SUZI Q'S TOLE PAINTING
 Picture Place I
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Suzi Q's Picture Place I features a variety of my tole painted work. Some are painted on wood and others with watercolor paper. Also see some other crafts that you may enjoy. |
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Picture Place II
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Suzi Q's Piture Place II features a variety of hand painted Christmas ornaments. I use watercolor paper for these ornaments, come take a look. |
Below you will find a list of my painting tips that I have either discovered myself or have picked up from other fellow artist.
- Recycled Palette: Thoroughly clean your meat and chicken styrofoam trays, they make the perfect palette.
- Paint Top: Put a small amount of the same color that is in your bottle along with the name of the paint on the top of your paint bottle. It saves plenty of time when your looking for that perfect color.
- Sponge Brush: I use sponge brushes for all my wood staining and base coating. It leaves no paint lines and you can just toss it in a tub of water and let it soak while your finishing up your project.
- Paper Towels: I let my wet used paper towels dry out and reuse them. They may have some paint smeared on them from dabbing my brush during shading, but as long as its not overwhelmed with it you should be okay to use them again.
- Stylus: Need a stylus, push a straight pin with a ball head into the eraser of a pencil. Also I've used the end of a toothpick for smaller dots.
Here are some links that I have found on the internet to be very informative and useful.
This TOLENET page is a terrific link for anyone wanting to or who has been tole painting. It's filled with free patterns, advice for beginners, styles, techniques, tips and FAQs.
The BOUTIQUE BULLETIN features crafts of the month, recipes and calendar of events. Its a great source of information for not only tole painting but for other crafts as well.
If you need a good resource for supplies, books and seminars, CABIN CRAFT HOME PAGE is the place for you to visit.
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