Scales from tangerine nets

here you go freedspirit some random clementine knowledge http://www.producepete.com/shows/clementines.html LOL more than you ever wanted to know about them I'm sure haha...oh and i sing the song to embarrass my kids every time we pick up a box

Oh, and "cuties" are another name for clementines!

OK, I can't wait for my next gig now! I have never used the netting yet but have it ready, all of your designs looks so cool with the scales.

How do you all get them to lay flat enough to apply the paint?

All I can say is everyone would have had a good laugh watching me try to add scales to my own arm and not being able to figure out how to make it work one-handed, lol. Someone posted about making a frame out of duct tape, I think. Definitely need some way to keep it stretched out a bit if you have the netting with teeny holes but the larger orange netting has large enough holes that I don't think it's a problem.

I am with you on this one Sparklyone. I tried a few different ways and could not get any sort of net to sit straight to save my life. Whether I am painting myself or someone else, it would still have to be a one-handed hold and I am clearly NOT adept at this particular skill. My hat is tipped mighty high to those who have managed to figure this out!

What about maybe adding a really stretchy elastic cord (like the ones on party hats) to the duct tape framed netting, so that the paintee "wears" the netting while you sponge the scales on? I don't have any duct tape or elastic cording at the moment so I can't try it yet, but I think it would work.

I caved and bought the scales stencil from the Forum Shop.

Gr8ful wrote:How do you all get them to lay flat enough to apply the paint?

I've taken masking tape or painters tape & taped the edges in a square. I just hold the scale stencil on the face w/ my non-painting hand. It doesn't have to be held there perfectly.

Great ideas! I love them