Paint a wooden flat squirrel ornament

Painted wooden squirrel flat.

       This little wooden flat of a squirrel is painted in a very abstract way using a dry brush and sponge technique. You could just as easily choose to paint him by the same methods using grey colors instead.

Supply List:

• orange, white, red, yellow acrylic paints
• tiny acorn and cap
• hot glue gun and hot glue
• a wooden squirrel flat, unpainted
• soft sponge, tiny brush, medium sized brush all three for application of paint

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Sponge the entire front face of the wooden squirrel one color; a rusty brown is good, if you're squirrel is to be a red squirrel.
2. While the paint is still wet, dry brush in some lighter oranges, reds and yellows.
3. After the surface is dry, paint eye and nose details in black. 
4. Go back with a liquid of soft, pale whites for the high-lighted areas.
5. Hot glue on the real acorn and cap just beneath your squirrel's paws.
6. Use the tip of a pin to add a high-light in the critter's eye.
7. Mod Podge the finished surface once you are satisfied with the results.