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STEP-BY-STEP
TULIPS
VIOLETS STEP 1
STEP 2
STEP 4
LILACS
STEP 1
STEP 1
LET’S PAINT
VIOLETS
STEP 1
STEP 2
STEP 3
STEP 4
Use the transfer paper and stylus to lightly apply the basic pattern details to the front of the piece. Paint the egg first with the no. 8 shader and Sea Glass.
Begin painting the other elements around the egg and we’ll finish the egg as we work.
STEP 1: Apply paint values.
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STEP 2
STEP 3
STEP 3
STEP 4
The violets are painted using a slight color mix for the
STEP 2: Blend where values meet.
darker violets. Use the no. 2 filbert and 1⁄4" angular brushes.
STEP 1: Add highlights, shadows, Basteicnotast,tahendpedtaelstawiiltsh. Soft Heather. The darker violets
have a touch of Mulberry mixed in. Paint the petals from the outside edge of each petal inward.
