Art Deco Nightlight Using Jacquard Lumiere Paints

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  Step 1

  Gather your supplies.

  Remove the shade from your nightlight

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  Step 2

  Its good practice when you are using a paint you've never used before to do a cross so you can see how different colors interact on top and bottom of each other. Lay out lines of each in one direction, then when dry, go over in the other direction.

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  Step 3

  Sketch your design. Graph paper is very VERY helpful in this if you are generating your own. I've placed a b/w version of my own design in the attachments to this project if you want to use it. I compiled my design from three different images found while googling "Art deco".

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  Step 4

  Trace your design onto your acetate using your non-smearing pen.

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  Step 5

  If your design is symmetrical flip your acetate over...

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  Step 6

  ... and trace the other side.

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  Step 7

  Use your initial sketch as a map for how you want to layout your color.

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  Step 8

  And paint it in. This step took me two coats and I purposely left it thinner near where colors meet so the light could shine through more in the design.

  This is a picture of the design on a dark background so you can get the full effect of the white on top.

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  Step 9

  and on a light background.

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  Step 10

  Cut your design out from the rest of the acetate leaving a thine border

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  Step 11

  Be sure if your nightlight has a switch to cut a spot to put the switch through!

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  Step 12

  Glue it all together and enjoy how it looks in the light….

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  Step 13

  …and the dark!

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