Trio of Santas

by Sharon Bond

Trio of Santas
By Sharon Bond ** Please Note: There is no line drawing included in this pattern; all of the details are embossed on the resin surface**

Palette:
DecoArt Americana Acrylics: Antique Maroon - # 13160 Bleached Sand - # 13251 Driftwood - # 13171 Fawn - # 13242 French Grey Blue - # 13098 Hauser Dark Green - # 13133 Lamp Black - # 13067 Rookwood Red - # 13097 Traditional Burnt Umber - # 13221 Uniform Blue - # 13086 Wild Orchid - # 13233 Avocado - # 13052 Deep Midnight Blue - # 13166 Espresso - # 13261 Fleshtone - # 13078 Grape Juice - # 13236 Honey Brown - # 13163 Marigold - # 13194 Tomato Red - # 13169 Traditional Raw Sienna - # 13222 Warm White - # 13239 Dazzling Metallics Copper - # 14205

Surface:
Trio of Santa - # 80705

Misc. Supplies:
DecoArt Easy Float - # 87396 DecoArt Acrylic Spray Sealer/Finisher Matte - # 70836 Splattering 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 #20159 Script 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 with a damp cloth.

Painting Instructions:
RED SANTA - With each Santa, I started with the striped robe underneath. Basecoat this with Bleached Sand. Let dry. I then alternated stripes on the robe with French Grey Blue. Let this dry then drybrush a bit of Bleached Sand 1

over all. Basecoat the main robe and his hat with Antique Maroon. (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 the trim, on his robe, at the bottom, his cuffs and trim & ball of his hat all with Fawn. Let dry. Drybrush all of the Fawn areas with Bleached Sand. Once youve nished the trim, I painted the straps across the trim at the top with Antique Maroon. I then base coated the mittens with Uniform Blue. Once dry, I drybrushed them with French Grey Blue. Santas beard and mustache is based with Driftwood. Try to make sure you get your paint down inside all the creases, but dont let it puddle! Drybrush over the beard with Bleached Sand. Basecoat Santas face with Fleshtone. With Fleshtone and just a touch of Tomato Red mixed, drybrush his cheeks & nose. We will nish the details of the face later in another step. Basecoat his bag and the tree trunk with Espresso. Let dry. Drybrush each of these area with Traditional Raw Sienna and then again with a bit of Fawn to highlight. The tree is based with Hauser Dark Green. Once dry, drybrush it rst with Avocado and then highlight the edges of the branches with a bit of Bleached Sand. Once everything has dried, I created a wash by thinning Traditional Burnt Umber with water and Easy Float. With the larger shader brush, I washed this mix over the Santa - just work in sections. Once you have washed an area (make sure the wash gets into all the creases), take your piece of soft cloth and wipe across the details. This way, the dark wash will stay only in the creases. You can leave it as dark (or as light) as you prefer. Let the wash dry completely. Once it has 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 went back over his beard as well. We can now complete the face since the wash has helped dene his features. I painted the eyes with Warm White with a small Black dot as the pupil, then a tiny Warm White dot as a highlight. You might want to use the tiny end of a stylus to add the tiny dot. I painted the eyebrows with Traditional Burnt Umber then went back over them with Bleached Sand. With a mix of Fleshtone and Tomato Red, I painted his lip. Last thing to complete this Santa was to paint the clips on each end of the straps that are at the top of the trim by his beard - I used Dazzling Metallics Copper for that. GREEN SANTA - First thing we want to complete is the striped robe underneath. Basecoat that with Bleached Sand and let dry. Then add alternating stripes with Rookwood 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 2

entire coat/main robe and his hat with Hauser Dark Green (no need to worry about the trim at this point.) Once this has dried, drybrush those areas with Avocado. Basecoat all 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 with Hauser Dark Green as well. I base coated his mittens with Antique Maroon then once this was dry, I drybrushed over them rst with Rookwood Red, then again with Tomato Red. Santas beard and mustache is based with Driftwood. Try to make sure you get your paint down inside all the creases, but dont let it puddle! Drybrush over the beard with Bleached Sand. Basecoat Santas face with Fleshtone. With Fleshtone and just a touch of Tomato Red mixed, drybrush his cheeks & nose. We will nish the details of the face later in another step. Basecoat Santas satchel (and strap) with Espresso. Once dry, drybrush over these areas rst with Traditional Raw Sienna and then again with a bit of Fawn to highlight. I painted the inside of the lantern with Marigold. Let dry. Then I painted the rest of the lantern with a base of Honey Brown. Once this was dry, I painted a coat of Dazzling Metallics Copper over the Honey Brown areas. Once everything has dried, I created a wash by thinning Traditional Burnt Umber with water and Easy Float. With the larger shader brush, I washed this mix over the Santa - just work in sections. Once you have washed an area (make sure the wash gets into all the creases), take your piece of soft cloth and wipe across the details. This way, the dark wash will stay only in the creases. You can leave it as dark (or as light) as you prefer. Let the wash dry completely. Once it has 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 went back over his beard as well. We can now complete the face since the wash has helped dene his features. I painted the eyes with Warm White with a small Black dot as the pupil, then a tiny Warm White dot as a highlight. You might want to use the tiny end of a stylus to add the tiny dot. I painted the eyebrows with Traditional Burnt Umber then went back over them with Bleached Sand. With a mix of Fleshtone and Tomato Red, I painted his lip. Last thing to complete this Santa was to paint the clips on each end of the straps that are at the top of the trim by his beard - I used Dazzling Metallics Copper for that. BLUE SANTA - First thing we want to complete is the striped robe underneath. Basecoat that with Bleached Sand and let dry. Then paint the alternating stripes with Grape Juice. Once these are dry, drybrush lightly over all 3

the stripes with Bleached Sand. Basecoat his coat and hat with Deep Midnight Blue and let dry (no need to paint the trim at this point). Then drybrush the coat with Uniform Blue and then once again with French Grey Blue. Let dry. Basecoat all 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 with Deep Midnight Blue. Basecoat his mitten with Grape Juice and let dry. Highlight the mitten by dry brushing with Wild Orchid. Santas beard and mustache is based with Driftwood. Try to make sure you get your paint down inside all the creases, but dont let it puddle! Drybrush over the beard with Bleached Sand. Basecoat Santas face with Fleshtone. With Fleshtone and just a touch of Tomato Red mixed, drybrush his cheeks & nose. We will nish the details of the face later in another step. I then base coated the bell with Honey Brown. Once this was dry, I repainted the bell with Dazzling Metallics Copper. I painted the dinger of the bell with Black. I base coated the rocker part of the rocking horse with Hauser Dark Green. Once dry, I highlight this with Avocado. Basecoat the horse in Espresso. Once dry, drybrush the horse with Traditional Raw Sienna and then again with Honey Brown. Add just a touch of Fawn to your brush to highlight here and there on the horses body. Hooves, tail and mane are painted solid Black. I highlighted the mane and the tail lightly with Driftwood. The eye is also Black with a tiny white dot for a highlight. The reins are painted in solid Tomato Red. The inside of the saddle is based with Rookwood Red and then highlighted with Tomato Red. The trim around the saddle is based in Hauser Dark Green and highlighted with Avocado. Once everything has dried, I created a wash by thinning Traditional Burnt Umber with water and Easy Float. With the larger shader brush, I washed this mix over the Santa - just work in sections. Once you have washed an area (make sure the wash gets into all the creases), take your piece of soft cloth and wipe across the details. This way, the dark wash will stay only in the creases. You can leave it as dark (or as light) as you prefer. Let the wash dry completely. Once it has 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 went back over his beard as well. We can now complete the face since the wash has helped dene his features. I painted the eyes with Warm White with a small Black dot as the pupil, then a tiny Warm White dot as a highlight. You might want to use the tiny end of a stylus to add the tiny dot. I painted the eyebrows with Traditional Burnt Umber then went back over them with Bleached Sand. With a mix of Fleshtone and Tomato Red, I painted 4

his lip. Last thing to complete this Santa was to paint the clips on each end of the straps that are at the 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 eck them to give them an appearance of snow. With an old toothbrush (or splattering tool) I used Bleached Sand to lightly ick over the surfaces 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 to display!!

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