Pumpkin Painting Party!

We are less than a week away from Halloween and it's high time for the pumpkins to be carved, decorated or arranged. I have taken my pumpkins to my office job to greet the passerbys and liven up my space.

The neat trick I worked with in this mini painting session with my friend Liz was to use blue painter's tape to block out the spaces for the jack-o-lantern faces and then we could paint the rest of the pumpkin with acrylic paint, however we pleased! This proved to be a bit less stressful then designing a full face with just a paint brush and way less clean up than if we had carved!

The pumpkins had a couple of tricks to them - we realized bigger pieces of tape were a bit better, a clean press down and light sponge brush movements near the edges were important. and careful removal of the tape was crucial to the overall effect. I found that after it was all dry, I wanted to add details in black glitter paint to give it some more dimensionality. The acrylic paint could use a clear coat to give the seal more durability but I enjoy the matte effect of the black contrasting with the glitter.

Such happy faces at the office!

What have you done for your Halloween decorations? Do you want to give this a try? If you are in the Jacksonville area, I have some availability for the afternoon/evenings of this week. Contact me! Let me know if you try something similar, I would love to see other people's examples!

Happy creating!

Chelsea Rose