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Project: Bunny Baby

Created by Lydia Steeves, Helping Artist

Lydia Steeves is internationally known for her irresistible animal designs and teaching skill. Her Bachelor of Education degree and art

training have been applied to designing and teaching decorative art for the past 20 years. While she enjoys painting a wide variety of

subject matter, much of her inspiration comes from her love of nature and wildlife, be it tigers or kittens. In addition to teaching atmajor conventions, Steeves has produced and sold her own packets and has had many designs published in magazines around the

world. She has published four painting books under the Pause for Paintingtitle; her first color pencil book Fur and Feathers, Volume 1

was released last year. Also released recently is her technique video providing in depth instruction on painting furry things. You can fin

Steeves patterns, books, DVDs, and brushes atwww.lydiasteeves.com

This Steeves design, created on a square wood surface with Americana Acrylic colors, pictures a young rabbit looking for a springtime

snack in a meadow of Johnny Jump-Ups.

DecoArt supplies

Americana Acrylics

DAO6 Pineapple

DAO10 Cadmium Yellow

DAO67 Lamp (Ebony) Black

DA101 Dioxazine Purple

DA131 Hauser Light Green

DA132 Hauser Medium Green

DA133 Hauser Dark Green

DA140 Red Violet

DA163 Honey Brown

DA164 Light Buttermilk

DA195 Bittersweet Chocolate

DA241 Light Mocha

Americana Mediums

DS20 Easy Float

Sealers / Finishes

DS17 Multi-Purpose Sealer

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DATM04 Traditions Satin Varnish

Additional supplies

Surface

4 x 4 wooden surface

Supplies

Water container

Wax palette

Shop towels

Tape

wash brush #1 round brush

oval mop brush

filbert grainer brush

filbert grainer brush

#2 filbert brush

10/0 liner brush

lunar blender

lunar blender

Preparation

1.

Sand. Seal wood surface with Multi-Purpose Sealer. Dry. Sand again.

2. Using wash brush, basecoat bottom section solidly Hauser Dark Green. Let dry.

3. Using wash brush, base bottom section Hauser Dark Green again. While wet and with dirty brush, add patches of Hauser

Medium Green in top right (behind bunnys head) and in bottomleft (where Johnny Jump-ups will be). Still working wet on w

and with dirty brush, add Hauser Light Green to lighten further. Dry. If more Hauser Light Green is needed, use lunar

blender to dry-brush.

4. Trace out pattern carefully and apply accurately. (You can apply pattern for flowers and leaves later if you like.)

Instructions

Bunny

1. Using #1 round brush, basecoat bunnys eye Lamp Black. Using same brush, line nostrils and line to mouth with Lamp Black.

2. Using oval mop brush, basecoat fur Honey Brown working in fur direction. (It does not need to be solid.) Apply pattern for

details.

3.

Using filbert grainer brush, rake Light Mocha on bunny working with fur directions. (Mix Easy Float and water (1:1) to help

get Light Mocha to correct consistency. You must have paint transparent so you can build layers.) Rake a little more in light

areas.

4.

Using filbert grainer brush, rake Bittersweet Chocolate beginning in shade areas. Rake in mid -value areas as well. (Do moreof this step than you think.) Rake shade areas again with Lamp Black. Rake also at tips of ears where it is very dark.

5.

Using oval mop brush, wash over everything with Honey Brown.

6. Repeat raking with Light Mocha concentrating on light areas but also putting in fine transparent lines all over bunny. (Make

sure you can still see previous layers.)

7.

Repeat raking with Bittersweet Chocolate. Repeat Lamp Black if needed. If you lose Honey Brown, rake a little back.

8. Repeat layers as you like.

9. Using filbert grainer brush, brighten light markings with Light Buttermilk: under eye and nose and at edge of ears. (Use Eas

Float and water (1:1) to help achieve correct consistency.)

10.

Rebase eyes if needed. Using #1 round brush and brush mix of Light Mocha and Lamp Black, line membrane at front of eye.

Using lunar blender brush, dry-brush secondary highlight on eye with Light Mocha. Using 10/0 liner brush, sparkle eye with

Light Buttermilk.

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Grass and Leaves

1.

Using #2 filbert brush, basecoat leaves Hauser Medium Green. (See figure 1.) Shade leaves with Hauser Dark Green by stroking from center

vein outwards. (See figure 2.) Highlight with Hauser Light Green by stroking from edges inward. (See figure 3.)

2.

Using #2 filbert brush, pull grass lines up from base with mixes of Hauser Light Green; Hauser Medium Green; and Hauser Dark Green, andperhaps Pineapple. (Dont forget grass in bunnys mouth.)

Johnny Jump-Ups

1.

Using #2 filbert brush, undercoat front three petals Pineapple before basecoating them Cadmium Yellow. Back petals are Dioxazine Purple.

(See figure 1.)

2.

Using #2 filbert brush, highlight edges of back petals with Light Mocha. (See figure 2.) When dry, wash with Red Violet. (See figure 3.)

3. Using #2 filbert brush, highlight edges of Cadmium Yellow petals with Pineapple. If it gets too chalky, wash with Cadmium Yellow. Using #1

round brush, paint radiating lines Red Violet. Center is dot of Light Buttermilk.

4. Using #1 round brush, pull stems with Hauser Light Green. Highlight with Pineapple. F

Finishing touches

1.

Varnish with Traditions Satin Varnish. With 10/0 liner brush and Light Mocha, paint in whiskers after first coat of varnish.

Helpful hints

Create overhead transparency of pattern so you can check details as you paint.

Patterns

Click on the pattern below to view it full-size for printing.

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Print these instructions

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