Porcelain Dolls Painting Technique Sheet2

CHINA PAINTING SUPPLIES REQUIRED:

PAINTS: Bisq Tone #1000, Bisq Tone #3, New Rose Red Gloss, Antique Pompadour Red, Satin

black, Satin White, Brow 1, Brow 2, Dusky Lilac, Cheek Blush Cake.

MEDIA: Line Medium, Area Medium, Water,

BRUSHES: Medium Area Brush, Large Area Brush, Lg. China Mop, Small China Mop, Large and

Medium Filbert Brushes, Eyelash Liner #1, Super Brow Brush or Eyebrow #1 Brush

OTHER: Super Doll Sponges, White Glazed Tile, Palette Knife, Round Toothpicks, 1 small, flat

dish to hold media/water mixes.

FIRST FIRE: (Cone 018)

1. OVERALL WASH

SUPPLIES AND BRUSHES REQUIRED: 1 Pt. Bisq Tone #1000 and Bisq Tone #3; Area Medium; Water; Large Filbert Brush; Large China Mop; Super Doll Sponges
TECHNIQUE: Before applying color, condition all pieces with Area Medium. Take care to get into all the small crevices. Mix 1 Pt. BisqTone #1000, 1 Pt. Bisq Tone #3 with Area Medium. Start applying the paint to the face with the Super Doll Sponge. Apply paint generously to the front facial area--nose, mouth, eye sockets, chin, etc. Spread the paint into depressions such as nostrils, dimples, corner of mouth, eyes, ears, etc., using Large Filbert Shader. Continue to spread paint over entire head moving the sponge in a circular motions and pulling the paint from the front of the head all around to the back. Add more paint as required to cover the entire head with a smooth coat of paint. Using a fresh sponge, work the paint over the head, smoothing it out and being sure to make the color even. When you are satisfied with the even application of your paint, lightly and quickly buss it with the Large China Mop to smooth and polish your piece.

NOTE: Please click on the button to view a full face view of the AT. This is the doll we will be finishing in this seminar.

The popup window can be closed after each detail is painted as each section has a link to the picture required for the area being discussed. However, if you do not close the individual windows, you can return to them by clicking on the buttons on your task bar to bring each window to the front of your screen as you need it. Each time you click on a button, a new window will open; so if you already have the feature open, use the task bar button rather than the popup window button. This will avoid reopening the same window several times. After a few times of using the technique sheets, you will find which method is more suitable to your needs and your computer. You may want to leave the full face picture open and minimized as it takes slightly longer to reload than the other pictures. All of the windows can be resized to suit the size of your workspace on your computer.

SECOND FIRING: (Cone 018)

1. LASHES AND UPPER RIM

SUPPLIES AND BRUSHES REQUIRED: 2 Parts Satin Black; 1 Part Satin White; Line Medium; Water; Eyeliner Brush #1
TECHNIQUE: Mix Satin Black, Satin White and Line Medium to a thick, creamy consistency. Paint lashes to a translucent, but very dark charcoal color. Lashes are sharply slanted to the outside corners, with very regular spacing. The eyes are lined with a fine black line all around the inner edge. Rest the side of your eyelash brush on the rim and run it around the edge. Take care to apply paint lightly, not in globs.

2. LIPS, NOSE & EYE DOTS

SUPPLIES AND BRUSHES REQUIRED: Rose Red Gloss; Line Medium; Medium Area Brush
TECHNIQUE: Mix China Paint and Medium to a creamy consistency. Paint a smooth, light application of paint on the lips, and pain the inner nose dots, as shown on the photo below. Nose Dots are painted in two firings. This firing is the light undercoat which covers the entire nostril area. The photo shown here is of the finished antique doll with both firings shown, so you must study the picture and note the two different areas of color. The same principle applies to the lips. In this firing you are basically laying out the base color and pattern for the shape of the lips and inner nostrils. The shading is completed in subsequent firings. Paint very light eye dots as seen in photo.

3. UNDER BROW

SUPPLIES AND BRUSHES REQUIRED: 1 Part Eyebrow #1; 1 Part Eyebrow #2; Line Medium; Medium Shader Brush

TECHNIQUE: Mix China Paint and Medium to a creamy consistency. Paint a smooth, light stroke on brow ridge. Smooth with Dry Shader Brush so that the edges are not sharp. Study the photo of the antique doll's eyebrows. You can see, if you look carefully, just exactly where the under or "shadow" brow fills in the color under the strokes. Remember that the strokes of the brow will extend beyond the under brow both at the front and the back of the under brow stroke, so don't make it too long.

4. CHEEKS

SUPPLIES AND BRUSHES REQUIRED: Cheek Blush Cake; Area Medium; Small China Mop; Super Doll Sponge or Stippler Brush
TECHNIQUE: Apply Area Medium to the cheek and beyond. Carefully apply the cheek color with clean sponge or Stippler. Polish it with the Small China Mop, blending the edges so as to prevent "stop lines". Refer to the full photo in the popup window for a picture of the full face of the doll. This will show you where to place the cheek color.

THIRD FIRING: (Cone 018) (Cone 018)

1. EYEBROWS

SUPPLIES AND BRUSHES REQUIRED: 1 Part Eyebrow #1; 1 Part Eyebrow #2; Line Medium; Super Brow Brush or Eyebrow Brush #1
TECHNIQUE: Mix Media and China Paint to a creamy consistency. The eyebrows on this doll are painted in two distinctly different stroke patterns. The left eyebrow is painted line upon line, with some of them crossing each other. The right eyebrow is painted in a fan shape, starting from outside edge and working in towards the nose. Examine each individual photo of the right and left brows and then look at the full face photo for exact placement of the brows.

2. LIP SHADING

SUPPLIES AND BRUSHES REQUIRED: Lip Mixture; Antique Pompadour Red; Line Medium; Medium Area Brush; Eyelash #1 Brush, or Accent Liner Brush
TECHNIQUE: Mix about half lip color and half Antique Pompadour with the Medium. With the Medium Area Brush, shade the inner part of the lips, softening the edges. Color should be darkest towards the inner part of the lips. Some AT's, however, have a lighter section of color in the center of the lips. Be sure to make color smooth. Lips are very light on the outside edges. With your Eyelash #1 Brush, or your Accent Liner paint the accent lines on the upper and lower lips. Dip the brush in water and then run it through the thick mixture of your paint. Only do one accent at a time before reloading your brush.

3. UPPER EYELID SHADING

SUPPLIES AND BRUSHES REQUIRED: Dusky Lilac; Line Medium; Medium Shader
TECHNIQUE: Apply Area Medium to the upper eyelid. BE VERY CAREFUL not to disturb your eyebrows. The eye shadow does not extend up into the area of the eyebrows, but is placed in the crease of the upper eyelid and blended to just a faint hint of color on the lid. Refer to picture for exact placement

4. CHEEKS

SUPPLIES AND BRUSHES REQUIRED: Cheek Blush Cake; Area Medium; Small China Mop; Super Doll Sponge
TECHNIQUE: Apply Area Medium to the cheek and beyond. Carefully apply the cheek color to the cheek area with a clean sponge or Stippler. Polish it with the China Mop, blending the edges. to refer to This second application of the cheek color is applied over a smaller area than the first coloring. It is designed to enhance the first application, providing more color to the "apple" of the cheek, which is the fullest part of the cheek. Be sure not to blush beyond the area covered by the medium. This will prevent "stop lines" from occurring.

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