The packet is available separately if desired. Bundle includes the unfinished tea tray, packet, photos, instructions and FREE US shipping. The tray handles are slightly different than the original (no longer available) but the same size. beautifully made from Pine and measures 10 1/4" by 9 3/4".
NOTE: This bundle also comes with a complementary Crackle Medium technical video that is about 40 minutes long.
I really enjoy painting fruit baskets, they remind me of the old theorem paintings. I was able to watch a lovely artist at old Sturbridge Village paint a theorem on cotton velvet using water colors and it was an exciting presentation, but I wanted my basket to be soft, old looking and crackled.
Mediums:
Jo Sonja's Artist Colors
painting medium of choice
Crackle Medium
Retarder Medium
Palette:
Jo Sonja's Artist Colors
Orange
Gold Oxide
Napthol Red Light
Red Violet
Yellow Oxide
Raw Sienna
Moss Green
Brilliant Green
Raindrop
Sapphire
Wild Grape
Diox Purple
Mid Value Cool Beige
Brown Earth
Smoked Pearl
Titanium White
Brushes:
Jo Sonja's Sure Touch
B1385/1387 #4 filbert - Basic painting
B1360/3020 #2 liner - Fine details, tendrils
B1310 Squirrel Striper #1-2 - Stripes
Old mop brush - Applying Retarder Medium, glazing
B1318 Oval Glaze 3/4"-1" - Applying Crackle Medium
B1315/1317/1318 "mop" 3/4" - 1" - Blending out glazes
B1315/1317/1318 "mop" 1/2" - 3/8" - Blending out fruit & basket color, if needed