DIY Painted Fall Pumpkin

Directions

1. Using Dark Chocolate, paint a series of branches in overlapping arabesques. Add extra branches and offshoots to fill the space. Keep in mind that you will be adding leaves all around the branches, so don’t space them too closely.
2. Paint your first leaf using Georgia Clay.
3. Paint your flower bud using Frosted Plum.
4. Using Tuscan Red, paint your second leaf. This one is more like a sloppy maple leaf.
5. Using Saffron Yellow, paint your third leaf on the branches. It’s simple and small.
6. Using Brilliant Red, paint large anemones around the branches and to help fill spaces. These are like big red flowers.
7. Take stock, add blooms or leaves, and figure out where you’re going to put your finishing touches.
8. Using a mix of Dark Chocolate and Saffron Yellow to create a light brown for a final leaf motif on the branches. This one looks like an oak leaf. Make sure you make enough for two coats, and for some wildlife critters!
9. Using Dark Chocolate add three little twigs closely together. Sprinkle them throughout the leaves and buds on the branches. You’ll add different coloured berries to complement the leaves. You can make them as long or as short as you’d like. I use them to help fill space and add another colour. You’ll also add pinecones and acorns.
10. Using grey, add the squirrel shapes; using the brown mix from step 6 add squirrels and birds.
11. Wait till the first coat is dry, and then apply a second coat. You want the colour to be rich and deep, and you don’t want to see the white pumpkin beneath.
12. After the second coat is dry, using Black and the Dark Chocolate, add the details on your leaves. For the first leaves (Georgia Clay) I used black to run the veins down the centre of the leaves. For the other leaves I used Dark Chocolate. For the anemone, you’ll add a black dot for the centre.
13. Using a variety of pinks and corals, add an extra stroke to the leaves and the flower bud to create depth in the colour of the leaves.