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Shamrock Painting

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  • FolkArt Acrylic Paint Logo

At a Glance:

Project #16852 Skill Level: Intermediate
supplies

Plaid Supplies

FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Lime Green, 2 oz. - 2553

Number Needed: 1 $1.69
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FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Citrus Green, 2 oz. - 2552

Number Needed: 1 $1.69
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FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Clover, 2 oz. - 923

Number Needed: 1 $1.69
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FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Uniform Blue, 2 oz. - 2430

Number Needed: 1 $1.69
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Folkart ® Brush Sets - Artist Variety Set, 10 pc. - 50536

Number Needed: 1 $8.99
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Other Supplies

  • 10x10 Canvas

instructions

1. Basecoat your canvas with Uniform Blue and let dry.
2. Using a small flat brush, paint small shamrocks all over your canvas in a pattern with Clover and Lime Green. Let dry.
3. Use a liner brush to add highlights to your small shamrocks with Citrus Green. Let dry.
4. Sketch out a large shamrock shape in the center of your canvas. Print and trace a shamrock pattern if needed. Fill in the larger shamrock shape with Clover and let dry.
5. Use a liner brush to add highlights to your large shamrock with Citrus Green and let dry.

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Cool colors are all the colors on the Green and Blue side of the color wheel. Yellow, Yellow/Green, Green, Blue/Green, Blue, Blue/Purple, Purple are all cool colors. All colors on the color wheel can be both warm and cool except Orange.
Transparent colors are thinned with medium or water to create a wash or a glaze of color that you can see through to the underlying surface.
Warm colors are all the colors on the yellow and red side of the color wheel. Yellow, Yellow/Orange, Orange, Red Orange, Red, Red/Purple, Purple are all warm colors. All colors on the color wheel can be both warm and cool except Orange.
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