Happiness is... Painting!

Happiness is... painting for someone else! 

We are invited to a Birthday Party

for two seven year olds ... it's at the school

gym and it's all about BASKETBALL!!!

Here's what we're giving

the birthday boy and girl:

A cute little personalized

cork panel plaque!

Here's what you need to make one:

A cork panel from the stationery section

at your local office supply store,

and some acrylic paints.  I used our

school colors, plus Flesh Tone and Orange

for the basketball.

Use a sponge roller to paint the front and sides

of each panel with your base coat color.

Spend lots of time and paper sketching

possible character details for

each board, and finally settle on the

ever popular stick figure.  Too easy.

Transfer the main pattern lines using

a light colored transfer paper.

Go over pattern lines with acrylic paint

thinned with water to an ink-like consistency.

Shade around the lettering with a darker

shade of your base coat color, and use a thin

liner brush and inky black paint to outline

all your details ... including

a super smiley face and some weird hair.

Happy Basketball Birthday!!!