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Trio of Santasby Sharon Bond


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Trio of SantasBy Sharon Bond

** Please Note: There is no line drawing included in this pattern; all of the details are embossedon the resin surface**

Palette:DecoArt Americana Acrylics:Antique Maroon - # 13160 Avocado - # 13052

Bleached Sand - # 13251 Deep Midnight Blue - # 13166Driftwood - # 13171 Espresso - # 13261Fawn - # 13242 Fleshtone - # 13078French Grey Blue - # 13098 Grape Juice - # 13236Hauser Dark Green - # 13133 Honey Brown - # 13163Lamp Black - # 13067 Marigold - # 13194Rookwood Red - # 13097 Tomato Red - # 13169Traditional Burnt Umber - # 13221 Traditional Raw Sienna - # 13222

Uniform Blue - # 13086 Warm White - # 13239Wild Orchid - # 13233 Dazzling Metallics Copper - # 14205

Surface:Trio of Santa - # 80705

Misc. Supplies:DecoArt Easy Float - # 87396DecoArt Acrylic Spray Sealer/Finisher Matte - # 70836Splattering Tool or an Old Toothbrush

A piece of Soft Cloth, such as a piece of an old T-shirt

Brushes:Papillon by the Artists Club

Round, size 2 #20158; size 3 #20159Script Liner, size 10/0 #20137

Shader, size 6 #20127; size 10 #20130

Loew-Cornell Brushes

244 Series Angular Bristle, size #27198

Preparation:These resin Santas are ready to paint, so there is no prep!Any slight imperfections can be lightly sanded. Wipe witha damp cloth.

Painting Instructions:RED SANTA - With each Santa, I started with the striped

robe underneath. Basecoat this with Bleached Sand. Letdry. I then alternated stripes on the robe with French GreyBlue. Let this dry then drybrush a bit of Bleached Sand

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over all. Basecoat the main robe and his hat with AntiqueMaroon. (No need to worry about the trim at this point)Drybrush over the main robe & hat with Rookwood Red,then again with Tomato Red. I then base coated all of thetrim, on his robe, at the bottom, his cuffs and trim & ballof his hat all with Fawn. Let dry. Drybrush all of the Fawn

areas with Bleached Sand. Once youve finished the trim,I painted the straps across the trim at the top with An-

tique Maroon. I then base coated the mittens with UniformBlue. Once dry, I drybrushed them with French Grey Blue.Santas beard and mustache is based with Driftwood. Tryto make sure you get your paint down inside all the creas-es, but dont let it puddle! Drybrush over the beard withBleached Sand. Basecoat Santas face with Fleshtone. With

Fleshtone and just a touch of Tomato Red mixed, drybrushhis cheeks & nose. We will finish the details of the face laterin another step. Basecoat his bag and the tree trunk withEspresso. Let dry. Drybrush each of these area with Tradi-

tional Raw Sienna and then again with a bit of Fawn to high-light. The tree is based with Hauser Dark Green. Once dry,drybrush it first with Avocado and then highlight the edgesof the branches with a bit of Bleached Sand. Once every-thing has dried, I created a wash by thinning Traditional

Burnt Umber with water and Easy Float. With the largershader brush, I washed this mix over the Santa - just workin sections. Once you have washed an area (make surethe wash gets into all the creases), take your piece of softcloth and wipe across the details. This way, the dark washwill stay only in the creases. You can leave it as dark (or as

light) as you prefer. Let the wash dry completely. Once ithas dried, I did go back over the trim with a bit of Bleached

Sand, as it looked a little darker than I wanted. I also wentback over his beard as well. We can now complete the facesince the wash has helped define his features. I painted theeyes with Warm White with a small Black dot as the pupil,then a tiny Warm White dot as a highlight. You might wantto use the tiny end of a stylus to add the tiny dot. I paintedthe eyebrows with Traditional Burnt Umber then went backover them with Bleached Sand. With a mix of Fleshtoneand Tomato Red, I painted his lip. Last thing to complete

this Santa was to paint the clips on each end of the strapsthat are at the top of the trim by his beard - I used DazzlingMetallics Copper for that.

GREEN SANTA - First thing we want to complete is thestriped robe underneath. Basecoat that with BleachedSand and let dry. Then add alternating stripes with Rook-wood Red. Once those are dry, drybrush lightly over those

stripes with Tomato Red to highlight. Once that is dry,drybrush lightly again with Bleached Sand. Basecoat his

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entire coat/main robe and his hat with Hauser Dark Green(no need to worry about the trim at this point.) Once thishas dried, drybrush those areas with Avocado. Basecoatall trim, (trim and ball on his hat, and all trim on his coat,including his cuffs and the part going across the bottom)with Fawn. Drybrush over those areas with Bleached Sand.

I also based the straps going across the trim at the top withHauser Dark Green as well. I base coated his mittens with

Antique Maroon then once this was dry, I drybrushed overthem first with Rookwood Red, then again with TomatoRed. Santas beard and mustache is based with Driftwood.Try to make sure you get your paint down inside all thecreases, but dont let it puddle! Drybrush over the beardwith Bleached Sand. Basecoat Santas face with Fleshtone.

With Fleshtone and just a touch of Tomato Red mixed,drybrush his cheeks & nose. We will finish the details ofthe face later in another step. Basecoat Santas satchel(and strap) with Espresso. Once dry, drybrush over these

areas first with Traditional Raw Sienna and then again witha bit of Fawn to highlight. I painted the inside of the lan-tern with Marigold. Let dry. Then I painted the rest of thelantern with a base of Honey Brown. Once this was dry, Ipainted a coat of Dazzling Metallics Copper over the Honey

Brown areas. Once everything has dried, I created a washby thinning Traditional Burnt Umber with water and EasyFloat. With the larger shader brush, I washed this mix overthe Santa - just work in sections. Once you have washedan area (make sure the wash gets into all the creases), takeyour piece of soft cloth and wipe across the details. This

way, the dark wash will stay only in the creases. You canleave it as dark (or as light) as you prefer. Let the wash dry

completely. Once it has dried, I did go back over the trimwith a bit of Bleached Sand, as it looked a little darker thanI wanted. I also went back over his beard as well. We cannow complete the face since the wash has helped definehis features. I painted the eyes with Warm White with asmall Black dot as the pupil, then a tiny Warm White dot asa highlight. You might want to use the tiny end of a stylusto add the tiny dot. I painted the eyebrows with TraditionalBurnt Umber then went back over them with Bleached

Sand. With a mix of Fleshtone and Tomato Red, I paintedhis lip. Last thing to complete this Santa was to paint theclips on each end of the straps that are at the top of thetrim by his beard - I used Dazzling Metallics Copper forthat.

BLUE SANTA - First thing we want to complete is thestriped robe underneath. Basecoat that with Bleached

Sand and let dry. Then paint the alternating stripes withGrape Juice. Once these are dry, drybrush lightly over all

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the stripes with Bleached Sand. Basecoat his coat and hatwith Deep Midnight Blue and let dry (no need to paint thetrim at this point). Then drybrush the coat with UniformBlue and then once again with French Grey Blue. Let dry.Basecoat all trim, (trim and ball on his hat, and all trimon his coat, including his cuffs and the part going across

the bottom) with Fawn. Drybrush over those areas withBleached Sand. I also based the straps going across the

trim at the top with Deep Midnight Blue. Basecoat hismitten with Grape Juice and let dry. Highlight the mittenby dry brushing with Wild Orchid. Santas beard and mus-tache is based with Driftwood. Try to make sure you getyour paint down inside all the creases, but dont let it pud-dle! Drybrush over the beard with Bleached Sand. Basecoat

Santas face with Fleshtone. With Fleshtone and just atouch of Tomato Red mixed, drybrush his cheeks & nose.We will finish the details of the face later in another step. Ithen base coated the bell with Honey Brown. Once this was

dry, I repainted the bell with Dazzling Metallics Copper. Ipainted the dinger of the bell with Black. I base coated therocker part of the rocking horse with Hauser Dark Green.Once dry, I highlight this with Avocado. Basecoat the horsein Espresso. Once dry, drybrush the horse with Traditional

Raw Sienna and then again with Honey Brown. Add just atouch of Fawn to your brush to highlight here and thereon the horses body. Hooves, tail and mane are paintedsolid Black. I highlighted the mane and the tail lightly withDriftwood. The eye is also Black with a tiny white dot fora highlight. The reins are painted in solid Tomato Red.

The inside of the saddle is based with Rookwood Red andthen highlighted with Tomato Red. The trim around the

saddle is based in Hauser Dark Green and highlighted withAvocado. Once everything has dried, I created a washby thinning Traditional Burnt Umber with water and EasyFloat. With the larger shader brush, I washed this mix overthe Santa - just work in sections. Once you have washedan area (make sure the wash gets into all the creases), takeyour piece of soft cloth and wipe across the details. Thisway, the dark wash will stay only in the creases. You canleave it as dark (or as light) as you prefer. Let the wash dry

completely. Once it has dried, I did go back over the trimwith a bit of Bleached Sand, as it looked a little darker thanI wanted. I also went back over his beard as well. We cannow complete the face since the wash has helped definehis features. I painted the eyes with Warm White with asmall Black dot as the pupil, then a tiny Warm White dot asa highlight. You might want to use the tiny end of a stylusto add the tiny dot. I painted the eyebrows with Traditional

Burnt Umber then went back over them with BleachedSand. With a mix of Fleshtone and Tomato Red, I painted


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his lip. Last thing to complete this Santa was to paint the clips on each end of the straps that are atthe top of the trim by his beard - I used Dazzling Metallics Copper for that.

Finishing:Once the Santas were dried I decided that I wanted to fleck them to give them an appearance ofsnow. With an old toothbrush (or splattering tool) I used Bleached Sand to lightly flick over thesurfaces of all three Santas. Once this was dry, I was ready to seal! Today I spray sealed each one

with DecoArt Acrylic Spray Sealer/Finisher - Matte. Once the sealer has dried, they will be ready todisplay!!


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