Festival of Lanterns Canvas
Designed by Chris Thornton-Deason
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Materials
Finished edge pre-primed canvas (30”x30”)
Delta Ceramcoat Acrylics: Bamboo, Black, Blue Bayou, Blue Heaven, Blue Velvet, Candy Bar Brown, Dark Brown, Dark Burnt Umber, Dark Goldenrod, Fire Red, Gecko, Green, Green Isle, Hello Yellow, Ivory, Moroccan Red, OJ, Pine Green, Poppy Orange, Storm Grey, Sunbright Yellow, White
Delta Ceramcoat Gleams: Metallic Bronze, Metallic 14K Gold
Loew-Cornell La Corneille Golden Taklon No. 1 script liner (Series 7050), Nos. 4, 8, 12, and 14 shader (Series 7300), 1” and 2” glaze/wash (Series 7550)
Delta Ceramcoat Faux Finish Glaze, Clear; Exterior/Interior Varnish, Satin
Delta Stencil Mania Asian Symbols, No. 97 035 0710; Asian Elements, No. 97 070 0710; Butterflies, No. 97 082 0710
Delta Stencil Magic Spray Adhesive, 1/4” Stencil Brush
Loew-Cornell Double-Ended Stylus, Transfer Paper, Tracing Paper, Palette Paper, Brush Tub
Miscellaneous: ruler, scissors, paper towels, 3/4”-wide low-tack painter’s tape, plastic wrap, old brush for stippling
DOWNLOAD PATTERN PDF format, 275KB.
Note: Pattern is sized to print on letter-size paper. Enlarge to fit your canvas. |
| Preparation |
- Using low-tack painter’s tape, mask a 3”-wide border along all sides.
- Use the 2” glaze/wash brush to basecoat background with Blue Velvet. While still wet, blend in Blue Bayou from the top downward and Black from the bottom upward to create a slight gradation of color. Let dry.
- Transfer pattern.
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| Technique |
Stenciling. Apply spray adhesive to stencil, let dry, pat off excess spray with paper towel, then press stencil firmly in place. Use the stencil brush to pick up small amount of color, pat on palette to remove excess paint, then pat over open areas of stencil using a straight up-and-down motion.
Apply two thin coats rather than one heavy coat. A heavy application will cause color to bleed under edge of stencil. When using stencils, mask off areas not being used with low-tack painter’s tape to keep color from being applied where it is unwanted. |
| Painting |
| Note: Apply an undercoat of White to any area that will be based in yellow or red so that fewer coats are needed for opaque coverage. |
| Building and lanterns |
- Building. Using the No. 14 shader, base the dark section between the roof and the ceiling with Black and the building with Moroccan Red + a touch of Candy Bar Brown. Using the 1” glaze/wash brush, shade with a float of Candy Bar Brown and reinforce deepest shadows with a float of Candy Bar Brown + a touch of Black. Highlight with a float of Fire Red and brighten with Fire Red + a touch of Sunbright Yellow.
- Building trim and gong. Base with Metallic Bronze + Metallic 14K Gold (1:1) using the appropriate-sized brush. Stencil symbol of choice in middle of gong with Dark Burnt Umber, then move stencil 1/8” up and to the left and stencil with Metallic 14K Gold. Use the No. 14 shader to float shadows with Dark Burnt Umber and highlights with Metallic 14K Gold.
- Building foundation. Base with Storm Grey using the 1” glaze/wash brush. Working wet-in-wet, stipple with White, then Black. Using the No. 14 shader, float shadows with Black and highlights with White + a touch of Storm Grey.
- Blue lanterns. Base both blue lanterns with Blue Heaven using the No. 14 shader. While still wet, stipple centers with White. Stencil symbol of choice on lower lantern and bamboo on upper lantern with Sunbright Yellow. Do not remove stencil. Lightly stencil touches of Dark Goldenrod along outer edges of symbol and bamboo. Remove stencil. Float shadows with Blue Bayou using the No. 14 shader. Base roof of lower lantern with Hello Yellow using the No. 14 shader. Float shadows along outside edge with Dark Goldenrod and highlights in the center with Sunbright Yellow.
- Red lantern. Use the No. 14 shader to base bulb with Sunbright Yellow + a touch of Hello Yellow. Float shading along the outside edge with Dark Goldenrod. Base body of lantern with Fire Red. Stencil cherry blossoms with Metallic14K Gold. Float shading with Candy Bar Brown and highlights with White + a touch of Fire Red.
- Yellow lantern. Use the No. 14 shader to base lantern roof and floor with Fire Red. Float shading around the edges with Moroccan Red and deepen with Candy Bar Brown. Base the body with Sunbright Yellow using the 1” glaze/wash brush. Stencil butterflies with Moroccan Red. Apply an even coat of Faux Finish Glaze + Dark Goldenrod (1:1) to body, press with crumpled plastic wrap, and lift off immediately.
Base bottom part of lantern roof and circular area behind dragon with Gecko using the No. 14 shader. Very lightly stencil a few cherry blossoms with Green Isle. Using the No. 14 shader, float shadows around the edge with Green Isle and deepen the shadow at the bottom with Pine Green.
- Details on all lanterns. Use the No. 14 shader to base red tassels with Moroccan Red. Float shading with Candy Bar Brown and streak highlights with Sunbright Yellow + a touch of Moroccan Red. Base green tassels with Gecko, float shading with Pine Green, and streak highlights with White + a touch of Gecko.
Use the appropriate-sized brush with Metallic 14K Gold + Metallic Bronze (1:1) to apply metallic accents (knobs, line, string, band, etc.). Float shading with Dark Burnt Umber and highlight with Metallic 14K Gold.
- Poles. Using the No. 14 shader, base poles with Dark Brown, float shading with Dark Burnt Umber, and float highlights with Bamboo.
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| Dragon |
- Body. Use the 1” glaze/wash brush to base body of dragon with Sunbright Yellow. Let dry. Apply an even coat of Faux Finish Glaze + Dark Goldenrod (1:1) to body, press crumpled plastic wrap into wet glaze, then lift off immediately.
- Cosmos (flower design on dragon body). Working clockwise and using the No. 12 shader, base outer petal areas with Fire Red, Poppy Orange, OJ, Hello Yellow, Gecko, Green, and Candy Bar Brown. Mix the petal color with adjoining petal color (1:1) to base the petal overlap areas (Fire Red + Poppy Orange, Poppy Orange + OJ, OJ + Hello Yellow, etc.). Use the No. 8 shader to base center with Moroccan Red + Candy Bar Brown (1:1). Outine all divisions with Metallic 14K Gold using the script liner.
- Shade and highlight body. Float shadows on body with Dark Brown using the 1” glaze/wash brush. Use a damp piece of paper towel with White to lightly pat highlights in center of body.
- Green areas. Base with Gecko using the No. 14 shader. Very lightly stencil face with a few Sunbright Yellow cherry blossoms and back spine with Green Isle cherry blossoms. Using the No. 14 shader, float shadows around edges with Green Isle and deepen with Pine Green. Float highlights with Sunbright Yellow.
- Mane. Using the No. 14 shader, base yellow areas with Sunbright Yellow, float shading with Dark Goldenrod, and deepen with Dark Brown.
Base red areas with Moroccan Red. Stencil butterflies with Metallic 14K Gold. Float shading with Candy Bar Brown and deepen with the same color. Float highlights with Sunbright Yellow + a touch of Moroccan Red.
Base orange areas of mane and face with OJ + Poppy Orange (1:1). Float shading with Poppy Orange and deepen with Dark Brown. Float highlights with OJ. Use the No. 4 shader to base orange mane borders with Blue Bayou + a touch of Blue Velvet and float highlights with Blue Heaven.
- Face. Using the No. 8 shader, base tongue with Moroccan Red and float shading with Candy Bar Brown. Base teeth and horns with Bamboo, float shading with Dark Brown, and float highlights with White. Use the No. 8 shader to base eye with Black, float highlights with Blue Heaven + a touch of Blue Bayou, and brighten with a float of White.
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| Finishing |
- Scene trim. Apply metallic trim to dragon and background elements with Metallic 14K Gold + Metallic Bronze (1:1). Use the No. 1 liner with Black to apply linework.
- Outer border. Basecoat border and sides of canvas with Moroccan Red. Apply a glaze mix of Faux Finish Glaze + Candy Bar Brown (1:1) to border and canvas sides; while still wet, press with crumpled plastic wrap and immediately lift off.
Randomly stencil symbols of choice and cherry blossoms on the border with a light application of Metallic 14K Gold.
Float shading along inner edge of border with Candy Bar Brown + a touch of Black using the 2” glaze/wash brush. Remove tape from inner edge of border.
- Inner border. Use tape to mask off the 3/4”-wide inner border around painted scene. Base border with Black. Remove tape. Use the No. 1 script liner with Metallic 14K Gold + Metallic Bronze to outline inner border.
- Lettering. Transfer lettering. Base letters with Dark Goldenrod using No. 8 shader. Float highlights to upper sections of letters with Hello Yellow + Sunbright Yellow (1:1). Outline letters with Black using the No. 1 script liner. Let dry
- Apply as many coats of varnish as desired using 2” wash/glaze brush.
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