Decoart Americana

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A TOUCH OF ASIA Decoart Americana Antique Maroon, Heritage Brick, Antique Gold, Titanium White, Warm White, Asphaltum, Spice Pink, Santa Red, Lamp Black To begin: Apply texture crackle in overlapping patches until entire surface is covered. Let dry and then sand lightly. Applying the Background Color: Pour a small amount of glazing medium into a shallow bowl. Cut or tear a blue shop towel in fourths. Take one of the pieces and crumple it into a small pillow-like ball. Then soak it in the bowl of glaze. This applicator should be very wet but not dripping. You will need to rewet as your work. On the Palette: Antique Gold Apply the Antique Gold diagonally, starting in the bottom left hand corner and take it to roughly 2/3 of the length, ending with a diagonal edge. With the Glaze moistened applicator, pick up a generous amount of Antique Gold and aggressively rub this color into the texture in a circular fashion, reversing and changing directions frequently to ensure the color gets into the lower areas of the texture.…show more content…
Add a small amount of Heritage Brick to the lower right hand corner. Keep this weak; it should only be a blush of color. Let dry. Deepen this red value with a wash of Antique Maroon applied in the same

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