Stylized scenes decorate the outside surface of this piece. The inside decoration is meant to look like an embroidered design on the "cushions". The long side scenes may be divided into two smaller scenes thus allowing these designs to be easily adapted to smaller articles.
Mediums:
Painting medium of choice
Kleister Medium
Retarder Medium
Paints:
Pyrrole Orange
Napthol Red Light
Red Violet
Purple Madder
Turners Yellow
Tendril
Yellow Oxide
Antique Brass
Raw Sienna
Moss Green
Teal Green
Sapphire
Prussian Blue Hue
Amethyst
Brilliant Violet
Diox Purple
Brown Earth
Raw Umber
Carbon Black
Unbleached Titanium
Titanium White
Gold Oxide
Espresso
Nut Brown
Rosewood
Red Maple
Basic dark flesh mix - Unbleached Titanium + Gold Oxide + touch Raw Sienna
Highlight flesh mix - Titanium White + Orange + Touch Yellow Oxide
Brushes:
#3 round, #2, 4, 6 filbert - basic painting
#2 short liner - fine details
#2 striper - fine tree branches
1/2" - 3/4" Oval Wash - "Sky" insets with clouds
3/4" old brush - applying Retarder
3/4" - 1" mop - blending out Retarder
1/4" - 3/8" Oval Wash - This is the brush I used as a "blender" got most of this painting.
#0 - 4 blender of choice if preferred