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PREPARATION
Use a large palette knife to spread a thin coat of DecoArt Me- dia Modeling Paste over the entire canvas. While the paste is still wet, use the no. 8 long petal brush to create brushstrokes over the canvas. Slip-slap the brush over the paste like little X’s. Let dry and apply the basic pattern lines with graphite.
LET’S PAINT
SKY: Use the no. 8 long petal brush to stumble in the sky colors with Baby Blue and Blue Chiffon. Make sure to keep the lighter value toward the horizon. With a dirty brush, add a little Uni- form Blue to the top portion of the sky. Still using your dirty brush, add a little Opaque White to the brush and fluff in the clouds. Lay the brush flat and make circular motions back and forth to paint in the clouds. Let dry and tint the bottom of the clouds with Wasabi Green, then with Bahama Blue and then again with Naphthol Red.
DIANE TRIERWEILER
