I have done some more on this wall hanging - I finished up the background and added snow to the foreground as well as two large trees - these are larger than the back ground trees and help put the background further back.
I then finished thread painting the bushes in the foreground and added a coyote -- I used steam a seam lite and then appliqued the animal with invisible thread .
I then sprinkled the whole scene with white paint using my toothbrush and a piece of card board to do the snow.
I put the acrylic craft paint on my toothbrush and spattered it on a piece of dark paper until it was the consistency I wanted and then carried on spraying the whole scene. I did this 3 times lightly and it looked good.
I squared off the scene, and started adding the first border in medium brown. I Still have the top and bottom to add and then will add a dark blue border 3" wide for the outside.
I will put the last portion of this tutorial in a post when I have added the other brown borders as well as the outside border - Shirley
3 comments:
Another gorgeous piece, Shirley! Your falling snow is so realistic, I will have to try your method for applying it.
I use that technique quite often and it makes the winter scenes much more realistic. I appreciate your comment.
Just don't use too much paint- and use a paper to practice on until you are happy with the amount of snow you are getting. It is usually near the end of the amount on your toothbrush.
Shirley
WOW, I so want to do this. I will definitely be referring back to this post for your techniques. They are so realistic looking. Thank you so much for sharing these techniques with us. Your work amazes me.
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