crimson Tide, deepen with Rookwood Red. Highlight along the bottom with Light Mocha. The seeds are Soft Black and Warm White. Step 2 - Rind: The rind is filled in with washy Jade Green; the variegated dark lines are Plantation Pine. Shade with Plantation Pine along the bottom of the rind and float Light Mocha along the top.

Section 4 - Daisy:Step 1 - Petals: Using the No. 3 round loaded in Warm White; stroke on the daisy petals. Float around the cen-ter with Rookwood Red. Float around the petals (on the background) with Mississippi Mud. Step 2 – Centers: Using the No. 3 round loaded in Yellow Ochre, tap the center on – while wet, tip the dirty brush into Raw Sienna and tap on the bottom of the center, and into Warm White on the top of the center. Shade the bottom of the centers with Raw Sienna; tap Soft Black liner dots along the bottom of the center. Step 3 - Leaves and Stem: Using the No. 6 filbert and thinned Plantation Pine, stroke the leaves on. Use more pressure for larger leaves and ease up on pressure for smaller leaves. Line the Stem with Plantation Pine; add a large stylus dot with Plantation Pine.

Section 5 – “RECIPES” Lettering:Step 1 - Lettering: Fill in the letters with thinned Crimson Tide; line through the center of the letters with Rookwood Red. Line the right sides with Soft Black. Shade with Rookwood Red. Step 2 - Checks: Using thinned Plantation Pine and the No. 6 flat, stroke the checks on.

Section 6 – Apple:Step 1 – Apple: Fill in with a wash of Crimson Tide, using the No. 6 filbert. Drybrush through the center with Yellow Ochre, using the 6 ODB. Shade with Rookwood Red on the top, bottom and down the sides. Using the liner and thinned Rookwood Red, pull vertical lines from the top downward and from the bottom upward. Using the same brush loaded in thinned Yellow Ochre, pull vertical lines through the center area.Step 2 – Leaf, Stem: The leaf is a wash of Jade Green; shade and line with Plantation Pine. The stem is stroked on with Burnt Umber, while wet, stroke a highlight dash with Light Mocha.

Section 7 – Gingerbread Girl: As an option, you could make this a little girl – simply add hair on her head and make the face, hands and legs the flesh tone of your choice!Background: Scatter random stylus dots of Warm White over the background. Step 1 – Ginger’s Head, Hands, Legs: Fill in with Sable Brown; add frosting with Light Mocha. Shade with Burnt Umber and highlight with a brush mix of Sable Brown + Light Mocha. Stroke through the center area of the frosting with Warm White, using the liner. The eyes, lashes and mouth are lined with Soft Black. Fill in the nose with Crimson Tide and scrub the cheeks on with the 6 ODB and Crimson Tide. Highlights in the cheeks, nose and eyes are with Warm White.

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Step 2 - Dress: Fill in with a light wash of Jade Green; shade with Plantation Pine and highlight with Light Mo-cha. Line the bodice with horizontal stripes of Warm White; line around the neck with Plantation Pine. The buttons are stylus dots of Warm White. The bottom of the dress has variegated stripes of Plantation Pine and Warm White; the lower scallop trim is lined with Plantation Pine. Step 3 - Sleeves: Fill in with a light wash of Crimson Tide; shade with Crimson Tide and deepen with Rook-wood Red. Highlight with Light Mocha; the zigzag stripe is lined with Plantation Pine. Step 4 - Spoon: Fill in with a wash of Fawn. Shade with Burnt Umber and highlight with Light Mocha.Section 8 – “MMM… Lettering”: Line and dot with Soft Black.Section 9 – Little House:Step 1 - House: Fill in with a wash of Light French Blue; shade with Uniform Blue. Door and windows are stroked on with thinned Soft Black, using the 2 flat. Dot the door handle with the liner and Warm White.Step 2 - Roof: Fill in the roof with a wash of Fawn. Using the liner and thinned Burnt Umber pull lines from the top of the roof downward and from the bottom upward with Light Mocha. Shade the top with Burnt Um-ber and highlight the bottom with Light Mocha; tint the Right side with a side-load of Raw Sienna. The chim-ney is stroked on with the liner loaded in Rookwood Red and tipped in Light Mocha. Step 3 – Ground: Float the ground area with a side-load of Plantation Pine. Pull grass lines on with Plantation Pine. Section 10 – “GOOD” Lettering: Fill in this section with sheer (washy) Raw Sienna; line and dot the letters with Plantation Pine.Section 11 – “HOMEMADE” Lettering: Fill in the section with sheer (washy) Jade Green; line and dot with Uniform Blue.Checks - On the Lid: Using the 1/2 flat and thinned Rookwood Red, stroke the checks over the lid, carry the checks onto the sides as desired, Finishing:Step 1: If desired, you can paint detail from the top on the inside of the lid or if you are painting it as a gift you could personalize here. Add checks on the edges to set it off. Erase any remaining graphite and varnish.