This past weekend was so
beautiful. It was sunny and just
warm enough to not need a coat.
The bees and birds were buzzing and singing, the clouds were fluffy –
the perfect time to do a little (just a little) gardening. Too bad for me that I had loads of
other stuff to do, but I promised myself that I would get outside today. This morning I woke up to a fog bank
that is miles long. Luckily for
me, I’ve got just the fix – painting a pot!
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| Purple Pinky Pot by Anne LaBrie |
INGREDIENTS
1 terra cotta 6” clay pot
3 small bottles of craft
acrylic paint
i.e. pale blue,
pale violet and dark purple
1 paper grocery-store bag
1/2” flat brush, #3 round
brush
1 small paper cup with
water
2 paper towels
Your pinky finger
1. Start
with your first color – I used pale blue.
Paint around the inner rim of the pot and up around the lip, then
continue down the outside of the pot to the halfway point. Make sure the paint
is layered on thick enough so you don’t see any of the terra-cotta pot. Right away, put a few drops of your
second color (pale violet) on your brush and stroke over the wet blue paint –
blending in some places and not in others until you get the look you want. For this example, I left the rim in
just the pale blue. Set the pot aside and let dry – usually just a few minutes.
Wipe your brush with a paper towel and put in the water to clean the brush.
2. Turn the pot over
and paint from the bottom of the pot up to and including the bottom part that
is already painted with your base color.
Once again, while that is wet, work in your second color until you like
the look of it. Let dry again.
3. Keep the pot rim
side down. With your small brush
and a much darker color, paint a few curved lines that go down the side about
halfway in 2” intervals around the bottom. Then, make some tiny ‘grass’ lines along the bottom. Pour a small amount of the darker paint
on your paper bag and dip your pinky finger in just enough to get paint, but
not enough that the paint is dripping. Make a few practice flowers on the paper
bag. When you like how your
flowers look, take more paint and place your fingerprint around the top of each
stem in a circular pattern 5 times like a flower. Just before you lift your finger, put a second of extra
pressure in the middle of the petal.
This forms edges around the petal. Make your pinky finger petals around
each curved line. When done, wipe your hands on a paper towel and wash with
water.
4. Place the top of an
unused pencil erasure into the paint and create dots along the top rim of the
pot. Let the whole thing
dry. Take a picture – impress your
friends!
This small project really
helped to wake up my foggy creativity and cheered me up. Not only that, but now I actually have
a place to put my new purple primrose plant. That means I Painted a Pinky Print Pot for my Purple
Primrose Plant and if that
doesn’t make you smile – it might be time to go back to bed!
