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SURFACE
11" x 14" Canson art board (27.94 x 35.56 cm)
PALETTE
DECOART AMERICANA ACRYLICS Avocado
Baby Blue
Burnt Orange
Burnt Sienna
Burnt Umber Cadmium Yellow Desert Sand
Forest Green Hauser Dark Green Lamp (Ebony) Black Light Avocado
Light Buttermilk Mistletoe
Olive Green
Oyster Beige
Raw Umber Rookwood Red
Snow (Titanium) White Soft Black
Spiced Pumpkin Terra Cotta Tomato Red
BRUSHES
LOEW-CORNELL
LaCorneille Golden Taklon
Series 7350 no. 1 liner
Series 7450 nos. 6, 8 & 10 chisel blenders Series 7500C no. 8 filbert
Series 7550 1" wash
Series 3300 no. 2 shader
SUPPLIES
Basic painting supplies (page 96)
SOURCES
Canson art board may be purchased at Michael’s.
I decorate my home with peppermint and candy canes during the Christmas holiday so I designed this for the dining area.
PREPARATION
Basecoat the art board using the 1" wash brush and Oyster Beige. Allow to dry. Repeat with a second coat. Transfer design.
LET’S PAINT PEPPERMINT BALLS
Using the filbert brush, basecoat the peppermint balls with Light Buttermilk. Float Desert Sand around the balls with the no. 8 chisel brush. Strengthen the shading on the lower left edge with a crescent shape float using the same chisel brush and a mix of Oyster Beige+Raw Umber (1:1). When dry, transfer stripe lines onto balls. Using the shader brush pick up Tomato Red and fill in the stripes. Shade the stripe outer edges with the no. 8 chisel and a float of Rookwood Red. With the same brush float thinned Soft Black on the lower left
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