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Hilltop View
by: Linda Lover
 

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Materials:

Black Gold Brushes:
Series #206SL: No. 1 Script Liner
Series #206R: No. 1, No. 3 Round
Series 206WVA: No. 3/8 Wave Angle
Series #206WV: No. 4, 8, 12 Wave Flat Shader

Deco Art Americana Acrylic Paints:
Baby Blue
True Red
Spice Pink
Cadmium Yellow (Cad. Yellow)
Bittersweet Chocolate
Hauser Light Green (H. Lt. Green)
Hauser Dark Green
Lamp Black
Leaf Green
Light Buttermilk (Lt. Buttermilk)
Sapphire
Tangerine

Midwest Products: Wood Tile: Basswood 4 x 4 x 1/4

Directions:

  1. Basecoat sky and water Baby Blue with No. 12 Wave Shader.
  2. Tip Corner in Sapphire and Shade Sky top to bottom.
  3. Tip Corner in Baby Blue and Highlight water top to bottom.
  4. When paint has dried, double load Baby Blue and Lt. Buttermilk for shading and Highlighting (keep Lt. Buttermilk on short side of bristles when double loading). Blend storm clouds in layered fashion leading with Buttermilk.
  5. With No. 8 wave Flat Shader paint choppy waves alternating Sapphire and Baby Blue using chisel edge.
  6. Double Load the Script Liner with Bittersweet Chocolate and Lt. Buttermilk and paint short branches in tree area. Stipple Leaf Green irregularly for tree greens keeping it very airy. Return with a double load of Leaf Green and Hauser lt. Green and stipple with more pressure using mainly the tip of the No. 8 Wave Shader keeping lighter color to one reflective side (the direction of light, either right or left but keep it constant)

Land

  1. With 12 Wave Flat Shader paint grass Leaf Green allowing wavy edge to create irregularity of grass blades. Tip Wave in Hauser Lt. Green and highlight tops of grass randomly.
  2. Pull up Leaf Green lines with Script Liner for Hollyhock Stems. Use No. 8 Wave Shader and Stipple Leaves, tip corner in Lt. Buttermilk and highlight leaf edges while paint is still wet and pull tip to round the edges of the leaves. Double load tip of No. 4 Wave Shader with True Red and Lt. Buttermilk and dot in a circular fashion applying slight pressure to blend to paint Hollyhock Flowers.
  3. Double load No. 1 Round with Lt. Buttermilk and Dk. Chocolate to paint fence.
  4. Double load Script Liner watered down Lamp Black and lt. Buttermilk, paint wire along fence.
  5. Double load 8 Wave Shader with Bittersweet Chocolate and Lt. Buttermilk and Paint Path; tip corner in Dk. Chocolate and shade along left side. When painting path, brush bristles back and forth in a sweeping motion; when shading or highlighting, blend along one side.
  6. Touch up grass with the 8 Wave Flat Shader and either a darker or lighter paint color, whichever is needed to create highlighting or shading. Double load No. 3 Round with Tangerine and Cad. Yellow using light pressure, dot in dandelions clusters.
  7. Stipple climbing rose foliage on fence with a double load of lt. Hauser Green and Leaf Green using a No. 4 Flat Wave Shader and light pressure to keep the vine small and airy.
  8. Double load No. 1 Round with Spice and Lt Buttermilk and Dot roses keeping flowers and buds small by using minimal pressure.

Blue - sky and water Highlight sky and water
   
Waves: Double load Wave Shader
Back and Forth Stroke
Slight Pressure on Edge of Bristles
Clouds: Wave Angular, Double Load, Dark Color on Longer Bristles, Light Color on Short Bristles. Push Brush Leading with light Color.
   
Path: Double Load Wave Shader Dark and Light Color, Brush back and forth. Shade one side with Dark color, Shade alternate side light keeping strokes irregular. Add side Foliage.

 

   
Tree: Stipple Dark Color Lightly. Double Load with Dark and Light, Stipple with more pressure using more of the corner of the brush will give softer, rounder appearance. Flower Stem Line - Stipple: soften edges with lighter color, add buds and flower.
   
   
   
These projects were created by Linda Lover demonstrating the proper techniques
for creating unique craft and painting projects using Dynasty® Brushes.
As Dynasty's artisan to the creative world, Linda has invented new project ideas,
exclusively for Dynasty, which take advantage of the superior quality of Dynasty Brushes.
Copyright © 1999 - 2007

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