Folk Art Enamels Paint

 This is an optional paint that can be used on glass and ceramics, as well as on metal.  Folk Art Enamel paint is a highly pigmented acrylic polymer formulation with excellent hiding qualities.  It is available in a wide palette of beautiful colours that includes key artists colours and One Stroke colours chosen from the Folk Art Colour collection.
Folk Art Enamels are water based and non-toxic, they dry to an opaque finish with a gloss sheen.  Cleanup (only while wet) is easy with soap and water.  Not only that, but pieces painted with Folk Art Enamels can be hand washed and are "top rack" dishwasher safe after leaving to cure for 21 days.

Floating Medium

  Floating Medium 868 helps the paint stay wetter for shading and to create transparent paint effects.  If you wish to have your paint stay wetter longer or if you are painting on a porous surface such as paper, load the brush as instructed then dip the tip of the brush straight down into a squirt of floating medium.  Work two or three strokes on your palette and you are ready to paint.

Folk Art Acrylic Paints

 For all decorative painting, Folk Art acrylic paints give the best results, they dry quickly, are odour free, easy to use and come in a wide variety of colours.
The One Stroke technique is based on the use of these paints exclusively for best results.  Their rich and creamy formulation and long open time make them perfect for all types of decorative painting.  They are offered in a huge range of wonderful, pre-mixed colours and lots of metalic and pearl shades.
Folk Art Artists' Pigments are colours that are perfect for mixing your own shades.  Their intense colours and creamy texture make blending, shading and highlighting easy.
If you are starting out and want to buy a small selection of  paint colours, you may like to know that the most commonly used paint colours in Donna's learning guides (and therefore in class) are:
Berry Wine
Wicker White
Thicket
School Bus Yellow
Yellow Ochre
Sunflower
Dioxazine Purple
Rose Garden
Maple Syrup
Licorice

The concept of One Stroke is that it is based on the use of two colours at any one time (sometimes three) both colours are opposites one light one dark, one that makes the highlights and one that makes the shadows. The mid range colours, while pretty and occasionally useful, are not easy to use with the One Stroke technique.

Buying One Stroke Paints

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