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ALMOST WINTERby Barb Halvorson

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PALETTEAmericana Premium Tube AcrylicsBurnt Sienna #14527Burnt Umber #14526Cadmium Orange Hue #14530Carbon Black #14555Cobalt Teal Hue #14547Cobalt Turquoise Hue #14545Paynes Grey #14548Titanium White #14558Purple Mix: Paynes Gray + enough Cadmium Red to turn the color slightly purple. Add White to lighten.A word about paint: Use as many coats as needed to cover an area. This is a given.Warm White #13239

SURFACEScalloped Lift Lid Box #63137

MISC. SUPPLIESDecoArt Multi Purpose Sealer #87392DecoArt Drying Time Extender #83131DecoArt Dura Clear Gloss Varnish #873931" Foam Brush from 15 Pack #87423Gray Graphite Paper 18x36 #70141Media Gesso White #87415Paper towelsPro Art Tracing Pad #83176Small Sanding Pad—Fine/Medium #70794

BRUSHESPapillon by The Artist’s ClubComb size 1/4" #20152Glaze Wash size 3/4" #20102, 1" #20103Liner size 1 #20147Shader size 2 #20125Shader size 6 #20127Shader size 8 #20129Shader size 12 #20131I also used very worn Shaders of the same sizes for textures,

PREPARATIONPlease Note: Usually I try to use the largest brush I can for an area. This prevents unwanted brush strokes. Feel free to use a diff erent size brush than I do if you feel more comfortable. In some areas, (the bushes) use a worn out fl at brush with a tapping motion. The moun-tains and buildings I prefer to use a brush with a good chisel edge. The branch requires a good liner with the hairs intact.

Apply two to three coats of white gesso, sand lightly between coats.

SkyWith the 1" wash brush paint the sky back and forth (horizontally) with Cobalt Teal Hue + Titanium White about half and half. Very easy sky, no clouds.

MountainsFirst, study the worksheet very carefully. Use a #8 fl at brush. Mountains tend to be hard for the beginner painter and advanced painter as well. Be careful to slant in the direction of the slopes. Generally one side of the mountain is dark and the other is lighter. In this painting, I basically used the Purple Mix for the darker side, Cobalt Teal Hue + Warm White on the left side then added Titanium white on top of the mountains. After the mountains were completely dry I glazed with a touch of Cad Orange Hue with a clean 1 inch glaze brush to the white side of the mountain. Make sure the glaze is watered down. This warms up the mountains. After I glazed the mountains with orange I redefi ned my mountains with white to indicate addi-tional snow, added additional darks where needed. Be sure to add Cobalt Turquoise Hue and Warm White on the dark side as well but keep the right side darker and the left side lighter. Vary colors leaving room for lighter blues + a hint of the Warm White for snow.

Distant Hill on the leftTake the Purple Mix + Warm White + a touch of Car-bon Black to grey the purple if needed. Simply, take a #8 worn out fl at brush and make short downward strokes. At the bottom of the hill add a touch more of the darker mix to make a shade lighter and pounce the worn out brush in a tap tap horizontal fashion.

Background pines behind the buildingsUse a #6 fl at brush tap up and down strokes with the Purple Mix, add touches of straight Paynes Grey here and there to vary the mix slightly.

White Pine-trees behind the buildingFollow the worksheet. Take a #2 shader brush with a good chisel edge using Titanium White. Make a point at the top. Use a liner if you need to. Begin to fi ll in the tree working back and forth. Start very narrow then start to widen the tree toward the bottom.

Large Building to the rightFill the left side of the barn with Burnt Sienna, fi ll the right side with Burnt Umber + Burnt Sienna. Make sure the right side of the building is darker. Shadow

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under the eave on the right side of the building; use Burnt Umber + a touch of Carbon Black. Fill the door and door frame with Burnt Umber + a touch of Car-bon Black. Add barn boards with the liner brush with Titanium White + a touch of Cad Orange. Make sure the right side has strong contrast. Add additional darks and lights as needed.

Small Building to the leftFill the left side using vertical strokes with Titanium White + a touch of Cad Orange and a touch of Burnt Sienna. Use a small #2 fl at brush with a good chisel edge. Fill the right side with Burnt Sienna + Warm White and a touch of Burnt Umber. Roofs: Add snow with Titanium White to both the roofs, watch the roof slant. Add a shadow to the center of the building to the left with the Purple Mix.

Path to the barnPaint the path with the Purple Mix with straight back and forth strokes. Do not paint the path at a slant but rather straight across. While the path is still wet add Titanium White streaks.

BankAll the snow banks are painted with Titanium White. Add streaks of the Purple Mix and Turquoise. It is im-portant to watch which way the banks are slanting. The brightest banks are toward the center.

Fence PostPaint the fence posts with Burnt Umber using a #1 liner brush. Simply wet the paint to writing consistency and paint the posts as shown on the sample.

BushesUsing a worn out #8 fl at brush tap all the bushes hori-zontally with Burnt Sienna, highlight with touches of Titanium White + a touch of Cadmium Orange. Vary the height of the bushes. The bush in the back and the one on the right hand side are smaller. The one to the left (the closest) is larger this creates depth to your paint-ing. Here and there you can add touches of the Purple Mix if you choose.

RocksBase the rocks with Burnt Umber using a #8 fl at brush. Don’t do what I did. I based in my rocks, they were all the same size and looked exactly like cherry humps. I did my rocks over. Add touches of the Purple Mix on the sides and Titanium White on the top. Slide the white down the sides randomly. These rocks are a little easier because they are snow covered.

WaterWater usually refl ects what is above it. Use vertical strokes with a #8 fl at brush then gently brush with vertical strokes. I refl ected the rocks with Burnt Umber, added Turquoise, the purple mix and a touch of Burnt

Sienna if you prefer. Skim over it horizontally with a clean wash brush using the fl at of the brush. Add water lines with a clean #6 fl at brush with a good chisel edge. Make sure the water lines are not in a row and vary the length.

BranchThin the Burnt Umber with water to writing consistency with a #1 liner brush. The tiny branches on the branch are little y’s: one twig larger than the other. Follow my sample displayed on the worksheet.

Final Snow BankUsing the #1 inch wash brush paint the fi nal snow bank with Titanium White. Directly below the bushes add the Purple Mix then refl ect the branch on the snow bank. Thank you for letting me share this project with you.

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Pattern at 100%1" x 1"

To ensure yourpattern is at 100%,

this box should measure 1" x 1" when printed.

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Pattern at 100%1" x 1"

To ensure yourpattern is at 100%,

this box should measure 1" x 1" when printed.

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Pattern at 100%1" x 1"

To ensure yourpattern is at 100%,

this box should measure 1" x 1" when printed.

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