Painted Ghostface No-Carve Horror Movie Pumpkin

From pumpkin to porch

1. 1

   Clean and prime the surface

   Wipe the pumpkin with a damp cloth, let it dry, and rub the front face lightly with rubbing alcohol to remove the waxy coating. Let it air-dry for five minutes. Apply a thin coat of white gesso or white acrylic to the mask area only and let it dry fully; this prevents the orange rind from dulling the cream paint.

2. 2

   Block in the cream mask shape

   Load a medium flat or round brush with cream or off-white acrylic and paint the oval mask shape with two coats, letting the first coat dry before adding the second. Keep the edges of the mask slightly imprecise at the sides to suggest the robe's shadow. The mask should occupy roughly the center two-thirds of the pumpkin face.

3. 3

   Paint the black hood

   Once the cream is fully dry, paint the black hood as a loose elongated teardrop rising from the top of the mask, extending toward the top of the pumpkin. Use a medium flat brush for the large hood body and edge it inward at the sides to suggest the triangular profile of the robe's hood.

4. 4

   Add the eyes and nostrils

   Load a fine liner brush with black paint. Paint the two hollow eye shapes as elongated ovals, slightly tilted to suggest the drooping eye sockets of the mask. Add two small nostril dots just below and between the eyes. Keep the marks small, as the screaming mouth is the dominant facial feature.

5. 5

   Paint the long screaming mouth

   Still with the fine liner brush in black, paint the elongated open mouth as a tall oval. It should be noticeably larger than the eyes and centered below them. Add a faint inner oval in dark gray or shadow tone to suggest depth inside the screaming mouth.

6. 6

   Seal the finish

   Let all paint cure for at least two hours, then apply two thin coats of matte acrylic sealer spray from 12 inches away. The matte finish prevents shine that would make the white look plastic rather than ghostly. Display outdoors under a covered porch or in a window with a small uplighter positioned below the pumpkin.

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