Painted Spiral Hill and Jack Face Pumpkin

From pumpkin to porch

1. 1

   Clean and dry the pumpkin

   Wipe the surface with a damp cloth and dry completely. Wait thirty minutes before painting. Any moisture will cause the moon circle paint to bead rather than lay flat.

2. 2

   Paint the cream moon circle first

   Trace a large circle using a bowl or compass in the center of the pumpkin face. Fill it solidly with cream or off-white craft acrylic using a flat brush. Apply two thin coats, letting the first dry fully. The moon is the base layer; everything else paints over it.

3. 3

   Layer the Spiral Hill silhouette over the moon

   Once the cream circle is dry, paint the broad Spiral Hill silhouette in black acrylic using a medium flat brush. The hill covers the lower third of the moon circle and extends onto the orange rind on each side. Keep the spiral curl portion at the top of the hill thicker than it looks in film stills, for better brush control and visibility from a distance.

4. 4

   Add small Jack face marks

   Near the tip of the Spiral Hill, paint a tiny oval skull head with two dot eyes, a small triangle nose, and three short mouth marks using the tip of a fine brush. These are suggestion marks rather than a detailed portrait; a few dots read clearly as Jack's face at normal viewing distances.

5. 5

   Paint the four bat shapes

   Use a small flat brush to paint four bat silhouettes in black across the upper orange rind above the moon circle. Keep each bat simple, a w-shaped body and two angular wings, and vary their sizes slightly so they look like they are at different distances.

6. 6

   Seal and display

   Apply a matte acrylic varnish over all painted areas once fully dry. Display near a soft light source. The cream moon circle reflects ambient light and gives the pumpkin a faintly luminous quality even without carving.

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