TIPS AND TRICKS

Over the years Woodscape artists have shared with us handy tips to both personalize and enhance your Woodscape experience. A few of these are as follows:

• Painting
• Numbering/Labeling/Gluing

Painting

"When painting the pieces from the color chart, you can run out of a particular batch of paint in some cases. If this happens, go ahead and mix another batch of paint. There is enough paint to do this."

"I have found it helpful to apply the paint pigment across the grain rather than with it. I think I achieve a thinner and more even layer of color."

"I always squeeze the first drop from a bottle into a second cup before measuring my drops in my blending cup. In this way, if the first drops should run together I will not have to guess how much paint was released or start the color over."

"I find that when wiping my wood I achieve better results if I use a circular motion."

"When I come across a knot on a light piece of the painting, I go back over it with my brush, and using my paper towel, I only dab the paint off lightly. This leaves a little more of a paint film on the painting but I prefer the effect."

"For the Spring Flowers and The Swing artKits, painting the flowers can be tricky. I have used a cotton swab to dab the flowers. This prevents the paints used on the petals from running into the stem portion of the flower."

"For the Spring Flowers and The Swing artKits, I suggest that you do not wipe the flowers after painting them. I have found that when you wipe them the color of the flower mixes with the color of the foliage."