Thyme for a JOYFUL WELCOME

Are you ready yet????

There are 15 days left until Christmas

and

I'm not ready yet!!

Step inside 

my 

STUDIO

to see what I have been working on!

Today I am going to show you a design

that I have painted

by

Cynthia Erekson

called

JOYFUL WELCOME

My Palette

DecoArt American Acrylics

Antique Gold, Brandywine, Country Red, Hauser Medium Green, Light Buttermilk, Plantation Pine, Snow White, Antique White, Burnt Umber, Dusty Rose, Honey Brown, Milk Chocolate, Red Iron Oxide, Sand, Black Green, Camel, Hauser Light Green, Lamp Black, Mustard Seed, Shading Flesh

Dazzling Metallics

Venetian Gold

Glamour Dust Ultra Fine Glitter Paint

Black Ice

I began by lightly sanding 

and 

sealing the Santa cutout

with

Americana Multi Purpose Sealer

When dry lightly sand again and remove dust

Let's Paint!

 I first painted the large plywood circle 

Lamp Black

When dry I loaded the flat side of a 2" sponge brush heavily 

with

 Black Ice Glitter Paint

I began in the center repeatedly pressing the brush firmly down and lifting straight up

This gave my surface a nice texture

I then set this aside to dry and began working on my Santa

I base coated the Santa with Antique Gold

When dry I transferred the main elements of the design

I am now working on the coat, cuffs and shading

Next I base coated the face and beard

I am beginning to paint the eyes

I am now painting the face detail

I am now painting the trim on the hat

I have completed the initial shading on the coat

I am now creating a sparse beard 

with

  Sand 

leaving some of the 

Antique White

under beard showing

I am now adding some Light Buttermilk hairs to the beard

I am now dry brushing some bright high lights on the coat

The fur coat trim and cuffs are spattered heavily with Camel 

I have painted the banner, buttons, shoes and mittens

I am now painting the stars on the round surface 

with 

Venetian Gold

I am checking for placement of remaining stars

I added some that appear to be behind Santa

I dry brushed in the ground area

I changed the greenery from the original pattern

Adding the pine needles is done by painting the needles in "layers" of various values

Now to add some berries

The large circle is spattered heavily 

with 

Light Buttermilk

I then applied several coats 

of 

Dura Clear Matte Varnish

I used Arlene's Thick Designer Tacky Glue 

to 

attach the Santa to the plywood circle

I decided to place my Santa inside a large fresh green wreath

I drilled 4 tiny holes in the outer edge of the plywood circle

 so I could attach it 

with wire to my wreath

I added some red berries and a bow

DecoArt

provided me with the paints 

to 

complete this project

As always

 THANK YOU 

DecoArt 

for all the wonderful projects

 to design 

and

 create with!

You can view my DecoArt Blogger Profile

HERE

I hope you have enjoyed watching me paint

a

JOYFUL WELCOME

Happy Painting !

Lynn