Night Light Bug

Christy Hartman

C. Hartman Designs

www.chartmandesigns.com

info@chartmandesigns.com

All patterns and designs Copyright © belong to Christy Hartman. All rights reserved. These projects may be painted for personal use/personal profit but may not be reproduced for graphic or scrapbook use for resale. Photocopying and all other types of mechanical reproduction are prohibited. Patterns may not be republished, distributed, transmitted, displayed, broadcast, or reproduced for any business/commercial purposes without written permission from the artist.

Palette:Deco Art Americana

Spice Pink DA030

Melon DA251

Antique Rose DA156

Tomato Red DA160

Ocean Blue DA270

Navy Blue DA035

Snow White DA01

Indian Turquoise DA087

Tangerine DA228

Bright Orange DA228

Moon Yellow DA07

Black DA067

Light Buttermilk DA164

Hauser Medium Green DA132

Hauser Dark Green DA133

Olive Green DA056

Brushes: Dynasty Black Gold®

Series # 206FW: ¾"

Series # 206A: 3/8", ½"

Series #206SL: #5/0, 20/0

Series # 206R: #1, 2, 4

Series #206WVFil: #4

Series #300 Deerfoot: ¼"

Series 206 BSS: Small Butterfly Angle Brush

Small Stencil Brush

Use the brush that best fits the area to be painted.

Load your ¾" FW brush with Snow White dip one corner of your brush into Indian Turquoise, and the other corner into Ocean Blue, take that brush directly to your piece and blend the colors using a slip slap technique directly on the card, blending your paint back and forth in a random manner. Using a stencil brush dry brush Ocean Blue around the outside of the card. Using the small angle butterfly brush load the brush with Hauser Medium Green, dip the point of the brush into Olive Green and the heel of the brush into Hauser Dark Green. Stroke the grass onto the card. Transfer the design to the card and float shade Navy Blue around the design elements.

Bug: Base the bug’s body with Spice Pink, float shade with Antique Rose, deepen with Tomato Red. Using the #4 Wave Filbert wash additional shadows into the shaded areas with Tomato Red. Float highlight with Melon and deepen the highlight with Light Buttermilk, using the #4 Wave Filbert wash additional highlights onto the body using Light Buttermilk. Base the underbelly with Melon, shade with Spice Pink, deepen with Antique Rose, and highlight with Light Buttermilk. Wash additional highlights onto the belly with Light Buttermilk using the #4 Wave Filbert.

Wings: The wings remain the color of the background, float highlight the upper portion of the wings with White and using the #4 Wave Filbert wash additional highlights onto the wing making sure to round your lines as you paint. Float shade with Navy Blue washing additional shadows onto the wing with the #4 Wave Filbert. Using a SL line the wings with White.

Nose: Base the nose with Tangerine, highlight with Moon Yellow, float shade with Bright Orange.

Tail: Base with Moon Yellow, float shade around the inner portion next to the pink tail with Bright Orange, float highlight with Light Buttermilk. Stipple with Moon Yellow, Bright Orange, and White around the outer edge of the tail.

Eyes: Base the eyes with White and the pupil with Black, dip dot the pupil with White and float a White highlight onto the pupil.

Hair: Using a SL line the hair with Tangerine, Bright Orange, and Moon Yellow.

Lettering: Transfer the lettering and base with Moon Yellow, using a SL line shade with Bright Orange, and line highlight with White.

Finishing: Line with a 01 Micron Permanent Black Marker.

© Christy Hartman

All patterns and designs Copyright © 2003-2010 belong to Christy Hartman. All rights reserved. These projects may be painted for personal use/personal profit but may not be reproduced for graphic or scrapbook use for resale. Photocopying and all other types of mechanical reproduction are prohibited. Materials, projects, and products on this site may not be republished, distributed, transmitted, displayed, broadcast or reproduced for any business/commercial purposes without written permission from the artist.