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SURFACE
18 1⁄2" x 18" (47 x 45.7 cm) wooden cutout of Santa
PALETTE
DECOART AMERICANA ACRYLICS
Antique Green Antique Rose Burnt Orange Burnt Umber Cadmium Yellow Cranberry Wine Deep Blush
Deep Burgundy Flesh Tone French Grey Blue French Mauve Grape Juice Grey Sky
Hauser Dark Green
Lamp (Ebony) Black DECOART CRAFT TWINKLES Christmas Red Gold Crystal Silver Galaxy Blue
DecoArt Dazzling Metallics, Glorious Gold
(This is the palette provided for your manipulation. I did not use every color in this palette, no purples, for instance, and you probably won’t either. Based on the fabric you choose, use the paints as you see fit.)
BRUSHES
ROYAL & LANGNICKEL
Series L3050 no. 10/0 combo script brush Series SG150 nos. 2, 6, 10 & 12 Soft Grip Gold
Taklon shaders
LOEW-CORNELL
Series 7400 1⁄2" angular shader
JO SONJA'S SURE TOUCH BRUSHES Series 1360 no. 18/0 script liner
Series 2040 no. 6 pointed round blender Stiff, scruffy brush for stippling
Old flat brush for applying glitter
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Light Cinnamon
Light Mocha
Midnite Green
Navy Blue
Peony Pink
Raw Umber
Royal Purple
Sable Brown
Salem Blue
Santa Red
Snow (Titanium) White Peaches ’n Cream True Blue
Yellow Ochre
LET’S PAINT
BASECOAT THE FOLLOWING:
Flesh Tone: Face
Burnt Umber: Fur trim
Raw Umber: Inside of coat sleeves
Lamp (Ebony) Black: Hair, mustache and beard, boots
Santa Red: Gloves, cardinal, pants
Hauser Dark Green: Ivy leaves, right shirt sleeve (not coat sleeve) Navy Blue: Bluebird (There are three, one on the right hand and two tucked into the bend of Santa’s left arm)
Light Mocha: Sack, dove
Sable Brown: Owl
Yellow Ochre: Birds on top of hat, all other birds’ beaks,
boot buckles
Light Cinnamon: Rope belt, staff
Grey Sky: Bells and rocks
Navy Blue: Trim down center of coat, birdhouse and base. This is where your color will depend on your fabric choice. I used Navy Blue because that was the darkest color in my fabric. Your fabric will be different than mine, so choose this color based on your own fabric. You will replace the Navy Blue with a color of your choice and proceed as printed with everything else.