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SNOWFLAKEMAGIC

by Debby Forshey-Choma

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Royal Brushessm Debby’s Texture brushes5/8 Majestic anglelge Royal stencil brush8 Majestic fi lbert½ SG White Blending mop10/0, 5/0, 0 Majestic liners1 Oval Wash Combo¾ Majestic glaze wash0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12 Majestic shadersWool Sponge

DecoArt Americana Acrylics Baby Blue #13042Country Blue #13041Snow White #13001Blue Mist #13178 Evergreen #13082Soft Black #13155Burnt Sienna #13063Milk Chocolate #13174Uniform Blue #13086Camel #13191Plum Suede #13309Warm White #13239Colonial Blue #13613Sand Grey #13310Wisteria #13211

DecoArt Sealers/FinishesAmericana Acrylic Sealer/Finisher Spray – Matte #70836 Faux Finish Glazing Medium #87401DecoMagic Cleaner #84160Multi-Purpose Sealer #87392 DuraClear Matte Varnish #87395

Misc SuppliesBlue Shop TowelsC-Thru Graph rulerFrog TapeSpattering Tool

Quick Grip Contact All-Purpose Permanent Adhesive available through www.BeaconAdhesives.com18” – 22 gauge Fun Wire – Icy Silver #84717 available through www.TonerPlastics.comTiny Wood Snowfl akes (1/2” – 7/8”) #EMBL189 avail-able through www.creativeartslifestyle.com

Cheery Snowfl akes Stencil, Echo Park Collection (6” x 6”) #MB160034 available through www.createforless.com

Surface 3 - Square Oval Ornaments (5” x 3-3/4”) #63272

PREPSeal the entire ornaments with the Multi-Purpose Sealer; using the glaze wash brush.

Lightly sand; wipe off with a lint-free cloth.

Transfer the oval shape to the surface of each orna-ment.

Basecoat the oval surface area of each ornament with Snow White; using the glaze wash brush, to achieve an opaque coverage.

Transfer the designs to the appropriate surfaces.

Use the graph ruler to aid in the transfer any straight lines, by dragging the stylus along the ruler’s edge.

SKY AREACorner load the angle with Baby Blue, fl oat a wide shade starting at the top of the sky area, fl oating to-wards the horizon, leaving the lightest area of the sky along the horizon, above the distant shrubs.

HORIZON SHRUBSLightly pre-dampen the area along the horizon with clean water.

Double load the sm Texture brush with Country Blue and Snow White, slightly dance on your palette, dance in the distant shrubs along the horizon line.

When dry, lightly dance Snow White at the top of the shrubs; for snow.

For the proper use of the Texture Brush, use the fol-lowing method.

Dampen the bristles with water to start the separa-tion of bristles. Tap bristles into the paint on your palette, hold it perpendicular to your palette, pounce it up and down to get some of the paint off – keeping the paint sparse on the brush. Note – this brush can

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be used on the whole foot or just the toe.

Tap lightly on the surface, dance with the brush up and down, rolling the brush in diff erent directions in be-tween your fi ngers when it is up in the air (like dancing the twist, light on your feet). Allow some drying time in between dances so the paint sets up and you don’t end up with a globby or muddy look.

BACKGROUND PINESLightly pre-dampen a pine area with clean water, this will soften the look of the pines and place in the dis-tance.

Use the 8 fi lbert loaded with Evergreen across the chisel edge.

Up on the chisel edge, vertically pull the very top of the pine.

Horizontally tap from left to right for the boughs, slowly and slightly widening as you work towards the base of the pine.

Allow a bit of the background to show through, so the pine doesn’t look like a triangle.

When dry, randomly repeat tapping Evergreen over boughs, to deepen.

Repeat steps with Snow White, randomly and lightly tapping on the boughs; for snow.

BACKGROUND SHRUBSWith the sm Texture brush and Evergreen, dance in the shrubs behind the structures.

Repeat step with Snow White, randomly and lightly dancing across the top of the shrubs; for snow and separation.

BARE TREEDouble load the 4 shader with Milk Chocolate + Camel, up on the chisel edge, pull the tree limbs.

Then with Snow White and the 4 shader, dab on the limbs; for snow.

PAINTING STRUCTURESUse the appropriate size shaders to basecoat the struc-tures.

The appropriate size liners to pull wall lines.

Use the appropriate size shaders to wash over the shade side walls, corner load the angle to fl oat shade on the opposite wall.

Each numbered step will contain instructions to com-plete the structure.

Roofs, windows, doors will be completed in a later step.

Refer to line drawing for numbering.

CHURCH #1Warm White – basecoat walls

Colonial Blue – pull wall lines, wash over right two walls, fl oat shade across top of left two walls

LIGHTHOUSE #2Sand Grey – basecoat entire tower

Soft Black – transfer section line, basecoat bottom sec-tion of tower, lighthouse roof

Plum Suede – fl oat a wide shade down the right side top section of the tower, re-fl oat not as wide with Soft Black; to deepen

Snow White – fl oat a highlight down the left side of the roof and tower

Camel – one coat over the lens room area

Corner load the angle with Burnt Sienna, fl oat shading down the left and right sides of the lens room.

Corner load the angle with Snow White + Camel, brush blend on your palette, fl oat across the top of the lens.

With the 10/0 liner and Soft Black, pull the lens room panes, roof bottom trim, walkway base, rail and sup-ports.

Place a Soft Black dip dot at the top of the roof; for the ventilator ball.

Then with the 10/0 liner and Soft Black, pull a line up from the ball; for the lightning rod.

STRUCTURES #3 AND #4Sand Grey – basecoat walls, chimneys

Plum Suede – pull wall lines, wash over right wall of #3 and chimneys, fl oat shade across top of left wall #3 and wall #4

STRUCTURE #5Camel – basecoat walls, chimneys

Milk Chocolate – pull wall lines, wash over right wall and chimneys, fl oat shade across top of left wall

STRUCTURE #6

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Blue Mist – basecoat walls

Snow White – roof ventilators

Uniform Blue – pull wall lines, wash over right wall, fl oat shade across top of left wall

ROOFSBasecoat roofs with Snow White; using the appropriate size shaders.

Corner load the angle with Uniform Blue, lightly fl oat a shade across the top of each roof and over the right side of the church roof.

Double load the 5/0 liner with Uniform Blue + Snow White, pull the side roof lines and the cross on the steeple.

Repeat with Snow White, to brighten the side roof lines.

WINDOWS AND DOORWith the appropriate size shaders, basecoat the win-dows and door –

Camel – yellow windows Soft Black – dark win-dows Sand Grey – barn door

Corner load the angle with Burnt Sienna, fl oat a shade tint across the top of each Camel window.

Corner load the angle with Uniform Blue, fl oat a shade across the top of the barn door.

With the 5/0 liner and Sand Grey, pull the top barn door frame.

With the 10/0 and Uniform Blue, pull the knob on the barn door.

With the 10/0 liner and Snow White, outline the win-dows, pull the window panes and chimney ledges.

LAND AREAClean-up the land area with Snow White; using the 12 shader.

When dry, corner load the angle with Country Blue, chisel fl oat* randomly over the land area; for shade. *chisel fl oat by corner loading the angle, blend off on your palette, lay the bristles of the brush fl at on the surface, chisel edge up. Push the paint on the bristles front left to right in a scratching motion, allowing the bristles to pull a broken line that is slightly fl oated.

GROUND FOLIAGEWith the sm Texture brush and Evergreen, dance in the

ground foliage under the structure settings and to the left of the lighthouse.

Then randomly dance Snow White across the top of the foliage; for snow and separation.

WINDOW TINTSCorner load the angle with thinned Camel, lightly fl oat a tints on the snow areas and ground foliage under the Camel windows, on the church roofs, lighthouse tower and roof on structure #3; refer to photos for place-ments.

FALLING SNOWWith the Spattering Tool and thinned Snow White, spatter over each design, for falling snow.

COMPLETING ORNAMENTSBasecoat the remaining surface areas, edges and back-sides of each ornament.

Side load the 12 shader with Country Blue, load the op-posite side with Wisteria, with slip-slap brush strokes, basecoat the areas.

Repeat the basecoating steps, to achieve an opaque coverage.

STENCILED SNOWFLAKESWith the Snowfl ake Stencil, Snow White and the lge stencil brush, stencil snowfl akes over the Country Blue surface area of each ornament; refer to photo for placement.

Position the stencil on the surface; hold with your fi n-gers or use Frog Tape.

Load the lge stencil brush with a bit of Snow White, swirl the brush on a blue shop towel to remove excess.

Apply color in a circular motion one direction and then in a circular motion in the other direction (changing directions frequently) over the stencil.

Fill in some of the design fully and leave other areas incomplete.

When completed, this application should have a slight distressed appearance.

If it is too solid or perfect, simply use a moist piece of the blue shop towel with a little Faux Glazing Medium, to gently rub away some of the excess color.

Carefully remove the stencil by holding one end with your fi ngers and lifting the opposite end.

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Repeat steps to stencil the remaining snowfl akes.

Clean stencil and brush immediately; using the Deco-Magic Cleaner.

FAUX FINISH TECHNIQUEThe backside of each ornament has been faux fi nished with a sponging technique.

Dampen the wool sponge with water, squeeze out ex-cess, on the sponge pick-up the faux mixture (Wisteria + Faux Glazing

Medium 1:1 + a shot of water), dance off on your palette and then over the backside of each ornament, allowing some of the back- ground to show through.

SNOWFLAKE EMBELLISHMENTSBasecoat the entire cutout snowfl akes with Snow White; using the 8 shader, to achieve an opaque cover-age.

FINISHINGTo protect your painted piece, varnish the entire orna-ments and snowfl akes with the DuraClear Matte Var-nish; using the Oval Wash Combo brush.

This brush doesn’t leave any visible brushstroke marks after the varnish has dried.

FINISHING TOUCHESUse the Quick Grip Adhesive, to glue the snowfl akes to the surfaces; refer to photo for placements.

Cut the piece of Fun Wire into 3 – 6” pieces, pull through the top holes of each ornament, bending the ends over the front sides.

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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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