Things You'll Need:
- Wood
- acrylic or craft paint (Folk art brand is made specifically crafty projects, can get it at Walmart)
- gesso
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Step 1
Go out shopping! Buy your wood, or simply go out in the woods see what you can find! This is the time to buy your paints, and your stencils if you want them. I recommend Folk Art brand for its quality and because it is budget friendly. If you have a color scheme in mind, such as Americana, you can find plenty of stencils that will aid you in your art. A cream, burgundy, and navy would be great for Americana projects. It also starts you out simple.
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Step 2
Gesso your wood. No matter what, unless you want a weathered look, gesso! Allow gesso to dry, depending on the specifications on the back of the bottle.
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Step 3
Place your design (this can be a stencil, sketch, cut out sponge, etc) onto the wood. Simple painters tape (the blue tape) is great in aiding the stencil to stay in place. http://forms.ehow.com/contribute.aspx?id=4619457&panel=2#
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Step 4
Sketch out your design lightly in pencil. You can also buy softer graphite pencils if you want the line to be more broad, and dark. If you are a more organized person, you may want to look at the design beforehand and decide what colors to use. You can sketch a small g for green, etc. into certain shapes so that you have a plan and will be less likely to mess up.
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Step 5
Take your crafting paints, and begin to paint. Folk Art has an outdoor acrylic at walmart that is self sealing. I find this particularly convenient. You can also buy the simple "folk art" regular paints, and use them. They are relatively inexpensive (about 1.68 a bottle), and are especially made for special projects!
