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Hand Painted Tie by Hope Perkins Learn how to jazz up a tie by painting it. From "Stylelicious" episode DSTY-102

Host Hope Perkins adds pizzazz to a boring thrift store tie by hand-painting a '50s inspired design on the front.

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	Hope takes a thrift store tie and jazzes it up using fabric paint.
	PDF Download the pattern for painting the tie.
	Figure A
	Figure B
	Figure C

Materials:

vintage ties (solid or plain pattern)
fabric paint in white, hot pink, iridescent hot pink, black, orange, light brown, dark brown, peach textile medium
3 paintbrushes (small, for detail work)
stencil image (or image on paper for reference)
tailor's chalk

Note: Download the pattern for painting the tie, right.

Hand Painted Tie

Including drying time this project takes approximately four hours to complete.

1. Use a stencil or freehand draw an image onto a tie with tailor's chalk (figure A).

   Note: Satin and silk ties are a better choice for this project.

2. Mix orange, light brown, dark brown, peach and white to achieve a base flesh tone. For the highlights use the same colors--just add more white (figure B). For the bathing suit use hot pink mixed with iridescent hot pink.

3. Apply the mixed base coat to your paintbrush and paint the body of the image directly onto the tie and let it dry.

   Note: You need three or four coats of paint for the body, however, let the paint dry at least 30 minutes in between coats. You could use a hairdryer to speed up the process.

4. Mix a small amount of nude acrylic paint with white acrylic paint and then add an equal amount of textile medium to create a mixture for highlights.

5. Apply the highlight mixture to your paintbrush and paint highlights onto the body.

   Note: It is best to pick a side of the image that the sun would be hitting and add highlights to only those areas.

6. After the highlights are dry, begin to add details like the face and swimming suit.

7. Use fabric paint right out of the bottle for the eyes (figure C) and mouth and let dry.

8. When completed, rinse brushes clean with ordinary water.

RESOURCES :

Jacquard Lumiere Paint, Neopaque Paint
Rupert, Gibbon and Spider, Inc.
Website: www.jacquardproducts.com