Springtime Friends
Bring smiles to the season with whimsical decorations

Springtime Friends

Deco Art Americana Acrylics:

DA01    Titanium (Snow) White
DA03    Buttermilk
DA07    Moon Yellow
DA10    Cadmium Yellow
DA30    Spice Pink
DA50    Forest Green
DA53    Mistletoe
DA63    Burnt Sienna
DA67    Lamp (Ebony) Black
DA110  Blush Flesh
DA114  Light Cinnamon
DA129  True Red
DA163  Honey Brown

Surfaces:

3 ea Plumpkin Bodies L20052
2 ea Hearts  L20022
6 ea Stockings  U10266
2 ea Sunflowers  U10686
4 ea Scalloped Hearts U10762
2 ea Button Plugs  U10714
1 pkg 19-Ga Wire  LKWire
4 ea Hearts  U10082
2 ea Split Wren Eggs  U10118
2 ea Small Ovals  U10049

INSTRUCTIONS:
SUNNY BEE:
1.  Basecoat body Cadmium Yellow and Lamp (Ebony) Black.  (Refer to photo).
Highlights on arms are Cadmium Yellow.  highlights on the Cadmium Yellow area are Burnt Sienna.
2.  Blush cheeks with Blush Flesh using a cotton swab.  Eyes, nose and mouth are black.
Highlights and dip dots are white.
3.  Basecoat the two large hearts Titanium (Snow) White and shade edges with Cadmium Yellow for wings.
Two stockings (feet) are black with white highlights and dip dots.  (Refer to photo for placement.)
4.  Basecoat the two scalloped hearts Mistletoe and shade with Forest Green for leaves.  Highlights are white.
5.  The flower is white with Cadmium Yellow shading.  The button plug is Cadmium Yellow with Burnt Sienna
shading and dots.
Assembly
Glue feet to bottom back of body, extending outward from each side.   Glue wings to back of body and feet,
leaves to middle of body, flower on top of leaves and button plug to center of flower.  Cut pipe cleaner
about 3-1/2" long for antennae.  Fold in center and curl ends.  Glue to back of head.

HONEY BEAR:
1.  Basecoat body, head and arms Honey Brown.  Shade with Light Cinnamon.
2.  Basecoat beehive Moon Yellow, shaded with Honey Brown; highlight with white.
3.  The light area of the face is Buttermilk.  Blush cheeks with Spice Pink using a cotton swab.  Eyes, nose,
mouth and whisker spots are black.  Highlights and dip dots are white.
4.  Ears are the ovals basecoated Honey Brown; shade with Light Cinnamon.   The center of ears are
Buttermilk.  Basecoat stockings (feet) Honey Brown and shade them with Light Cinnamon.  Highlights and
dip dots are white.  (See photo for placement.)
5.  The four hearts (bee's wings) are basecoated white.  Shade Edges with Cadmium Yellow.  The split eggs
(bee bodies) are Cadmium Yellow with black stripes.
Assembly
Glue feet to bottom back of body, extending outward from each side; glue ears to back of head.  Assemble
bee by gluing hearts to back of split eggs.  Place one bee in middle of body.   Cut 5" piece of 19-gauge wire
and curl it.  Glue one end to the back of the body and a bee to the other end.
LADY BUG:
1.  Basecoat body True Red and black.  (Refer to photo.)   eyes and nose are black.  Highlights and dip dots
are white.
2.  Basecoat stockings (feet) black; highlights and dip dots are white.   (See photo for placement.)  Paint 2
scalloped hearts Mistletoe, shaded with Forest Green for leaves.  Basecoat the flower white and shade it
True Red.  Basecoat button plug True Red with black dots on top for center.
Assembly
Glue feet to bottom back of body, extending outward from each side.  Glue leaves to middle of body with the
flower on top Glue the button in center of the flower.  Fore antennae, cut the pipe cleaner about 3-1/2" long,
fold in center and curl ends.  Glue to back of head.