Today I want to show you how to paint a wonderful motif for a Christmas card in a simple way. For this you need some materials.
– watercolor paper
– watercolor paints
– masking fluid
– some brushes
– a stick or some painting knife
– a pencil
To zoom the small photos, just click on them.
Lets start with the first step. First I drew a curved line to mark the reason. After that I have drawn the snow areas. I arranged these in a triangular shape. Do not do this too evenly otherwise it will not look natural.
Next I apply the masking liquid with an old brush or a fine tip applicator.
For the snow on the ground, I roughly scrub the masking liquid over the paper with a stick.
After setting some snowflake points on the paper, I moisten the area of the sky with clear water.
I color the sky with a medium blue. And while the paint is still wet, I paint the areas between the snow a bit darker with a mix of blue and green.
After everything is bone dry I firstly paint some blue on the ground and then I paint another darker layer of mixed blue and green over the areas between the snowy branches.
Again, I let everything dry well. Now comes the fun part, removing all the masking fluid with a papertowel or just your finger.
Note to never dry masked paper with a hairdryer. The masking fluid can tear the paper or sticks forever on it.
At the end I am adding some shadows on the bottom side of the snow. So it looks more realistic.
The snowy painting for the card is now finished
I hope this tutorial helps you with your xmas cards. Feel free to subscribe to my e-mail list to get notified if there is a new tutorial or blog entry out.
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Here you can see which products I used.
Do you have a Christmas card for non christians?
Hi Belinda, oh I thought this would be neutral enough because snowy evergreen. Can you suggest a topic for me that would fit? I have snowflakes and could do a blog for this.
Winter solstice. I have a beautiful photo I like for the front, but I’d rather be able to paint to make it personal. May I send it to you?
Yes this would be cool. But I can’t promise that I am quick in realisation it. My eMail address you can find under contact Impressum Kontakt.
Thanks!