I’ve been thinking Fall this week
My very favorite part of Fall is decorating with pumpkins
I just adore pumpkins, any shape, color or kind!
Today we’re going to paint pumpkins on all kinds of things,
even paint pumpkins themselves!
It’s fun to paint patterns on real pumpkins,
I painted these Patterned Pumpkins for the beach house one year
Big polka dots are fun
Or you can paint Stripes
or Flowers
You can customize a crate with paint and painted pumpkins
Painting pumpkins is easy
Use orange and yellow orange or yellow
and a fat round brush like a #8
Dip brush in one color and make a “C.”
Without cleaning your brush, dip in the other color
and make a backwards “C”
and continue dipping and making “C”s for 2-3 more strokes
to fill in the body of the pumpkin
For the stem I like to use a small flat, square tipped brush,
with light and dark brown
Load the brush with both colors
Beginning from the pumpkin top make a quick stroke upwards
in a curve, as in photo top right
Reload brush with both colors
and make a second stroke overlapping the first,
starting slightly lower than the first stroke, photo lower right
Next, load brush once more
and make a third stroke overlapping the second, photo lower left
Because you used 3 strokes,
the top edge of the stem end will appear uneven, just like a real pumpkin
Using 2 colors for the body and for the stem,
gives the pumpkin highlights and depth
If you want to add extra detail,
use a small thin brush and a dark brown
Make some thin swirly vines
Add leaves with a little larger, fatter brush,
dipping in green and yellow
making short, small fat strokes,
turning brush tip as you finish the leaf
to make a pointy ends
You can paint pumpkins on bags for Fall treats
or on glasses with paint made for glass
You can paint pumpkins on fabric too~
Paint a table runner or pillows
You can use acrylic paint on fabric if you mix it with textile medium
Below are the steps I took to paint the different color pumpkins
on the table runner
Welcome Fall with a sign!
Paint a small pumpkin sign to use as part of a display
or on a tiered tray
So, get out your paint brush and paint pumpkins~
Be Fearless!
I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs
Sundays on Silverado/ Happiness is Homemade
What’s for Dinner / Love Your Creativity
Between Naps on the Porch /All About Home
Our Tiny Nest / Karin’s Cottage Linky Party / Creative Crafts
Crafty Creators / Full Plate Thursday /Thursday Favorite Things