Adding the Grass per (or some kind of straight edge) over the base of the statue
Before I start adding the grass, I mix a little blue paint with yel- and paint strokes of grass emerging from the bottom of the
low and a tad of white until I mix the perfect green for my grass. base, after all the statue is set on grass. More specks of green
Using a fan brush, I lightly add strokes of green from the top to are added that extend from the foreground to the background.
the bottom-this ensures that the top of the grass is a tad thick- Switching to a fine paintbrush, I add light strokes of black to the
er than the bottom, making it easier to blend into the ground. underside of the taller grasses in the foreground for the shad-
Once I have the amount of grass I’m satisfied with, I add specks ows. Now the various grasses have dimension and you have a
of green for the grass in the background. Next I place a pa- beautiful, green field.
Painting the Flag
Before I begin work on the American Flag, I cut a piece of Original Frisket Film big
enough to cover my bike part. This film has a low adhesive and because my surface is
curved, I must tape the film to the part so it stays it place. With pink and blue sharpie
markers, I draw the flag on the film as a guideline for the placement of the flag. I am
not copying the flag from my reference picture, however I do use it for inspiration. Be-
cause the film is extremely delicate, I basically let the weight of the X-acto blade do the
cutting for me. Only parts of the flag, which will be visible in the sky, are to be cut out.
I mixed some Auto-Air Transparent Base, Transparent White, and Medium Reducer
and lightly, evenly spray the two areas. It will appear almost like a haze. The film from
the right side of the flag contains a fold, which needs to be cut. Once the fold has been
cut away from that piece of film, I place that film in its original spot. I spray the extremely transparent white I mixed, in the blank
area where the fold “pops” out at me. I need this piece of film in order to achieve the effect of the flag wrapping towards itself. Mix-
ing Auto-Air Transparent Base, Transparent Blue, and Medium Reducer together, I lightly layer this extremely transparent blue in
the area that contains the blue and stars of the flag.
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