SNOW IS GLISTENING by Debby Forshey-Choma EXCLUSIVE
Snow Is Glistening by Debby Forshey-Choma PALETTE: DecoArt Americana Acrylics Bleached Sand #13251 Blue Mist #13178 DecoArt Extreme Sheen Silver #16085 Deep Midnight Blue #13166 Forest Green #13050 Grape Juice #13236 Hauser Medium Green #13132 Heritage Brick #13219 Honey Brown #13163 Ice Crystal Glamour Dust Glitter Paint #13598 Moon Yellow #13007 Payne s Grey #13167 Snow White (Titanium White) #13001 Tangelo Orange #13196 Teal Green #13107 Terra Coral #13286 Wasabi Green #13519 Winter Blue #13190 DECOART SEALERS/FINISHES: Acrylic Sealer Finisher Matte Spray #70836 Dura Clear Matte Varnish #87395 Dura Clear Satin Varnish #87394 Faux Finish Glazing Medium Multi Purpose Sealer #87392 SURFACE: 7 Grooved Fancy Bulb #63185 BRUSHES: Royal Brushes Debby s Texture brushes (sm, med) 5 /8 Majestic angle 3 /4 White Blending mop 8 Majestic filbert 1 Oval Wash Combo 5/0, 0 Majestic liners 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12 Majestic shaders 3 /4 Majestic glaze wash Silk Sponge MISC. SUPPLIES: Blue Shop Towel C-Thru Graph Ruler Cosmetic Wedge Sponge Cling Stamps Delicate Snow Set #70895 White Graphite Paper 18 x 36 #70139 Large Handle 4 x6 #70894 Soft Grip Embossing & Stylus set of 3 #70125 SURFACE PREP: Seal the entire ornament with Multi-Purpose Sealer; using the glaze wash brush. Lightly sand; wipe off with a lint-free cloth. PAINTING INSTRUCTIONS: Basecoat the surface, side edge and back side; by using the silk sponge and Deep Midnight Blue. Dampened the sponge with water, squeeze out the excess water, pick up Deep Midnight Blue, dance over the entire ornament (not the top cap). Place the Delicate Snow Cling Stamp on the clear handle, pounce Snow White over the stamp; using the cosmetic wedge. Then stamp over the ornament surface. When using paint on stamps it is important that you do not overload the image. Pounce the cosmetic wedge sponge into acrylic paint and then on a clean area of the palette. When you look at the bottom of the sponge it should be covered in paint, but you should still be able to see the texture of the sponge. Now quickly pounce the loaded sponge over the entire image and stamp it on the surface; refer to photo for placement. Re-load the sponge and stamp as needed. When dry, lightly mist with the matte spray. Transferring Houses and Snow Hills Transfer the houses and snow hills to the surface. Then transfer any straight lines, by dragging the stylus along the ruler s edge. Snow Hills Corner load the angle with Winter Blue, float a wide highlight and walk it out along the front side of each snow hill; mop to soften. Now corner load the angle with Snow White, re-float a narrower highlight along the front side of each snow hill; mop to soften. Then corner load the angle with Snow White, randomly chisel float* over the foreground of each snow hill area; more snow will be added after the design is completed. 2 artistsclub.com
*chisel float by corner loading the angle, blend off on your palette, lay the bristles of the brush flat 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 floated. Background Pines With a pencil and graph ruler, transfer the center line for each pine. Work only on a couple of pines at a time. Slightly pre-dampen the surface area with clean water. This will help the paint bleed; giving the boughs a softer effect. Using the 8 filbert, load with the Blue Mist mixture (Teal Green + Blue Mist 1:1 mixture) across the chisel edge, horizontally tap in the boughs. Up on the chisel edge, slightly pull the top of the pine. Tapping 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 the Blue Mist mixture over the boughs; to deepen a few areas. Repeat the same steps with the remaining pines. When dry, repeat the same steps with Snow White; for highlight and snow. Background Shrubs With the appropriate size Texture brush and Forest Green, lightly dance in the shrubs behind houses (shrubs in front of houses will be completed later). Then lightly dance with Snow White; for highlight and snow. For the proper use of the Texture Brush, use the following method. Dampen the bristles with water to start the separation 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 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 different directions in between your fingers 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. House Basecoats (paint by numbers) Refer to the line drawing included for house numbering. For each house use the appropriate size shaders to basecoat, pull wall lines, and wash over the shade side walls; corner load the angle to float shade on the opposite wall. The roofs and windows of the houses will be completed in a later step. HOUSES #1 & #8 Wasabi Green basecoat walls, chimney on house #8 Hauser Medium Green pull wall lines, float shade under the roofs HOUSES #2 & #5 Terra Coral basecoat walls, chimneys Heritage Brick pull wall lines, wash over left wall on houses #5, float shade under roofs artistsclub.com 3
HOUSES #3 & #7 Grape Juice + Snow White 1:1 mixture basecoat walls, chimneys Payne s Grey pull wall lines, wash over shade side walls, float shade across top of opposite walls HOUSE #4 Bleached Sand basecoat walls, chimney Winter Blue pull wall lines, wash over right side wall, float shade across top of left wall HOUSE #6 Moon Yellow basecoat walls Honey Brown pull wall lines, wash over left wall, float shade across top of right wall House Roofs With the appropriate size shader, basecoat the roofs with Snow White. Then corner load the angle with Payne s Grey and lightly float shading across the top of each roof. Next, double load the 5 /0 liner with Payne s Grey + Snow White and pull the side roof lines. Then use the 5 /0 liner and Snow White to re-stroke over the side roof lines for highlight. Use the 5 /0 liner and Snow White to pull the chimney ledges. House Windows With the appropriates size shaders, pull the windows. Moon Yellow yellow windows Payne s Grey dark windows With the 5 /0 liner and Bleached Sand, pull the window panes and outline the windows. Snowman Basecoat the snowman with Snow White using the 6 shader. Then corner load the angle with Payne s Grey and lightly float shading down the left side of the snowman and the c stroke arm inset. Next, corner load the angle with Moon Yellow and lightly float a tint down the right side of the snowman. With the 5 /0 liner and Honey Brown pull the twig arm. Then with the 5 /0 liner and Tangelo Orange pull the carrot nose. Front Shrubs and Ground Foliage Refer to Background Shrubs instructions to complete the front shrubs and ground foliage. artistsclub.com 5
Additional Ground Snow Corner load the angle with Snow White and re-float across the top of each snow hill and then chisel float down into the snow hills. Faux Finish Technique Apply one coat of satin varnish to the backside of the ornament over the Deep Midnight Blue; using the Oval Wash Combo brush. This brush doesn t leave any visible brushstroke marks after the varnish has dried. The coat of varnish will help allow more open time to manipulate the desired faux finish effect. Following the label instructions on the Faux Finishing Glaze Medium, mix the glaze with Blue Mist + a shot of water. Brush the glaze mixture on the backside of the ornament. Then take the silk sponge (which has been dampened with water and squeezed out), sponge over the area, picking up some of the glaze mixture and continuing to work the sponge over the surface to soften the finished look. Once in a while, squeeze some of the glaze mixture out of the sponge into a piece of paper towel or maybe you need to totally rinse the sponge in water before continuing. With the 8 shader and the Blue Mist mixture paint the side edge of the ornament. Then paint the entire top cap of the ornament with Silver Extreme Sheen Metallic using the 8 shader. FINISHING To protect your painted piece, varnish the entire grooved ornament with the DuraClear Matte Varnish; using the Oval Wash Combo brush. This brush doesn t leave any visible brushstroke marks after the varnish has dried. Following the instructions on the label of the Glamour Dust, apply to the snowman, roofs and randomly over the snow hills; refer to photo for placement 6 artistsclub.com
Pattern at 100% 1 x 1 To ensure your pattern is at 100%, this box should measure 1 x 1 when printed. artistsclub.com 7
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