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Candy Corn Gnome Wood Cut Out

By: Chris Myer Williams

This project features these great brands:

  • FolkArt Acrylic Paint Logo
  • FolkArt Multi-Surface Paint Logo

At a Glance:

Project #17243 Skill Level: Beginner
supplies

Plaid Supplies

FolkArt ® Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints - Wicker White, 2 oz. - 2894

Number Needed: 1 $1.99
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FolkArt ® Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints - Pure Orange, 2 oz. - 2903

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FolkArt ® Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints - Moon Yellow, 2 oz. - 2911

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FolkArt ® Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints - Lime Green, 2 oz. - 2914

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FolkArt ® Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints - Cool Bisque, 2 oz. - 2944

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FolkArt ® Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints - Pueblo, 2 oz. - 2902

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F/A MULTI-SURFACE PINK MELON 2 OZ. (DISC)

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FolkArt ® Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints - Violet Pansy, 2 oz. - 2956

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FolkArt ® Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints - Dioxazine Purple, 2 oz. - 6361

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FolkArt ® Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints - Licorice, 2 oz. - 2934

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FolkArt ® One Stroke™ Brushes - Brush Sets - Value Pack - 1059

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Other Supplies

  • Brush Basin or container for water
  • Waxed paper palette
  • Paper towels
  • Gray graphite
  • Stylus

instructions

  1. Gnome Beard – Basecoat the entire beard shape with Classic French Gray.  Using a liner brush add hair with long, overlapping Wicker White brushstrokes.
  2. Nose – Basecoat dimensional nose with Cool Bisque.  Shade bottom on nose with Pueblo.  Highlight top of nose with Wicker White.  Add a Pink Melon blush over the lower portion of the nose.
  3. Basket – Basecoat the basket with a brush mix of Moon Yellow, Pueblo and a touch of Wicker White.  Shade the basket with Pueblo.  Using a liner brush loaded with thinned Licorice, paint zig/zag lines to define the slats of the basket.
  4. Candy Corn – Paint the top of each candy corn Wicker White.  The middle stripe of the candy is painted Pure Orange and the lower portion is painted Moon Yellow. Paint a Licorice outline around each candy shape.
  5. Pumpkin Feet – Paint the shoes as pumpkins.  Basecoat each pumpkin with Pure Orange.  Shade the pumpkins with Pueblo and highlight with Moon Yellow. Add Lime Green stems and leaves.
  6. Gnome Hands – Paint the hands the same as the nose using Cool Bisque, Pueblo and Wicker Whtie. Outline with thinned Licorice.
  7. Gnome Hat – Base alternating stripes with Violet Pansy and Licorice.  Highlight the center of each Violet Pansy stripe with Wicker White and shade the edges of each Violet Pansy stripe with Dioxazine Purple.  Paint the checkerboard stripe with Lime Green and Pure Orange.  Outline the checkerboard with thinned Licorice.  Add a couple painted daisies using Moon Yellow, Pueblo and Wicker White.  Add a couple Lime Green leaves.
 
 

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Cool colors are all the colors on the Green and Blue side of the color wheel. Yellow, Yellow/Green, Green, Blue/Green, Blue, Blue/Purple, Purple are all cool colors. All colors on the color wheel can be both warm and cool except Orange.
Transparent colors are thinned with medium or water to create a wash or a glaze of color that you can see through to the underlying surface.
Warm colors are all the colors on the yellow and red side of the color wheel. Yellow, Yellow/Orange, Orange, Red Orange, Red, Red/Purple, Purple are all warm colors. All colors on the color wheel can be both warm and cool except Orange.
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