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ACRYLIC
ANTIQUE WHITE WITH PINK TINTS
There are three hydrangeas using these colors, refer to your picture for placement.
Lay out three puddles of Antique White, Soft Sage Green, and Light Buttermilk paint, in that order. Keep space between each puddle.
With a no. 6 filbert, load with Antique White and form two-, three-, and four-petal flowerets. There is a minimal amount of overlapping in this layer. Repeat throughout the hydrangea flowers. Some petal formations can have just two petals. Some can have just three petals, and some can have four petals. Keep this first level open and have the back- ground showing through. Let this layer dry. Load your no. 1⁄2" flat into Faux Glazing Medium, tip the side of the brush into Black Plum and blend on your palette. Glaze over the hydrangeas, this is very transparent and will appear as a tint. You should be able to see all the petals clearly. Let dry.
The second layer is done in the same way only a value lighter. Paint this layer of petals the same way, but move from Antique White to Antique White and Soft Sage Green. You want the petals to vary in value, lights and darks. The under part should be a bit darker, there are less flowerets on this layer.
The third layer is done the same way only is painted in Light Buttermilk. Let dry completely. Load your no. 1⁄2" flat into Faux Glazing Medium, tip the side of the brush into Cadmium Yellow and blend on your palette. Glaze over the hydrangeas, here and there, this is very transparent and will appear as a tint. You should be able to see all the petals clearly. Let dry.
The finish layer is about tints and details. Load your no. 1⁄2" wash with Faux Glazing Medium, tip one side of your brush in Calico Red and tint the outside edges of the hydrangeas. Keep this very transparent, as you want to see all your petal formations. Remember when you tint that this is a soft accent color and is applied on very spar- ingly. Let the tints dry between colors. When the tints are dry reinforce the highlights on the petals with transparent Light Buttermilk.
With a wet liner load with a mix of True Ochre and Light Buttermilk, paint tiny dots in the center of some of the petal formations. Sideload your no. 6 flat with Calico Red, blend out on your palette and shade the petals on some of the flowerets in the center. Load your liner with Light Buttermilk, and paint very thin line work, outlining a few of the flower petals. Then pull some tiny vein lines on the petals. This should be random. Let dry. The tiny dots painted into the darker area of the flower will need to be shaded. Sideload the no. 8 flat with very transparent Calico Red and shade those dots. This is to soften out the dots.
SILVER SAGE WITH GREEN TINTS
There are two hydrangeas using these colors, refer to the photo for placement.
Lay out separate puddles of Silver Sage Green, Soft Sage Green, and Light Buttermilk paint, in that order. Keep space between each puddle.
Using a no. 6 filbert, load with Silver Sage Green and form two-, three-, and four-petal flowerets with a minimal amount of overlapping in this layer. Repeat throughout the hydrangea flowers. Some petal formations can have just two petals. Some can have just three petals and some can have four petals. Keep this first level open and have the background showing through. Let this layer dry. Next you want to load your no. 1⁄2" flat brush into Faux Glaz- ing Medium, tip the side of the brush into Evergreen and blend on your palette. Glaze over the hydrangeas; this is very transparent and will appear as a tint. You should be able to see all the petals clearly. Let dry.
The second layer is done in the same way only a value lighter. Paint this layer of petals the same way, but move from Silver Sage Green, to Silver Sage Green and Soft Sage Green. You want the petals to vary in value that is in light and dark, so the under part should be a bit darker. There are fewer flowerets on this layer.
The third layer is done the same way, but is painted in Light Buttermilk. Let dry completely. Load your no. 1⁄2" flat into Faux Glazing Medium, tip the side of the brush into Calico Red and blend on your palette. Glaze over the hy- drangeas, here and there, which is very transparent and will appear as a tint. You should be able to see all the petals clearly. Let dry. When dry, repeat this using Cadmium Yel- low, again keeping this very transparent. Let dry.
The finish layer is about tints and details. Load your no. 1⁄2" wash with Faux Glazing Medium, tip one side of your brush in Calico Red and tint the outside edges of some the hydrangeas. Keep this very transparent, as you want to see all your petal formations. Let dry completely. Let the tints dry between colors. When the tints are dry re-enforce the highlights on the petals with transparent Light Buttermilk.
With a wet liner load with a mix of True Ochre and Light Buttermilk, paint tiny dots in the center of some of the petal formations. Sideload your no. 6 flat with Ever- green, blend out on your palette and shade the petals on some of the flowerets in the center. Load your liner with Light Buttermilk, paint very thin line work, outlining a few of the flower petals. Then pull some tiny vein lines on the petals. This should be random. Let dry. The tiny dots painted into the darker area of the flower will need to be shaded with very transparent Calico Red to soften out the dots.
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