Country Window with Deb Antonick

As a decorative painter, I took this months project as a bit of a challenge. I loved the stencil to decided to play with some texture techniques.

I started with the stencil and DecoArt Crackle Paste applied with a palette knife.  It is important to let the Paste air dry to get the nice cracks. 

When dry, apply a coat of Gesso. 

I then brushed some random patches of Cobalt Teal Hue and Transparent Red Iron Oxide. And let dry.

I then brushed on a coat of Carbon Black Antiquing Cream.  Let sit for a minute the wipe off with a damp cloth or baby wipe. Antiquing Medium never really dries or cures so needs to be sealed with a coat of DecoArt Matte Medium to deactivate.

I love this technique, there are so May possibilities.

Apply a thin coat of the Crackle Paste to the base and allow to dry. Paint with Sap Green. Then apply the Antiquing Cream as above.

I painted the shutters and window crown with Cobalt Teal Hue, shaded with Prussian Blue Hue, then tinted with a bit of Transparent Red Iron Oxide.

I painted the window frame with White and shaded with Transparent Red Iron Oxide.

I found a vintage look flower picture from my stash and adhered with Matte Medium.

I carried all the colours into the bicycle along with Carbon Black and White to make a Grey from the tires.

I glued everything into place and added a tin heart, some flowers to the basket and flat back crystals to the bike tires.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Supplies Used:

- Stand Up Window Kit

- Retro Bike

DecoArt Media:

- Gesso

- Matte Medium

- Crackle Paste

- Carbon Black Antiquing Cream

- Cobalt Teal Hue

- Transparent Red Iron Oxide

- Prussian Blue Hue

- Sap Green

- Titanium White

- Carbon Black

Additional Supplies:

- Palette knife

- Glue

- Tin heart, small flowers

- Vintage floral picture

- 2 x flat back crystals

By Deb Antonick

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