Paint a Santa Christmas Ornament

There are many approaches to painting your Santa Ornament.

I like to use acrylic paints. On this project I use:

Paint brushes: A number 1 for the tight areas and a number 6 round for every where else

Boiled Linseed Oil tinted with Raw Sienna

Acrylic Paints

Titanium White, Ivory Black, Ultra Marine Blue, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Red Medium and Raw Umber

Painting Sequence

Apply Titanium White to the fur brim, tassel, hair and beard

Using a dot of Black Ivory I will establish direction of the eye to look either left or right and use Ultra marine blue for the iris

Next, I apply a coat of boiled linseed oil tinted with raw sienna. This will to seal the ornament and give the exposed wood a golden hew.

To high light the face I create a flesh tone by mixing 7 parts titanium white to 1 part yellow ochre and a small touch of cadmium red light

While it is still wet I will put a dab of diluted cadmium red light on each cheek and wet blend to create soft pink blush cheeks

Red Cadmium medium mixed with a dab of raw umber is applied to the hat and coat.

Other colour choices for the hat and coat could be Hookers Green or Ultra Marine Blue

Enjoy the season and have fun

Woodcarving with Brian