blesstheusa

Paint Palette: Deco Art Americana
Santa Red                                Black Plum
Light Butttermilk                       Uniform Blue
Light French Blue                    Deep Midnight Blue
White                                        Black
Dark Chocolate                      Sable Brown
Metallic Shimmer Silver
Hot shots Fiery Red

Waterbased varnish
Delta Perm enamel Clear Gloss Glaze

Supplies:
4" terra cotta pot
3/4" wood for turkey cut out
1/4" check stencil
1" and 2" foam brushes
dried flowers of your choice
spanish moss

Prep for turkey: Cut one turkey pattern out of 3/4" wood. Sand down any ruff spots. Seal with any waterbased wood sealer. Sand again to make sure the grain is smooth before you start to paint.
Prep for Terra cotta Pot: simply basecoat with the acrylic color Black. Transfer pattern

Step by step painting instructions:
Turkev body: basecoat with Sable brown. Shade edges of body, under scarf, and edges of the head with dark chocolate.
Turkey waddle on side of nose and under chin, base with Rookwood Red.
Shade one side of nose waddle with Black Plum. Highlight the other side with Hot Shots Fiery Red.
Shade across top of waddle, underneath the chin with Black Plum.
Highlight bottom edge of waddle with Hot Shots Fiery Red.

Napkin around turkev's neck: basecoat with Light French Blue. Add lines with White.
Shade bottom side and at tie, down under chin with Deep Midnight Blue.

Eyes: outline with black. Fill in eye sockets with white. Add black pupils.
Glasses: float bottom with grey sky, then float top with grey sky as well.
You may need to go over the eyes to make them show up.
If you want, you can outline the glasses with black or leave them unoutlined.

Tail Feathers:
white sections: basecoat with Light Buttermilk. Shade along lower side with Dark Chocolate.
Red sections: basecoat with Santa Red. Shade outer edge with Black Plum.
Highlight other side with Hot shots fiery red.
Paint stitches on with Black, down the center of each, red sections and light Buttermilk sections.
Blue sections base with Uniform Blue. Shade lower side with Deep Midnight Blue.
Highlight other side with Light French blue.
Add white dots.:

4" terra cotta pot: basecoat Black.
Transfer buckle and band to pot, underneath rim along with the "Bless the USA" .
Buckle base with Metallic shimmering silver. Shade outer edges with Black.
Lettering is painted on with White
Base band with Buttermilk. Shade along top and bottom of band with Dark Chocolate.
Also shade at edge of band next to belt buckle with Dark Chocolate and inside buckle and
all around band with Dark Chocolate.
Add a black line down the center of the band, as part of the buckle.

§patter pot with white, using and old toothbrush or spattering tool.

To finish:
Using a 1" or 2" foam brush, apply the Delta-Perm enamel, Clear Gloss Glaze to the pot. Let Dry.
Varnish the turkey with any wood varnish. Let dry.
Place a sufficient amount of florist foam inside of pot.
Cut a wedge out of the center of the foam. Place turkey down in that wedge.
Hot glue in place.
Hot glue some dried spanish moss to cover the foam.
Add dried flowers of your choice to the spanish moss