MARY’S BACKYARD: EGG NECKLACE

We are doing 1 egg necklace. ....not everything in the picture.

I will bring each person a 2” wooden “pullet” egg sanded to be round on the bottom with a screw eye inserted in the top, and a length of cord for a necklace. If you have pin shapes or other hardwood turnings that you are interested in working on, bring them to class. Do NOT pre-seal your wood pieces. This class is being repeated by special request. If you have done an egg before and prefer something else, you can do several pins. Michaels has packages of wooden flat hardwood discs that will work well for you. Dome shapes also are nice for pins.

Cost: $14

Please bring the usual painting supplies including a PENCIL and at least one sheet of PLAIN WHITE PAPER.

Brushes: IMPORTANT: An assortment of GOOD flats: #2, #4,#6,#8; a #1 or #0 LINER, an ABUSED#2 flat for trees or very small deerfoot, Loew Cornell series 7050 series 18/0 script liner or 7350 18/0 liner …or other “three gnats’ eyelashes liner”. The tiny liner HAS to be in very good condition.

A magnifying glass will not be needed!

I originally painted this in Delta. I am providing directions for the older Delta and/or DecoArt Americana. These are NOT intended to be exact conversions, but they are suitable for what we are doing.

Delta palette: DecoArt conversions:

Paint: Delta Light Ivory Light Buttermilk

Blue Mist Baby Blue + White

Old Parchment Desert Sand+French Vanilla

White White

Black Black

Burnt Umber Burnt Unmber

Forest Green Avocado (OR) Forest Green+Evergreen

Adriatic French Grey Blue

Maroon (OR) Barn Red Deep Burgundy (or) Heritage

Brick (or) Napa+tch BU

(You need a dark, bright red with a touch of an earth tone for barns.)

Spice Brown Dark Chocolate+Light Cinnamon

DECOART Evergreen DA 82 is used in BOTH palettes.

These colors are only suggestions. There are many potential substitutions. These items require very small amounts of paint.

If you have any questions, contact me at PNTN4EVR@AOL.com.