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Painted "Amazing Grace" Sign

"This is a great project to do if you have a free half hour to an hour in the evening. Notes: A sage green paint would be the best, but I didn't have that so I improvised and mixed lime green and black together. If you're going to do that, remember that it will only take a very small drop of black to darken the lime green. I used glossy black paint and it turned out a little shiny, so matte would probably be better. I don't know how long it took since I did a little bit every evening."
Primary TechniquePainting
Materials List
- A wooden board or sign
- Black paint
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Green paint
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A pencil
- An old cup or bowl of water to rinse your paintbrush
Instructions
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Write "Amazing Grace" or whatever words you want onto the board. Make sure you know how you want to do it before you start. Then draw a simple leaf design. Note: I tried to erase but it doesn't work very well, so don't rely on that.
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Paint over the penciled letters with black paint. Try to make the letters as skinny as possible at first.
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Go over the letters again, making the sides nice and straight. For cursive letters, thicken each down stroke and keep up strokes as skinny as possible.
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Outline the leaves and then fill in them in with green paint.
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Add a little bit of black paint to the green paint and outline the leaves with the darker green paint that results.
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Let it dry for several hours or overnight. Make sure you don't smear the paint while it's still wet!
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Most importantly, use your imagination and creativity to make it fit your style.
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Hang on the wall and enjoy!
NotesI used white paint to patch up where I made mistakes but it doesn't look very great so only use it as a last resort. And, mine is far from perfect so don't copy it exactly! I'd love to see a picture of your final product.

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