It's THYME to paint an Olde World Santa

Today 

I am going to show you step by step

how I painted this 

ZIM'S 

Olde World Santa

Pattern Design 

by

Kristen Birkland, CDA

In case you are not familiar with 

ZIM'S

I will give a brief background history

Zim's was founded by Cliff & Eleanor Zimmerman over 50 years ago. Zim's was very well known as a major pioneer in the Arts and Crafts Industry and built a reputation in that industry as a most innovative and reliable company.

It was 1995 when Zim's began to produce a charming line of unique nutcrackers and smokers for the Gift Industry and this marked their official entry into this market. For many years prior to this time, Zim's supplied products, raw materials, various components and manufacturing services for many producers of quality gift lines. With four years of successful production and marketing of the Heirloom Collectibles Line, Zim's began to plan the next quality line that they would produce. The Elves Themselves were introduced in January 2000 and became an overnight sensation. With these incredible successful lines of finished products abd 50+ years in the Arts & Crafts Industry, many people became familiar with Zim's name and consistent dedication to quality, creativity and service.

Zim's 

unfortunately went out of business several years ago.

Their unpainted surfaces are hard to find now, if you are lucky enough to find one they are often pricey.

Lets paint! My Palette Deco Art Americana Acrylics Light Buttermilk, Shading Flesh, Fleshtone,Gingerbread,Tuscan Red, Royal Fushia, Persimmon, Light Cinnamon, Russet, Forest Green, Hauser Medium Green, Citron Green Lamp Black, Uniform Blue, French Grey Blue, Burnt Umber, Snow White Dazzling Metalics Splendid Gold, Glamour Dust Ice Crystal I started by first basecoating  the  coat, hat and pants  with  Tuscan Red Transfer design using graphite paper Painting detail along the bottom of the coat The trees, and scroll work were painted with Forest Green, Medium Hauser Green and highlighted with Citron Green Further detail work was added using Persimmon and  Dazzling Metalics Splendid Gold I then basecoated the fur trim on the hat, sleeves and coat  with  Light Buttermilk I added the various size dots on the back of the coat using  the ends of  different size brushes and  my stylus The various size dots were painted using Dazzling Metallics Splendid Gold I then painted the mittens and the Christmas tree.   After I painted the tree it was dry brushed with Dazzling Metallics Splendid Gold I then went back to working on the fur. I used a stippler brush  and  Snow White to go over the areas of the fur that I had previously painted I immediately used my blow dryer on it  which added texture to the paint. I then painted the fur using Deco Art Glamour Dust Ice Crystal to add some sPaRkLe Painting the shoes  and  adding details to the base Adding details to the hat Painting the BLUE bird! Almost done!  I sprayed my Santa with 2 coats of AMERICANA  MATTE Sealer/ Finisher THYME to give Santa a beard! Are you ready to see him? Olde World Santa This was a fun piece to paint! Deco Art provided me with the paints to complete this project as part of their Helping Artist Program and Blogger Out Reach Program Happy Painting! Lynn