SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
free
skill level
3
beach jar trio
• DecoArt Americana® Crystal Gloss Enamels: White, Black, Yellow, Blue, Orange, Green, Purple
• DecoArt Americana® Acrylics (of choice)
• DecoArt® Sealers/Finishes
• DS17 Multi-Purpose Sealer
• 3 recycled glass jars with lids
• Liner brush
• Soft bristle blotter brush
• 1/4” brush or any soft bristle, flat, wide brush
• No. 2 soft bristle brush
• Small plastic cups (about 1” width) with tops
• Palette or plastic plate
• Water container
• Paper towels
• Masking or painter’s tape
• Computer & printer
DIRECTIONS:
Preparation: Print out and tape pattern for each jar inside jar.
SAND DOLLARS JAR
1.Pour White into plastic cup, filling about 1/3 full. Add few drops of Yellow, smaller amount of Orange, and very
small drop of Black, mixing until color resembles sand. Using liner brush, outline island. Cover cup of paint.
2.Mix White with small amount of Black to make dark/medium gray. Outline sand dollars with liner brush.
3.Using soft bristle blotter brush, generously dip into sand-colored paint and begin filling in sand area around sand dollars with thick layer of paint. Let dry.
4.Mix Blue with few drops of White for light blue and use mix to outline water with liner brush. Mix Green with White
for light green mix. Next to light blue mix and light green mix, pour out some White on palette or plate. Using ¼”
size brush, dip into light blue mix and then into White to fill in water area. Alternate between light blue mix and light
green mix using same method. (White should be streaked throughout water.) Let dry and when paint is dry, add
more paint if desired.
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5.Mix White with small amount of Black to make light gray. Pour out White next to light gray mix on palette or plate.
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Using generous amounts of light gray mix, fill in sand dollars with thick coat of paint using No. 2 soft bristle brush.
Occasionally use White to make swirls in light gray mix for slight color change.
6.Fill in entire area of sand dollar surrounding star and five small outlined areas with thick coat of White, using No. 2
soft bristle brush. Let dry and add another coat if desired.
pull White paint through with liner brush. Let dry and touch up outline with deep purple mix.
5.Mix blue with few drops of White for light blue and outline water with mix and liner brush.
7.Using liner brush, touch up sand dollar by outlining again with dark gray mix and again, just underneath that, outline
with medium gray mix. Also outline areas painted White with medium gray mix.
6.Mix Green with White for light green. Next to light blue mix and light green mix, pour out some White paint on
palette or plastic plate. Using 1/4” size brush, dip into light blue mix and then into White and fill in water area.
Alternate between light blue mix and light green mix using same method. (White should be streaked throughout
water.) When paint is dry, add more paint if desired.
8.Remove pattern from inside jar.
7.Remove pattern from inside jar.
9.Lid is painted with DecoArt Americana Acrylics of choice and sealed with Americana Multi-Purpose Sealer.
8.Lid is painted with DecoArt Americana Acrylics of choice and sealed with Americana Multi-Purpose Sealer.
PATTERN
BOAT AND BEACH JAR
1.Pour White paint into plastic cup, filling about 1/3 full. Add few drops of Yellow, smaller amount of Orange, and
very small drop of Black, mixing until color resembles sand. Using liner brush, outline island.
2.Outline boat using Black and liner brush.
3.Mix Green with White for dark green and again for light green. Paint trim of boat with dark green mix using liner
brush. Paint body of boat with light green mix. Fill in inside of boat with White and bench seat with Black. Let dry. Touch up outline of boat with Black using liner brush if needed.
4.Using soft bristle blotter brush, generously dip into sand-colored paint and begin filling in sand area around boat, filling in entire area with thick layer. (Use a lot of paint, in a blotting technique, to leave textured sand effect.) Let dry.
5.Mix Blue with a few drops of White for light blue and outline water with mix and liner brush.
6.Mix Green with White for light green. Next to light blue mix and light green mix on palette or plastic plate, pour
out some White. Using 1/4” size brush, dip into light blue mix and then into White and fill in water area. Alternate
between light blue mix and light green mix using same method. (White should be streaked throughout water.) Let
dry and, when paint is dry, add more paint if desired.
7.Remove pattern from inside jar.
8.Lid is painted with DecoArt Americana Acrylics of choice and sealed with Americana Multi-Purpose Sealer.
SHELLS ON BEACH
1.Pour White paint into plastic cup, filling about 1/3 full. Add few drops of Yellow, smaller amount of Orange, and
very small drop of Black. Mix until color resembles sand. Using liner brush, outline island.
2.Mix Purple with small amount of Black for deep purple. Outline shell with mix using liner brush.
3.Using soft bristle blotter brush, generously dip into sand-colored paint and begin filling in sand area, filling entire area
with thick layer of paint. Use a lot of paint, in a blotting technique, to leave textured sand effect. Let dry.
4.Mix Purple with White for medium purple and mix Blue with White for medium blue. Pour out some White paint
next to medium purple and medium blue mixes on palette or plastic plate. Paint shell using liner brush by alternating
between medium purple mix and medium blue mix, painting from side to side throughout entire shell. Occasionally