Roma Land Woodcrafts: Tutorial Thursday: Fall Tea Kettle

Thursday, August 25, 2016

Tutorial Thursday: Fall Tea Kettle

I got an order for a Fall Teapot, so I will share

some of the steps of how I created it.

When doing a special order, I try to find as much information

as I can from the customer.

I discovered her kitchen is Navy/Burgundy.

One of my favorite things about Fall is the warm, rich colors.

I decided that I would make the background a warm tan.

I chose DecoArt's Chalky Finish in Heirloom.

I love to use Chalky Finish as a base for many of my designs.

Painting a teapot meant that I would need to choose

a paint or a medium that was for a slick surface.

I could have chosen several different methods,

but the most popular are:

1. Use DecoArt Paint Adhesion--this is my favorite method for most slick surfaces.

2. Spray the object with Flat Spray Paint or with a Primer.

3. Use Chalky Finish Paint--SO easy.

No preparation except to clean the object and paint!

American Acrylics work perfectly with the Chalky Finish Paint.

These are the colors I used on this project.

I cleaned the teapot and added 3 coats of DecoArt's Chalky Finish.
Just make certain it is dried well before adding another coat.

I added Checks of Deep Midnight Blue and Deep Burgundy. I didn't worry that they were even, because I was going for a slightly primitive style, since it was to have a crow on it to match her decor.

As decorative artists, we sometimes get stuck in the way we do things. I REALLY did not want to shade/highlight every single check, so I decided to do what I call a MESSY LINE on the top of the checks and then I added some more messy lines to the Deep Burgundy checks.
Again, instead of highlighting, I used the Heirloom and added criss-crossed lines to the Deep Midnight Blue checks...PERFECT for what I was aiming to do!

As I said, my customer wanted crows. I took one of my patterns and added a scarf to it, because she also liked that look,

and placed them on top of pumpkins.

I thought the design needed something else for color and to cover more space, so I added a sunflower to each end.

I was much happier with that!

I stenciled Deep Burgundy all over the teapot using dry wall tape and

added a vine at the top.

I also splattered the entire pot with Lamp Black

to add to the primitive look.

I painted a round disc like a pumpkin and wrote Happy Fall--whew it was hard not to put Y'all on it, cause I am a true Southerner!

I also tied some cloth around the tea spout to cover that hump that was left when I removed the ugly plastic piece...I wish teapot makers would design ALL teapots for us to paint when they weren't used~~HA HA HA