Nick
Copyright: Lily Hadrava '99 (& Pine Country Decor)
1. Drill holes as indicated on the pattern.
2. Stain all pieces with your favorite oil based stain. Let dry over night.
3. Using sponge brushes, base coat each piece:
Base coat the boots in black.
Base coat the body and the head in black cherry
Base coat the arms and cuffs in black cherry.
Base coat the mittens in black.
Base coat the star in antique gold.
4. After the paint has dried, sand all pieces with a white sanding disc and wipe with a tack cloth.
5. Trace on the pattern.
6. Using a #4 flat/floater brush, base coat the face with medium flesh. When the first coat of medium flesh is dry, apply a second coat.
7. Using a stippler or scruffy brush, stipple the cuffs, the ball on the hat, the brim of the hat and the bottom of the coat with ivory.
8. To make the beard, use the # 3 round brush. Pull teard drops from the cheeks down in ivory. Let this dry completely.
9. Using the #00 liner brush, dry brush ivory on the boots and mittens. (indicated as ------- on the pattern.)
10. When the beard is dry, use the #3 round brush again to make the mustache. Using the ivory paint, pull teardrops from the middle outwards. Let the mustache dry.
11. Using the #4 floater brush, float candy bar brown above the cuffs of the mittens, around the bottom of the beard and above the fur at the bottom of the coat in candy bar brown. (Indicated as ///////// on the pattern.)
12. Float with dark flesh on Nick's face with the # 4 floater brush. (Indicated as //////// on the pattern.)
13. Stipple the cheeks with candy bar brown. Dot the tops of the cheeks in ivory paint with the stylus.
14. Using the #00 liner brush, line the coat and arms in candy bar brown.
15. Using the #00 liner brush, line the coat and arms in ivory right along side the candy bar brown.
16. Stipple the cuffs, the brim of th ehat, the ball of hte hat and th ebottom of the coat with ivory again. Using the #4 floater brush and quaker grey paint, put the small float above the ball of th ehat -- floating up -- see the pattern. (Indicated as ///////.)
17. Using the #3 round brush and the ivory paint pull a second coat of tead drops on the beard. Let this dry.
18. When the beard is dry put a secont coat of teardrops on the mustache.
19. Dot the eyes in black using the end of a #00 liner brush. When the eyes are dry, use th esmall end of th estylus and put one ivory dot in each eye.
20. Dot the nose with black cherry using the end of a # 4 floater brush.
21. Using the #00 liner brush, make small teardrops in ivory for the eye brows.
22. Splatter paint all pieces in black with an old toothbrush. Then splatter all pieces in ivory.
23. When all pieces are completely dry, antique them using down home brown antiquing.
24. Wire on the arms and stars.
25. Tie the fabric pieces around the star.
26. Glue on the boots and the buttons. Let dry.
