Skull Chandelier

Here is my skull chandelier I made from a $2.00 thrift store light. It just happened to have six arms. The set of skull lights are the kind that get staked into the ground. Just so happens, there are three to a set. So two set later and a few zip-ties I have a great looking light that will look awesome hanging over my Halloween table I set for all the Trick or Treater's. Halloween 2012 picture to be posted later.

Painting Pumpkin Faces

It's that time of year again. This is my FAVORITE holiday of them all. I usually do scary..but I have to always make a few "funky" pumpkins also.

Supplies:
Pumpkins







Paints
Brushes
Water
Black Sharpie/Marker
Paper Towels

Paint Eyes

Paint eyes using the white paint. Use circles and ovals...you can place them close together or further apart.

Paint Nose

Paint the nose using different color paints. You can paint any shape you like here. Be creative.

Paint Eye Color

Give you pumpkin some colored eyes. Place them on the bottom..top..center...each placement will give your pumpkin a different personality

Add Black Eyeball

Next paint the black part of the eyeball.

Let's move onto the mouth. I usually draw a very wavy line, then I go over that line with up and down lines over that line. I hope you understand. But you can do any kind of mouth you want. Then I add the teeth and paint them white.

Back to the eyes now...while the teeth dry. I add some white circles..I also drag the white paint using the other end of the paint brush to add some sparkles to their eyes.

Then I want to give them some color in their cheeks. So I use a piece of paper towel and rub some pink paint into the pumpkin. This gives a more muted look. I will outline this area when I start to doodle.








Now I place a fan on them and let them dry really good..because next is the doodling step...MY FAVORITE PART!!!

OK, the FUN STEP!!! I use a black sharpie and outline everything I painted. I use dots and dashes and hash lines to do this. There are no rules, and don't be to perfect...just have fun with it. Add dots to areas that look empty. I also outline their cheeks doing this. Add some eyelashes and eyebrows as you see fit.  After it is all dry, I do give it a clear coat over the whole face. Now if anyone does this..please post pics..I wanna see.

 

 

 

Happy Halloween!!!