![]() True Blue for the boy and Alizarin Crimson for the girl. Using the 3/4″ flat brush, paint a band of color across the snow people’s necks. Place a dot of Wicker White in the eyes where it looks like they are looking towards each other. ![]() Side load a touch of Wicker White to the #10 flat brush and stroke a touch of highlight along the left edge of the his eyes and the right of hers. We will add a second coat later to deepen the opacity. Use Pure Orange and the #12 flat brush to paint a triangular shape to mimic a carrot nose. Use Berry Wine to shade one side of the heart buttons.Īdd highlights to the opposite side of the hearts with Pure Orange in the same way. Using the tail end of the brush, dot on Licorice in a smile on their faces. The eyes are painted in ovals with Licorice and the #10 or #12 flat brush. Don’t worry about being perfect or symmetrical, just have fun with it! Using Alizarin Crimson and the #12 flat brush paint on the heart buttons. Paint Snowman heart buttons, eyes and mouth On the pattern I have his tummy overlapping hers but either way works. For instance, where the one tummy overlaps the other. Without washing the sponge dip lightly into the Navy blue and blend it into the white around the edges you wish to create shading for dimension. You could easily use a paint brush and stroke in the snow couple if you prefer. The sponge creates a fun texture to the paint. See this post on how I create these sponge pieces. Using a piece of sponge pounce in the snow people with Wicker White. I used a light pink that I had on hand but don’t use so it did the job for me. White takes a couple coats to cover a dark surface well so the undercoat helps. Using Wicker white or a light color of choice and the 3/4″ brush you may have on hand, undercoat the snow people. Need more info on transferring patterns? See this post: How to Transfer painting patterns. You can choose to sketch in your snow people or you can transfer the pattern. ![]() Take your moon all the way to the left edge. You will get white streaks without reloading white by using added pressure to the brush. Once you have worked into the moon then start working outward adding more Navy to your brush. If you find that hard to understand see the 6:00 mark of the video.ĭon’t overwork it. Start an inch out from the white circle and stroke around and towards it. To paint the glowing moon, start with the 3/4″ flat brush and paint a circle with Wicker White.Īdd Navy blue to the brush without rinsing out the white. Want to see my favorite painting supplies, just press here. You could start this snowman acrylic painting with a white canvas. In this case I used a double load of Navy and True Blue. To cover the old design completely I needed to coat the canvas with a dark background. I re-used a canvas from a painting I started but did not like so I gessoed over it. Plaid FolkArt multi Surface or regular acrylics
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