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The Police Station was a necessity in most small towns.  The Jail was located in the back rooms, as you can see from the bars on the back windows.

#1937 Police Station - 5 x 4 x 8" - $69.98
 

Technique        Colors and supplies by: 

SS-2    Lemon Meringue         SS-135 White                          TL-8    Nubian Brown
SS-23  Mink                           SS-138 Flat Black                    TL-113 Hyacinth Blue
SS-80  Glorious Gold              SS-211 Orange Rust                TL-116 White Cloud
SS-108 Light Gray                  SS-217 Dark Umber                TL-129 Coal Gray
SS-125 Portrait                       SS-234 Medium Mocha           TL-134 Black Forest
SS-130 Medium Gray             SS-373 Brick Red                    AC-516 Porcelain Mist
SS-133 Eggshell                      TL-4 Black                               AC-520 Solvent

General Directions: Begin with properly cleaned and fired 06 bisque.  Thin down White and apply over entire piece to get into all detail.  When dry, apply another coat of undiluted White.  Allow to dry.  Apply Hyacinth Blue in small areas wiping back for highlights until entire piece is covered.  Dampen a soft cloth with Solvent to wipe back further highlights.  Spray with Porcelain Mist to set TL.  Reminder: In this technique, sometimes more than 1 coat of TL is necessary so between each coat, the color must be sprayed in order not to lift the first layer.

Technique

1.      Apply Black TL to the cobblestones, sidewalk, eagle signs, lamp bases, bars, trim around door, background/ corners of sign and roof.  Wipe back highlights with soft cloth dampened with Solvent on cobblestones, roof and sidewalk.  Spray. 

2.      Lightly drybrush sidewalk and cobblestones with Medium Gray.  Randomly drybrush a few stones with Mink, Light Gray and Brick Red.  Add highlights to the sidewalk and cobblestones with Light Gray then tip into White to further highlight sidewalk.

3.      Use White Cloud to cover the bricks over the body of the building even down into the cracks. Spray. This will tone down the initial antiquing to give the illusion of mortar.  Drybrush the brick and chimney stacks 2 times with Orange Rust.  Randomly drybrush some of this same area with Brick Red.  This should have a two-tone look when done.  Solidly paint a few stones with Brick Red and Dark Umber. 

4.      Apply Coal Gray to the corner stones, foundation stones and top trim stone.  Spray.  Lightly highlight these areas with Portrait.

5.      Use 2 coats of Nubian Brown for the wood trim, trim over windows and front door.  Spray.  Lightly highlight with Portrait.  Apply Hyacinth Blue to the sign trim and Black Forest to the eaves.  Spray. 

6.      Lightly highlight the lamp bases and trim above door with Medium Gray.  If windows above door are not cut out, basecoat with Light Gray then highlight with White.  Paint the globes with Lemon Meringue.  Heavily drybrush globes and window frames with Eggshell then highlight with White.  Paint the lettering White.  Paint trim stones above and below windows Flat Black.  Use Flat Black to paint badges on globes and paint numbers with White.  Spray.

7.      Drybrush sign corners, eagles and trim stones of windows Glorious Gold.

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