| Yellow Tulip
 
TIP - You may have to adjust the size of the pattern when you print it.
The original is 3" accross the round.
SUPPLIES - -3 1/2" surface
sealed with white gesso, size 4 flat shader brush, paper towels, palette knife, palette
paper, Q-Tips (optional).
GENESIS ARTIST COLORS -- White, Yellow White, Yellow Ochre, Flesh 7, Pyrrole Red 3;
Permanent Green 6, Pthalo Blue 8, Gray 6.
COLOR MIXES
YELLOW
Highlight = White + Yellow White
Light = Yellow White
Medium = Yellow White + Yellow Ochre
Dark = Yellow Ochre
GREEN
Highlight = Light Tulip Mix
Light = Medium Green + White + Yellow White
Medium = Flesh 7 + Permanent Green 6 + Yellow White
Dark = Medium Green + Gray 6
TULIP - Undercoat the hilight areas
with White. Place light values on all petals as shown on the Value Map. Place medium
values and blend. Place Dark values and blend. Dip just the corner of your brush in
Pyrrole Red 3. Use the corner of the brush to place red edges on the petals. Blend the red
with a clean brush. Reload and reinforce the red on the front petals. With the red still
in your brush, walk red up from the bottom edges of the tulip. In the space between the
two front leaves, place Dark Mix + Red 3 to the left and Medium Green to the right. . Wipe
out Highlights with the Q tip if necessary.
LEAF - Place the light value first. Lay medium and
dark values and blend. Place the tulip stem with Medium Green and soften it up into the
tulip. Lighten the left side of the stem with Light Green Mix.
BACKGROUND - After painting the tulip and leaf, loosely brush mix
White + Pthalo Blue 8 and paint the background. Add Medium Green in the background area
marked "M"
ENJOY!
A Warm Snowman
 
Genesis Artist Colors: White, Bismuth
Yellow, Genesis Red, Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Umber, Gray 8, 7, 6, 5; Black.
Brushes: Old size 6 or 8 bright, small round, good size 6 flat,
liner brush.
Other Supplies: 4" x 6" Slate, regular painting supplies,
Wash slate with soap and water. Rinse and dry. Apply pattern with white
graphite.
Place shading under hat, around eyes, nose, scarf and waist with Gray 6.
Shade left of left scarf bottom and around left side and bottom of snowman with Gray 5.
Begin with White on the old bright brush and use the corner of the brush
to dab paint in the center of the White area on the face. Change to Gray 8 as you move to
the left, then Grey 7, and Gray 6, dabbing to blend the values.
Paint each section of the snowman in this manner.
Place the snowdrift with Gray 8. Streak it down.
Base the scarf and mouth Genesis Red plus just a touch of Gray 8.
Lighten on the right edge (in the center around the neck) with sideloaded Bismuth Yellow +
Genesis Red. Darken the left edge with Genesis Red + Burnt Umber sideloaded.
Use the chisel edge of the flat brush and Burnt Umber to place the arms.
Lighten the top of each arm with streaked Burnt Umber + White.
Base the Hat and Mittens with Ultramarine Blue + Gray 5. (Green =
Bismuth Yellow + Ultramarine Blue + Burnt Umber). Sideload White (in the UMB brush) and
add the lights. Wipe the brush out, load Ultramarine Blue + Gray 5 again, sideload Black,
and place the dark area next to the brim of the hat. Green Light = Green Mix + Bismuth
Yellow + White. Green Dark = Green Mix + Burnt Umber. Use the liner brush with the base
blue mix to place the fringe on the scarf.
Use Black on the round brush to place the eyes and nose, and to line the
mouth. Lighten on the lower left of each eye with sideloaded White. Clean the brush, load
White and place shines in the eyes and nose.
Load Genesis Red + Burnt Umber and place the lettering. Place 3 dots of
red above the brim of the hat.
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