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PIY Pears

October 12, 2010 By Colleen Jorgenson 3 Comments

Before we get started, I posted a 5 step plan on Feng Shui Savvy today.

Just a little kick-start to get you going.

I love pears. In decorating.

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I’m not big on eating them.

But I love the look of them.

Weird, I know. But they’re fun to paint.

You could use this for fall, Thanksgiving, or everyday, actually.

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You’ll need four colors of paint.

Did you get some Floating Medium yet?

I’m tellin’ ya, I use the stuff every single day. It’ll make your painting so much better.

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Transfer the pattern.

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Basecoat the pears and the leaves with light yellow. Yes, the leaves, too!

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Mix Floating Medium with dark yellow and paint it over the pears.

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Start from the outside and work your way in.

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Finished with dark yellow. Darker around the edges of the pears, see?

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Basecoat leaves with yellow green. One coat will be pretty light because you’re putting it over the light yellow basecoat.

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With dark brown, add leaf and pear stems.

You can stop here or add some wording.

I painted this for Thanksgiving. I’m going to print it on to iron-on transfer paper and make a table runner.

I wish I’d made some without the wording, too. I could use them for Christmas.

Well . . . I could always try and figure out Photoshop, I guess.

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Filed Under: Highlighting, How To & PIY, PIY, Shading, Techniques

Comments

  1. Omi S. and her dog, Bender Oak Cannon says

    October 13, 2010 at 6:29 am

    Good Morning, and Thank you so much for stopping by my blog! I just had to check you out since I’m always impressed by painters. Your tutorial is great, and inspiring enough that I might just try to paint. I love the pears! BTW, I only like one species of pear (for eating), I’m not that into eating pears either, lol.

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  2. Regina says

    October 13, 2010 at 7:07 pm

    Great tut as always Colleen. I love pears…but only when they are at the smushy stage..LOL!!

    Hugs,
    Regi

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  3. KingFdh says

    February 12, 2016 at 10:21 am

    Pretty! I like the first and last ones best because I like the bgeihtrr colors and I like the blues and greens together. I’m glad you get so much joy out of painting. It’s neat. I think you should try etsy. What do you have to lose? If nothing else, you’ll have more motivation to paint a lot and I know it’s therapeutic for you. Go for it!

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