by Kathey Holcomb
#867 Butterfly/Bird House
by Kathey Holcomb
Contact: Kathey
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BUTTERFLY HOUSE WITH
BUTTERFLIES
SUPPLIES NEEDED:
RiverView Molds, Inc.
Butterflies Mold# 866
Butterfly/Birdhouse Mold# 867
Non-firing opaque stains by Ceramichrome:
SOFTEES:
SS2 Lemon Meringue
SS4 Carrot Cake
SS7 Country Apple
SS8 Melon
SS20 Mistletoe
SS21 Irish Cream
SS28 Hushed Violet
SS36 Rose Berry
SS40 Buttercup
SS44 Victorian Blue
SS48 Artichoke
SS55 Ginger
SS61 Russett
SS63 Black Forest
SS91 Royal Purple
SS94 Pansy
SS101 Cobblestone
SS107 Bordeaux
SS110 Holland Rose
SS111 Brightest Yellow
BISQUE CHROME:
B9 Violet
B21 Black
B26 White
B62 Avacado Green
B71 Dark Chocolate
Cleaning tools, silk sponge, various brushes (including 1/4" rose petal shader), size "0" detail liner.
Porcelain mist sealer.
Butterfly House
Step 1
Clean green ware and fire to witness cone 04.
Step 2
Base coat butterfly house with white.
Step 3
Using an old toothbrush spatter sides of house using mistletoe and water mixed to an ink consistency.
Step 4
Using a stylus and graphite paper, transfer pattern to house.
Step 5
Basecoat all the fruit and leaves. You won't need to transfer detail lines until this step is completed.
Step 6
Basecoat as follows:
Apples and cherries: Country Apple
Pear: Lemon Meringue
Peach: Ginger
Grapes: Royal Purple
Berries: Royal Purple (paint a messy circle, not a uniform one, as light dots will be placed over the dark circle to form berries.)
Blossoms: White (a light wash of Holland Rose in center of each petal. Be sure to keep this very light while pulling upwards.)
Stems: Russett
Leaves: Avacado Green
Step 7
Using graphite paper, trace in detail lines very lightly.
Step 8
Shade and highlight all leaves first. Shade dark areas and shadows with Black Forest. Highlight lighter areas with Irish Cream. Rouge in areas of leaf with Roseberry and Melon to give a contrast of color.
Step 9
Shade and shadow with a float of Roseberry on blossoms and buds. Outline all blossoms with Roseberry. Centers are formed by stippling with Irish Cream. Draw in lines for stamens with the liner brush using Artichoke. Using stylus or tip of brush, place dots randomly with Country Apple and Carrot Cake at or near the stamen ends.
Step 10
Shade apple using Russett. Place highlight of apple with Brightest Yellow. Next to where stem will form, place a tiny float of Irish Cream.
Step 11
Shade pear using Black Forest float behind Peach. Highlight with Irish Cream and Lemon Meringue. Place a little Melon for color on the pear.
Step 12
Shade peach using Buttercup and Melon. Highlight with Lemon Meringue. Do a pitty-pat motion to place color as a rouge on peach and pear. Center line of peach is done with Russett.
Step 13
Shade cherries with Russett. Place White comma stroke on light side of cherry for highlight.
Step 14
To define each single grape, place a float of Black under and behind each one. Highlight by placing a wash of Pansy over each single grape. Then place a White dot in center of each grape. Place a comma stroke at the bottom of each grape with White. Using Victorian Blue, place a very thin wash over entire cluster of grapes. This will bring out a blueish shade to the grapes.
Step 15
Berries are made by using the end of the paint brush or stylus with Pansy. The dots are placed in a row from top to bottom in the center of the Royal Purple base. Then fill in with other dots around the center row. Do a few dots to the light side of the berry with Roseberry. Outline all dots with Black. Float in Black as done on grapes to give depth. Place a small White highlight spot on the top of each dot. Do a wash of Victorian Blue over Purple dots and Bordeaux over the Roseberry dots.
Step 16
Outline stems using liner brush with Dark Chocolate. Add a line in center of stem to make highlight with Cobblestone.
Step 17
Make tendrils or squiggles with a liner using Russet thinned with water. Outline leaves and place veins with Black Forest Green. Outline pear with Russett.
Step 18
Sponge roof using Roseberry, Holland Rose, White, and Bordeaux.
Step 19
Sponge edge of base with Irish Cream and Avacado Green.
Step 20
Allow to dry and spray with porcelain mist.
Butterflies
MAUVE BUTTERFLY
Step 1
Basecoat with Black.
Step 2
Paint top part of wings in the segments Holland Rose. Bottom part of wings with Roseberry.
Step 3
Do a float of color along body of butterfly and between upper and lower sections of wings with Bordeaux. Paint a band of Black on outer edge and along the bottom of the top section and also to the lower section so that the butterfly is outlined. Wet brush with Holland Rose on body of butterfly. Place White dots on top edge of wing and Roseberry to the outer edge. Add extra dots or commas where desired. Place White comma stroke on each side of head.
PURPLE BUTTERFLY
Using same method as mauve butterfly, basecoat Black, top section of wing Hushed Violet, bottom of wing is Violet. Top section has a float of Royal Purple next to body and across lower portion. Bottom is floated with Victorian Blue, also next to body and across bottom. Body is wet brushed with Violet. Place White comma strokes on head. Dots on wings are White and Violet.
MONARCH BUTTERFLY
Step 1
Basecoat Black
Step 2
Entire segments are painted Brightest Yellow. Be sure to leave raised black lines showing on all butterflies. Shade with float of Melon. Wet brush body with mixture of Black and White. Place White and Yellow dots on Black outer borders. White comma stroke on head.
Step 3
Allow to dry and spray with porcelain mist.
Step 4
Click to enlarge pattern.
