Scandinavian People Ornament Trio
Posted by DecoArt on Nov 25th 2014
Adorn a holiday tree with ornaments of favorite Christmas characters in seasonal Americana Acrylic colors.
SUPPLIES
- water container
- palette or plastic plate
- paper towels
- pencil
- 3/4" flat brush
- 1/4" flat brush
- toothpicks
- #3/0 liner brush
- wooden ornaments: soldier, snowman, elf/Santa
INSTRUCTIONS
NOTES:
Allow to dry between painting steps. The key to Scandinavian Christmas designs is that you keep it clean and simple. There aren’t a lot of details and not really any shading to speak of, which makes them a lot easier to make!
- Prepare your ornaments by cleaning and let dry completely with a sot dry cloth.
- Carefully remove hangers by unscrewing the screw eyes from the top of each ornament. Set aside. Using the 3/4" flat brush, paint the Santa and soldier heads Flesh Tone. Paint the snowman head Snow White.
- Paint all the hats Berry Red with the 1/4" flat brush.
- Paint the brim and top of Santa's cap Snow White with the #3/0 liner brush.
- Paint Santa's beard and hair Snow White with the #3/0 liner brush.
- Use an eraser end of a brand new pencil dipped in Coral Blush to dot on the cheeks for each ornament.
- Use the handle end of a paintbrush dipped in Lamp Black to dot on the eyes.
- Paint the snowman's nose Tangelo Orange with the #3/0 liner brush.
- Dip a toothpick in Snow White to accent the cheeks and eyes.
- For the soldier's hat, cut the end of toothpick to create thicker point. Dip in Snow White and dot around the top of the hat.
- Use an unaltered end of a toothpick to dot smaller Snow White dots around the bottom of the hat.
- Use a toothpick dipped in Antique Gold to add small dots to the larger Snow White dots on the soldier’s hat.
- With Snow White, add snowflake to the snowman’s hat using the toothpick: make one large dot in center, draw seven lines out from the center like a flower, and then add a dot to the end of each line. Finally, add a dot in between each line.
- Give all ornaments two coats of DuraClear Matte Varnish with the 1/4" flat brush.
- When completely dry, screw hangers back into the ornament tops.
