In the next photos, you will see the barn is base painted. In the video, you will see I did this layer with a small craft sponge and you could too if you wish. Pounce on top of the darker color going down the tree in the same manner. Load the same scruffy brush with just Thicket. Adding the Next Paint Layer to the Pine Trees It should not take long as it is a very light coat of paint. We will be adding another layer of a lighter color so this one does not need to be opaque. Don’t try to be perfect and keep this layer airy. Start narrow and widen as you descend the trunk. Gently pounce the color on creating the limbs of the pine tree. Load only the one short edge with the darkened Thicket mix. (this is where watching the video linked below will come in handy)Īfter you have the very top painted with the liner then switch to the 3/4 inch Scruffy brush. You want the top to be just a little touch and then widen as you work down. Start the very top of the pine trees with the liner, just dab some color on top in a triangular shape. Remember that black is a powerful color and will quickly overwhelm the Thicket so be cautious and add just a touch of Licorice to the Thicket. I use a small pallet knife to mix a tiny bit of Licorice into the Thicket. Thicket will be our main color but we will mix in a touch of Licorice to make it darker. We want the base color for the trees to be very dark green. Hopefully from this photo, you can see the tall straight trunks that are not branched. If you haven’t already, paint the tree trunks with Coffee Bean and a liner brush. Note: you can use whatever colors you have that are similar Paint Pine Trees Need a better visual? Here is the video.The paints used in this entire painting come from this collection, Plaid Folkart 24 color kit. In the video I started to add shading to the roof, it didn’t work for me and I will add more later so you can skip that part for now. So use some of the darker red used on the right side to shade the left a touch. The left side of the barn needed a bit of shading to push it back as well. This is painted with Licorice and is basically the width of the #10 flat brush. Need help on terms for painting see this post: Basic Strokes for help!īy the time you finish the eave the white on the roof may be dry enough to recoat.īut before you do that go ahead and paint in the window. Use Licorice Black and the #10 flat brush on the chisel edge to paint in this area. The eave of the barn on the right side is in shadow. Paint the eave then come back to add another coat of white. This will take a couple of coats to be opaque. Since our barn is covered with snow we will paint the roof Wicker White using the #10 flat brush. Paint the darker red on the sides up to the corner where it meets the front of the barn.īe careful when adding Licorice to your mix as black is a powerful color and can easily overwhelm the red mix. The side parts of the barn are going away from us so we want it to look a bit darker. This can create the look of boardsĪfter you have based the barn add a touch of Licorice to the Barn Red mix and paint the areas in shadow that push it further back to the eye. I used the #10 flat brush but you can use whatever size is most comfy for you. Using the red color you mixed start painting the barn. (the video at the end of this post shows exactly how I do it) Base Paint the Barn Sometimes I add just a tiny dot of Licorice to deepen the color for shading. I chose to use Cardinal Red and toned it with a touch of Coffee Bean and Thicket. Since I am using mostly the colors that come in this Plaid FolkArt paint kit and it does not have a barn red in it, I mixed up a color. Note: you can use whatever colors you have that are similar Easy Barn Painting Color Mix The paints used in this entire painting come from this collection, Plaid Folkart 24 color kit.
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