Acrylic Painting : Christmas Vibe

1. Intro: Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy is to have the real spirit of Christmas. Hello, friends. My name is Mohiisna and I am an acrylic artist based India. I mostly do landscape painting and animals and bird portrait painting. Many of you know me as Mohoni Art Gallery from my Instagram account. So in this class, we will be painting this beautiful Christmas vibe painting. We'll start with first the blocking of the background. Simple blocking, then comes the tree shaping, then giving textures to the tree, the snowy effect. Then comes the whole hut detailing, the whole hut blocking, how the rooftop is splended, each and everything, small, small details, how the highlights are made. Each and everything we'll do from scratch. Very small, small details are these. Then comes giving effect to these lines. Then the snowy effect on the rooftop to the land area, then giving textures of light and the snowy effect finally. So without wasting the time, let's start the Christmas magic. 2. Materials Required: So this is the painting which we will be doing. So let's first discuss about the material. So this is the canvas which I'm using here. This is almost ten by ten inch canvas, and it is acid free, triple primed canvas, and it has a stand also with this. So it is a stretched canvas which I'm using here. You can use any canvas of any brand. Prime it at least two times. Then these are the colors of different different brands, some Camelin, some Windsor and Newton, and some Brustoiffent different brands I'm using here for this. And you can see how the colors are all these colors we will be using for this painting. So all these colors, I will be explaining in details when we will start with painting. So for the sky, I'm mostly using Prussian blue, which is the mixed with white. Then a little bit of pinkish and purplish shade, and the yellowish shade is there everywhere where I have used the lemon yellow color, then violet and white and Prussian blue for this snowy effect which I have applied over here. Then this Azaren crimson is for the house that I have mixed with brown. To create a brown effect. All these color mixings I will be telling you each and every detail. Again, lemon yellow for these lights. So we'll start from scratch, color mixing, everything in detail, we will learn in this class. These are the colors. So black is, um this is the camel brand, and different brands, you can see here are these. These again, the camel brand. That is the edgety one. This is the normal camel brand. So all these are the brands. Now, let's talk about the brushes. So these are flat brushes which I'm using here. There are two sizes. One is big and one is small size. For blocking. So mostly for blocking, I will be using the brushes. This is the round brush of size two, very small size brush. Again, another round brush. This is the Bristol fan brush, which I'm using here, and then comes the rigor brush or liner brush, you can say, and this is a flat bristol brush. So you can see there are two Bristol brushes and rest are the synthetic brushes. So these two brushes we'll be using for creating textures, rest for just filling it. And apart from this, we need the water container, at least two water jars, one for dirty water, and one for clean. Then the tissue. Then comes the palette. Use class palette. It would be preferred because it doesn't sticks. So yes. So let's start with this beautiful painting. 3. Background Blocking: Hello, all, and welcome to this new class. So this is the sketch which I have already drawn. So I'll share this image, this sketch image on the reference node so that you can just draw it. And we'll start with painting. So these are the colors which I have taken. This is blue, white, then violet, pink, and yellow. This is hot pink, which I have taken, and yellow is the cadmium yellow. So let's start first with the background with my flat brush, and let's dip the brush in water and we'll directly take the colors. So first color which I'm going to take is the Prussian blue. This is Prussian blue, which we'll be using here and a little amount of white to this Prussian blue. And we'll start from top. So slowly just I'm covering the background first and then we'll do the house. So it's a kind of Christmas house which is fully decorated with lights. So this is a theme, and it's snowy night. So the snow is also falling and the trees are filled with snow something like that, we'll be painting. So I'm just first blocking the sky first. That's why I've used here the Prussian blue because I want the night sky. So I've just filled this area up with this color, wash off my brush, and then again, take a little more of this color and little lighter color than the one which is above. And I'm just blocking it carefully. Even if a little bit of color goes inside this whole drawing, it's perfectly fine because we can always overdo an acrylics. So I'll just mix a little bit of violet in this. And a little bit of white, and we'll move downward. So as we are going downward, it will be violet, then a little pinkish and then yellow. So the whole background sky will be like this. It's actually a sunset time, which is there where the sunset is happening and there is yellow light below. So it's about to that you can say it's evening time when the sun is about to set. So just wash off my brush, and then I will use the lighter color. So a little bit brush marks is there. It's perfectly fine because we are just doing first coat. So just mixing pink, hot pink, violet, and white and very light color I have made. Now, you can see here blending is not happening properly because the color has already dried. So whenever we have to do the blending part, the color has to be wet. Now, here the color is wet, but the other side, the color was dried up. So it's okay, but when we proceed to the second coat, we will make sure that both the colors are wet when we are doing, especially the blending part. Now mixing this lemon yellow and white mix and blocking the lower part. Now, since my pink is wet, so it can easily blend with this yellow. Just adding this yellow color below and blending it with pink. I'll not take this yellow towards blue because whenever yellow mixes with blue, it turns into green. This is whole background painting. We'll wait for it to dry and then we'll apply the second coat. Before that, let's do the lower part dry it's drying the above part. Every time whenever we are doing the second coat, wait for the first coat to dry, then only apply the second coat. Otherwise, your whole background will get ruined. Now I'll do the lower part here, which has a shiny part above with yellow and a little bit of the snowy part, which is shining yellow, and then the purplish color. Here I'm using my round brush first. I'm first making the nice lavender color with mix of blue, pink, and violet. And I will first cover the middle part, which is the lower part. So you can see I'm just covering the lower part first with my round brush. You can use your flat brush also. It's not compulsory that you have to use your round brush only. You can use any brush, whichever brush you feel like you can use it. So just filling this area which is in the center, this is actually the pathway which is there, which is filled with snow and there is a light which is reflecting. That's why that above area is with yellow. Now I will take this yellow and white mix, and I will just apply it on the top. Now, in order to blend these two colors, just mix it in a circular motion in between them. Just wash off your brush, remove excess of water, and then just blend the colors slowly. So this is just the first coat which we have done. Even if a little bit of brush marks are there, it's perfectly fine because we'll always do the second coat. Okay? So now this is done. I think the background has also dried up, so we can apply second coat. So let's apply second coat on the above part. So same color we will be using here, the Prussian blue, than the pink color, then the yellow color. So similar colors. Not much difference. We can lighten the colors if we want. But similar colors we are using. Just for the blue color, dark color. But here also, I have mixed white because white makes the color more opaque. Even if little colors go inside the sketch, it's completely fine. So just enjoy the process and do it with very light hand. Don't press your brush. Otherwise, we'll create brush marks. So this is the first side which I'm doing, then I'll do the next side. So I'm just washing off my brush, grabbing this pink and violet mix a little bit of white. Now, here this blue is wet, so now it can easily blend with this blue color. So that's why we have to keep in mind that both the colors are wet, then only we will be able to blend the colors. So now we will be doing the lower part, that is the yellow part. Every time whenever you are taking different colors, wash off your brush nicely. It's very important to wash your brush before using, especially the light color. Now, you can see here there is a patch, which has come up because the color was not fully dried. So if the color is not dry, this patch comes. But it's okay. We'll be creating tree over here, so it will be covered. So just covering this part again for this part I have done, so just covering the other side. Just slowly, slowly do the coloring and just remember that second coat should be done when your first coat has dried up. Don't use it on wet or semi wet coating. Otherwise, same thing will happen which has happened here. So you have to be very careful when you are applying the second coat. You can see nicely I'm just trying to blend the colors. Tuck and washing off my brush, grabbing this yellow and white mix, and just filling this area with this color and simultaneously blending the colors. So this is the whole background which we have done. And now we will be doing the tree detailing. So let's start with that. 4. Tree Painting: Welcome back. So now let's start creating the trees first. So here I will be using directly black color to create the trees because here we cannot draw anything with pencil. But if you want to draw it first, then you can draw with your watercolor pencils or chalk, and then you can just do the coloring. Now I've just taken my rigor brush just making the color little fluid, this black color, and then I'll start drawing the tree lines. So first, I will draw the lines where I want the tree to be. So there are lots of pine trees behind, which is there and fully loaded with the snow. That's how we are going to create the whole tree. So this is just the line which I have just created where I will be just painting the trees. Similarly, I will be creating the lines on the other side also. Just creating some lines where I will be creating some trees. It's a little smaller, bigger, of different different sizes. So here, actually the tree is half, so I'll just be depicting it half so I'm not drawing any line over here. So two lines I have drawn to the other side. Now, with my round brush, I will be creating some textures, mixing a little blue in this black. I don't want perfect black. So that's why I mixed a little blue in this black. And then starting from the top, we'll start creating some nice tree lines. So just giving first the shape of the tree. It's just the rough diagonal and curvy lines which I'm creating, thick lines. It is not also thin. I want to cover the entire thing in, like, a triangle shape. So that's how I will be covering this entire thing. It is a huge pick and a thick tree, which I want to create over here, something like this, thick tree, which is till the down. And I will fill all of these areas with this brush lines. So you can see all curvy lines I'm just trying to create. And I'm just filling this entire space. I'm not keeping anything empty, just filling it with perfectly black and blue mix. Here, you don't have to bother about what strokes. Just the curvy strokes, you can see in the downward direction it is there. And with similar colors. So just enjoy the process and try to do with your round brush this thing. Little thicker round brush like two or four size. Don't use very thin brush. Otherwise, it will take a lot of time to create these shapes. So take a two or four size round brush depending upon the size of your canvas and it all depends upon the size of the canvas which you're using. If you're using a bigger size canvas, you need bigger brushes, and if you're using smaller size canvas, you need smaller brushes. So on this canvas, I'm using like eight by eight inch, so I'm not using very big brushes. These are normal size brushes. So depending upon your size of the canvas, you have to choose your brushes and make sure whenever you are painting on a canvas, you should prime it at least two, three times. Then only use that canvas. And just making it till the down because I want the tree to be very thick and fluffy tree. And similarly, I will be creating all other trees as well. This is the main big tree which I'm creating here. And the other side also, there is a quite big tree. So this is the main tree which is looking very thick and full of, like, black thing. And then we'll create the snow. Black we have created because we have to create snow over here. That's why I've covered this area totally with black. And this is a sunset time. So we mostly see the trees in a blackish color. So that's why I painted this in black colour. So if you want to represent some smaller trees, so you have to make it more smaller. Smaller trees means they are very far distance. That's why they are smaller in size. It doesn't mean that these trees are small. It means they are very far distance. So again, just creating these trees, these lines and making the lines in the downward curvy direction. So one more tree, I'll create over here because there are lots of gaps in between. So I'll try to create one more. And first, let's create that one. So one more tree I'll create over there and little bigger lines I'm just trying to create. So you can see I've just filled this area with lots of trees. Now to the other side also, I will be doing the same thing with different sizes of trees, I'll be creating. So here also small bigger size, different different sizes of trees we will see at least three, four trees I'll try to add. So always try to use milky color over here. Don't use very thick color. Try to use milky color. Then only that proper value will come up. And don't use very liquid color. Otherwise, this black color will become gray color. So don't use too much water on your color. Water should only be on your brush. That's it. So you can see here I'm just reflecting half of the tree. So that's why I'm creating half of the tree lines. And one more tree I'll create here, making a little bigger tree lines of this side tree because I want this tree to be very big and thick. We'll add one more tree which is behind this tree and we'll try to create that also. Just taking this again, this black color and mix of blue and one more tree which is behind this tree. Just the upper part is reflecting. This is all the tree formations which we have done over here. Now we will be adding some more details to it. Let's start with that. 5. Tree Detailing: Hello all. Welcome back. So let's start with more detailing of these trees. So I'm just taking my rigor brush and giving a little more details and shape to these trees with same color, which we have used earlier. So just giving a little shape to these trees, a little more pointed shape so that it looks a little pointed from top. A little bit details on the sides of the trees. Small small details are required because when we will be creating snow, there should be a light, sorry, dark background, then only that snow effect will come up. Otherwise, that snow will not be visible. That's why we are creating a dark background. Whenever we do any painting in acrylic, try to always see first the darkest color which is there and then go for the lighter and then more lighter. This is like we do the layering of the colors. Here the darkest color is bluish black color, so that's why I'm using here this color. Then I will start adding the snow effect. So I'm first giving the shape to all the trees first, and then I'll start adding the details. So one more tree I'm adding over here because it is looking like a blank space. So I'm just adding it over here. So a little more shapes to all these trees. Try to use rigor brush whenever you are creating some small, small details. Rigor brushes are very good brushes and very effective brushes, and it creates a magical beauty when you use these brushes. It comes into a variety of sizes like two by zero, three by zero, zero, seven by zero. The number of sizes. So as the number increases, the size of the brush becomes more thin. So now I'm taking my round brush, and I will just take white because my white has got finished. So I'll just take more of white in this and then we'll start creating the snowy effect. This is a different type of pine tree which I have created that snow thing is all filled up there. So again, the round brush, mixing this pink and this violet color together, and a little bit of this Prussian blue to make it a little lavender shade color. So I don't want a perfect lavender. There should be a touch of blue, then only that snow effect will come up. And I don't want it to be completely white also. So the first layer which the color, it should be, bluish violet color. It should be like that with a tint of pink added to it. So you can see I'm just creating first, the shapes of the snow with this round brush. Giving a nice thick, snowy effect to these trees. So you can see I'm just creating in the downward direction like the leaves are frozen. Tick texture, falling. This will add really the depth to these trees. And of course, we will be doing one more layering to these textures. But first, this color. So you can see, I'm just making some textures like a petal shape in different different directions. So in middle, some inside, some other side. So likewise, we have to create the whole feathery texture of the snow So in most of the things in all these trees, we will be repeating the same process. So just take little little color. Don't take too much color on your brush, and water should only be on your brush. That's it. Not too much water is required over here. So only water on your brush, grab the colors and create these types of textures. So you can see why I have put this black color behind so that it gives a nice value to this lighter color. Otherwise, that shape would have not come up if you have not put black behind. That is black and bluish color. Just slowly adding all these textures of the trees, and now we will move towards the other one as well. You can see how I have created this first tree. Similarly, we will be doing the other one as well. So very small small textures in these smaller trees. So just add, again, the same color and not too much color should be there on your brush, and it should be thick, not too much thick color also. Just water should be there on your brush. That's it. And just grab the colors, mix little amount and do the texture thing. So all these trees which are behind will be doing the same similar textures. So just enjoy the process. No. So I can see similar textures, I'm applying to the other side as well. So in the middle, some in the side, some in the center, some in the other side. So different different directions create a little depth to these trees. It looks like the tree is, like, in three D shape. So that's why this depth in different directions that snow effect looks like a three D effect. So that's why I'm applying into all the directions. Now, these two trees also, we'll be doing the same technique. So as we go down, try to make these textures a little bigger because when it comes down, the shape of the trees becomes a little bigger. So try to make these shapes a little bigger in size. So this first layer is almost done. This first layer of the texture. We'll be doing the next layer also. So first, we have to complete this entire thing, and then we'll start with the next layering on the trees. 6. Roof Painting: Welcome back. So let's start with more detailing, more layering of this color. So I'm just adding more white to the same color because I want to create a more effect of the snow. So just adding a little little of textures of white with a mix of this color on top of it. Wherever I've created those shapes, I'm just adding on top of it these lighter colors. So not filling entirely just adding on top of it. Now, this adds a little depth to the snow effect. Now, adding little yellow and white to this side to give a depth of this sunset effect, which is falling on the tree. That's why I've added here a little yellow towards this side. So a little yellowish effect of the snow is being reflected this side. If you will follow each and every step, whatever I have given I'm doing over here, you will definitely be creating a very beautiful and vibrant Christmas vibe. So just adding, again, this yellowish white texture to all the trees. Just a few little here and there. Now, similarly, I will be doing the other side as well. So other side, I will be using this white color a little bit of yellowish mix to one side, and to the other side, I will be adding the same white and bluish color. It's just adding to one side first. All these small small details play a very important role in creating the vibrant effect to the painting and the side more of white. So whenever you add these textures, don't fill the entire thing, add it on the top of the snow effect. Just on the top. That's it. Now I'm just adding more whitish texture on top, more white. Means the color should be more lighter than the color which you have used earlier. Either you can just use completely white if you have used a lighter color. So here also, I'll be creating some white textures. His taking little yellow. So just washing off my brush first and this line is there which I will be creating throughout. First, I will take this white and yellow color first I'll draw the lines just adjacent to the area which is there, the line which is the hut above area, drawing the line here, just to give an idea that this is the area where we have to create the effect. Also just drawing this line, just to give an idea that we have to cover this area completely with the different color. Now, use your liner brush for this and make the color a little fluid, then only you will be able to create a nice, fine line. Don't use thick color. Try to use very thin color. Thin colour in the sense that it should not be a milky color, it should be a fluid color. If it is a milky color, it will create thick line. If it is a fluid color, it will create nice lines. So now let's start filling the colors first. So just making the same snowy effect of the color to the above side. Just above first because there's a snowy area which is covered. So that's why I'm covering that above part with the snowy texture color. Okay. Now, here I'm using my round brush. You can use your flat brush also for covering this part. It's up to you what brush you want to use. I'm not covering the entire thing, just a half of this base that is covered, which we will reflect like a snowy effect. Similarly, on the other side as well, I'm just covering the entire thing. Where you can see half of the one side and other half also, I will be covering with this snowy color which is there. Which is a mix of blue, pink, and violet and white. These are the colors which are mixed to create this color. Now here, the lower base of the color which I will be using over here is different color which I have not I think taken out. You can use burnt sienna. And if you don't have burnt sienna, you can use the Azarin crimson with a mix of black and yellow to get that burn sienna color. So since this color has dried up, so I'll try to use this crimson, that is Alazarin crimson. And I'll just take Alazarin crimson, and we will mix these colors, and we'll see how the colors that burn sienna color is formed. So I'm just taking this Alazarin crimson here. And this color, I will mix it with the black and yellow color to make burn sienna. Now, you can see I'm just mixing these two colors first black and Elazarin crimson and yellow color to create a nice burn sienna color. It gives a very nice color of the burned sienna if you mix all these three colors. Don't mix too much yellow. Otherwise, it will turn towards the yellowish side. Mix like and black also should be very less, otherwise, again, if the black is too much, it will turn the entire thing into black. So here I am not mixing the colors, you can see, because the upper color has already dried, so I'm not trying to blend the colors. And if your color is wet, the upper color, that is the snow color, then you can blend this. But if it is not wet, leave it like that, just give a nice shape to this base area, which is the upper house ceiling area. Covering it nicely. With this color. And then I'm just leaving a little area. I'm not fully covering this with this color. Little bit area I have left below, which I will be doing with orange color, which I will make it with pink and yellow mix. So I'll wash off my brush, grab my pink and yellow color. So this is hot pink, which I'm using here. So try to use hot pink. Then only you will get a very nice effect. So now just adding this color to this and you can see how bright this color is coming up. And if you have this fluorescent orange, you can use fluorescent orange directly instead of mixing these two colors. So you can see how nicely this, this vibrancy of the color is coming up. Here you can also use cadmium orange as well, cadmium orange and a little bit of yellow mix to give this effect. So you can see the brightness. 7. House Blocking: Welcome back. So now let's start filling the below area. So same color again, this crimson, Alazaron crimson, black and yellow mix. Same color which we have applied in the second one. Same color we will be using here. And here, again, I'm using my round brush for filling because it will be easy for me to fill these entire area. So there are some corners as well. So if you will use flat brush, you'll not be able to paint it correctly. So try to use this um Round brush only for filling up all these small, small areas. So it is easy to make lines with this pointed round brush, especially to the windows and to the doors. You can easily make proper lines, and then you can fill the colors. So just filling the colors with this round brush, use the brush size according to the size of your canvas. So size I won't be telling, because every person uses different different sizes. So according to the size of your canvas, choose your size of the brush. So just filling it. I'm not bothered yet about the smoothing of the perfect finish of the background. I'm just filling the colors, giving the first shape of this corner and little darker color to the sides. I'm adding. And then the same similar color. Just to the sides, I'm adding a little darker color so give a nice projection of the above and the lower base. And just filling it nicely. So fill it slowly because we have already drawn everything, and then we are starting with the filling of the colors. So try to use your round brush and do it slowly. So whenever we are creating any paintings, which is a little intermediate form, it takes a little bit of time. So enjoy this painting, and I'm sure you will love it when it is completely finished. So already this background, the trees are already looking very beautiful, and I'm sure you will love it when you will do the entire painting. It's a perfect Christmas vibe that how the houses are decorated and that winter beauty adds beauty to this Christmas season. So just, enjoy the process of filling the colors. I have never been to such places where, which I have shown you here, which I've painted here. I've just seen in the images. I must you must have seen it and you must have felt it. So I have never felt it, but I love to feel it when time comes. So just filled with snow. I really enjoy looking at the palm trees especially. So palm trees also, sorry, not palm trees, pine trees. So these are not palm trees. These are pine trees. So yes, so pine trees filled with snow, it looks really beautiful. Here we can in India, we can see only in Kashmir. I don't think anywhere else we can see this in India. Especially in Kashmir, this type of scene can be seen. So I'm just filling it up with especially the sides, I'm filling it with dark and the middle area with the same color. So slowly, slowly, I'm just filling the entire thing, and then we'll start filling the windows and the doors and everything. So here, don't bother about the brush marks and everything. It's fine because we will be doing detailing here. So once we'll do the detailing, all these things will be removed. So don't worry about the brush marks, fill in the colors in any direction. Can see already it is looking so bright when we are mixing these colors. So if you have burn sienna, you can directly use burn sienna and if you don't have, you can just mix these colors. So this is the whole background thing which we have done. Now we'll color these things with yellow and a little bit of white mix I have done over here and covering this wood shapes which are in a circle of form. Just covering those circles on both the sides m. So mostly the blocking of the background house we have done, and then we'll start doing more detailing of this because there are lots of detailings in this house, which has to be done to create the perfect brightness and Christmas wipe to this house. Adding a little more yellow and giving a little more yellowish texture to this. Uh 8. Window Painting: Hello, friends. Welcome back. So this is a fresh palette which I have taken here, as you can see, same colors which we have used earlier. These are all same colors. Apart from that, one more color we will be using is the Indian yellow for these windows. So if you don't have Indian yellow, you can use cadmium yellow. That will also work. So taking out this Indian yellow, and we'll start first painting the windows, especially the center one and the lower part of this also. So let's start with first the blocking. Again, I'm using my round brush, small size round brush, and this Indian yellow, and I'm just filling this inside part of the window. The inside part I'm filling, and then we will do further detailing of this. So once this inside part is filled, I'll just taking this lemon yellow and white mix and putting it in the center to make it a little more brighter. So a little bit in the center, then taking just white to make it more brighter. So this is how we do the layering, especially inside the window part. So similarly, we will be doing the other windows as well. So let's first take this yellow and, uh this pink mix and just outlining it in the center, just a cross line. And then after that, I will take a little bit more of this crimson and black mix to make a little more of a brownish shade and creating the lines in the center again because I want a little darker shade to be. So that's why I have added little black and this lazarin crimson and also to the outer lines also similar color. This is actually the base of the window, which is dark in color. So you can use your round brush or if you feel difficulty in doing with round brush, you can use your rigor brush also or size zero round brush for doing all these small small details. Now, I'm just mixing a little white. And again, the similar colors that is yellow and pink. And I'm doing the outer area, which is there a little snowy effect, it should be. But this is not a color which is coming, so I'll just wash off my brush and take this violet and white and a little bit of hot pink, and then I'll do the outside part. Just covering this outside part with this color, like a snow color it is covered with snow. So do it slowly and within the boundary, and then we'll draw the outline with black later. So just filling this outer gap which is there in the window. Similarly, we will be doing the rest of these windows as well. Let's first start with this part. And this also is covered with snow. So that's why I'm taking Priscian, then this violet mix. And just covering the upper part, especially with snow. And again, the lower part like we did the ceiling part. Similarly, we'll do this part also, which is the upper head of the door. So just making for the snow part, mixing all the colors a little darker color. So just taking a little water and I'm just trying to blend this color. Sometimes we only need a damp brush to blend the colors. Now, mixing this whole Azarin black and yellow mix to create this nice brown color that is burnt sienna color. And I'll cover this lower portion of this shade which is there. So just covering this part. So currently, I'm not bothered about too much of blending because this is the first coat which I'm doing. So when I'll do the second coat, I will try to do the little more blending of these colors. Now making orange color and applying it in the lower portion. Like we did on the upper part of this house. Similarly, I'm doing this lower part also. Similar colors are these. So now let's do blending these two colors together with a sucklm motion of the brush. Currently, it's not blended perfectly, but it's fine because we have done just one blocking, we will do further detailing, then these all things will be covered. So now let's do this window. Same thing we have to do what we have done on the upper part. First, we'll fill the color with Indian yellow, and then we'll do more detailing in this. H so every time I mostly use this round brush, small size round brush, and flat brush is used mostly in these types of paintings. So if you have round brush and flat brush of different sizes, you can do any painting, whatever you feel like. It's just a size of brush and the canvas matters, that what size of canvas you have. So slowly, slowly, I'm just filling up these whole things. Now in this I'm first outlining the area, and then I will fill the colors inside. So we actually have to make a very bright looking filled with all lights and everything. That's why I'm trying to make it a little more bright because in festive season we decorate our houses with lots of lights and bright colours. That's why I want this house to look like a very bright and festive. So I've just outlined it. Now we will do the detailing inside this with lighter colors. See how it's looking. Now we will be doing the outer part of this window, which we have done above also. Similar colors of the snow that the outer part of the window, which is the outer shade of the window, it's filled with snow. That's why I'm using here, the snow color. So this is the whole thing. Currently, I'm not looking for outlining it in the last section we will do. I'm just filling the colors and doing the detailing. Later on, we can do the outlining. 9. Wall Texture: Welcome back. So now let's start further with more detailing. So now we will be doing some textures in this part, which is the outside area of the house. So again, I'm using the same brush with Alazarin crimson, black mix, and this yellow mix. So initially here, first, I will be outlining, and it should be a little darker color than the color which you have used as the base. So if you'll mix a little more black, then that color will come up. It should not be completely black, but yes, it should be a darker color than the color which you have used as the base color of the house. So I'm just creating the horizontal lines, thick lines. I'm not making it very thin lines. It should be thick lines. To create a woody effect of the house that these are the wood cutouts which are in this shape. So like that type of shape I'm trying to create over here with my round brush. Here, also, you can use your rigor brush for creating these lines. But with rigor brush, again, the lines will be very thin. That's why I have used here a round brush of size too. So just filling this area which is there with the similar color that is the darker color. And to the other side also, I will fill this gap which is there. Now we will start doing the other side, which is left out. So you can see how bright and beautiful already this house is looking very pretty. Like feeling off the festive vibe is coming up already. And now Will makes a little bit of this yellow, and I'm just filling up this color. Just filling this up. Now, here if you don't have Indian yellow, definitely, you can use cadmium yellow over here. So if you have transparent cadmium yellow, that will be much better. And if you don't have transparent, like translucent site of cadmium yellow, you can use cadmium yellow and add little water to that to make it a little thin because we don't want a very thick color of this yellow to be. Just adding this textures. Now, see, I'm just taking this yellow. I'm mixing very little amount of this red to this and just filling the gaps. So each and every area, which is in between, I'm just filling it up. Now I will make a little orange shade and I'll start creating more lines to this. Now, to create more effect to the whole lines, just adding the lines on top of it, that's it. And not very thin lines. It should be a thick line. Then only that lightness of that colors will come up. It's looking like that the lights are falling on these areas, these wood blocks which are there. That's why this effect I'm giving up. See how nicely the whole background of this house is looking when we have added this lighter color. Now let's do the center part that is the area which is above the door. Again, the lighter color, just fill it up with light colour. And then the darker color And here I will try to give the shape of the snow. So I'm first applying this color first and just trying to blend it with the lower color which is there. So whenever you are blending the color, try to mix it with lighter colour. Try to blend it with lighter color. It will be easy for you to blend it. Now creating the upper snowy effect, just taking this violet, white, and a little bit of this prussian blue. And thick color here I will use. I'll not use very thin color and little lighter color than the one which I have already applied over here. Also giving a little shape of this snow, which it look like that some snows are falling like this. You must have seen that snow when it is covered. It looks like they are falling like they're creating a certain type of shape. So like that, I'm trying to create this texture above and also a little snowy part to the whole window area, which is the outer area of the window. Very small small details matter over here when we are doing such type of painting. Now here I'm just mixing all these colors, and now we will be doing the center part. Now, the center part, I want the color to be a little dark. But first, I will make it outline it with the same color. The outer window part, which I'm doing over here. Now, if you want a darker color, always mix a little more black to this, then only you'll get a darker color. This is the shape of it and just covering the area, leaving that circular red thing, which we'll do it later. But first, I'm just filling up the whole door part. This door color is similar to the color which we have created the line, so it is a little darker color. It's not light color. You can see I've just fill in this entire thing with this darker color. Now the outer color, I will do with this light color, this outer shape which is there, the outer boundary of this door. Little bit of black I'm mixing over here. I don't want a very bright color. That's why I have mixed a little black to that color. Covering the outer boundary of this door. You can see we have already filled the colors. Now we will be doing more of the detailing. So already we have done the filling of the colors. 10. Snow Effect: Welcome back. So now let's start with further detailing. I'm just making the snowy effect of this color and a little more light color. I'm just trying to make it. And then the above part, which I will be blocking, it's like a dark bluish color. It's not completely bluish, a little bit of black is more added to make it a more darker color. Creating first the shape above and just blocking it with one color. Here also, I'm using the same brush, that is the round brush of size two. Now, the size here also depends upon the size of your canvas which you are using. So I've just block in the upper part and later on, we will do the detailing once this has dried up. Now little more shape to the above section, making it more pinkish. And then let's do the detailing below first before starting the above detailing because we'll wait for it to dry and then we'll start the detailing. So here with orange pinkish color, I'm just dabbing the brush and taking thick colour and creating this circular effect. Just thick color. Don't use too much water when you're doing this shape. Now again, let's do the further detailing. Again, taking this mix of color which we have done, and I don't want it to be a perfect black color. That's why I mix a little bit of blue to this. And first, I will just outline the whole above chimney which is there, and then I'll give the shape of the brick. Just normal lines which I'm trying to draw over here, normal brick lines. I'll not do much detailing of that. Because I don't want the paint to be painting to be very complicated. I want each and everyone should be able to draw it. So just making the lines like brick lines and just outlining this whole above ceiling area which is there. Now, whenever you are doing any outlining, try to use a very milky, not milky. It should be a liquid color. Means add a little water to it and then use this color. Otherwise, you will end up creating thick lines. We don't want thick lines over here. We want thin lines. That's why you add a little water to this color and then use it. The outlining is done, then we will do the further detailing of everything. So what I'm doing here is I'm just outlining the outer area of this window with a thin line using my rigor brush. Now, outlining and every boundary detailing should be done with your rigor brush, and color should be in liquid form. It should not be a very thick color. If it is a thick color, you will end up creating thick lines. Now, these types of paintings you can also create on cards. It will look very nice when you will gift someone like this type of card. So I have done on canvas, but you can do it on paper and create it like a card and you can gift it to anyone. So just outlining this whole circular thing, each and every part which I have colored, I'm just giving a little outline to this. After that, we will do the further detailing of this outlining of this whole door area. Outlining it with very thin line. And now let's create some a little bit more thin lines to the inside part. So there are two lines which is there, which is the boundary of the door, actually. So just creating some nice thin lines. And also making some textures in the lines. Textures in the sense, this is a door which has lines. So that's why I'm creating these lines. So you can see I've just added the lines. I will do more detailing to the store part. But first, I'm just outlining everything. Also a little more color I will add to this portion with a mix of Azarin and yellow mix to make it a little more brighter. Since this Indian yellow color is thin, transparent. That's why it is not creating much effect. It will always create a little glazing effect to it. Glazing means you can see the color of it. That's why it will create a nice glazing effect. So that's why if you're using cadmium yellow also, make it a little thin and then use it if it is a opaque cadmium color. Now, just adding more snowy effect to this part, taking thick color off white, and just adding some normal textures above with my round brush. This texture you can also add with fan brush, which I will show you here as well. It makes the process very easy when you do with fan brush. Now, just a little smoke which is coming out of this chimney, here, try to use dam brush with very little amount of white colour and just create this smoky effect. That's it. And then just taking this, again, this lighter color, mixing little white and creating a little highlight to one side to give effect of these lights which are there. Just adding a little more this light color to this whole wood logs which are there in a circular form, adding little white and giving it in the center, more textures to this. Now, again, taking this brownish color and a little bit of So later, we can create the outer edge because we have to block in this whole grown thing also. So I'm making it a little darker color, little darker into the sides. And now taking this nice bright color of yellow. This is lemon yellow, which I've taken and adding some nice thick colors to this wth. Very small, small details are there, which actually adds a lot of beauty and textures to this entire this festive painting, which you can say. So now we will create some textures on this above snowy effect, which we'll show over here. So here I'm using a damp fan brush, mixing it with violet and white and just creating the above textures snowy textures with this brush. You always use damp brush. Don't use that wet brush. Dam brush means dip it in water, remove all the water from your brush, and then use this completely thick color and create this texture. Then you will see a perfect texture will come up. So never use a wet brush when you are creating textures, always use damp brush or dry brush for creating such type of textures. So you can see how the textures are being added. Here, I didn't blend the colors, but with textures, it is automatically getting like it is blended. So this adds the beauty to this snow actually. I'll also add some lighter effect on top of that roof it is on the top of it. Also little textures to this window pane and this upper shade area, which is there above the door. So you can see how the textures looks when it is done. 11. Blocking Foreground: Welcome back. So now let's start with the further detailing. So again, I'm just making that snowy color which we have used above. And I'll start filling this up in the lower portion. So using my round brush, I will try to fill in the entire region below, which is the snow covered land. So just covering each and everything. Whatever I have drawn, I've just covered it, and later we can draw it on above it. So this is the good thing with acrylic that you can always overdo on top of it once it get dry. So I'm just covering the entire thing below with a similar color, which is the snow color which we have already made earlier. So here I am using my round brush because I don't want a perfect finish of this whole texture. It is okay if there are brush marks, little bit here and there. It's perfectly fine. So a little darker color I'm making over here and a little bit of this pink also I'm adding and just filling in this entire thing. Currently, I'm not bothered about the textures, anything. I'm just filling and blocking all these spaces which are there. And the one which I have divided in the center in the two parts, that I will do with a little darker color. So first I've just covered this area till here. And the line which you can see the slanting line coming in both the directions. So that I will do with a little darker color. So I'm just mixing a little more Priscian blue and just making this color a little darker and filling it in a vertical direction. Oh making a little dark color more and trying to fill this portion in a vertical direction. So it's very important how the brush movements are there. And in this part, I'm just moving it in a circular motion, the brushes. Now, again, the other part, similar color which I have used the other side, and then I will start doing same thing. Whatever we have done, the other side, similar way we will be doing this side as well. So just enjoy the process of blocking. Little bit color variations may matter because every time we mix the color, exact color does not get formed. So a little bit up and down, it's fine because somewhere the snow is dark, somewhere it is light. So it's perfectly fine. So I'm making this middle part also a little light in color, filling this color above also. And then I will be doing a little more lighter yellowish color. And don't take too much color on your brush when you are blocking this up. Take a little less colors. Otherwise, it will be very difficult for you to do all these blending. You must have seen how much color I'm taking it, very little amount, and water is only on my brush. Now, this part, again, a little darker. You can see how this has come up, this whole thing. And now we will be doing a little more of this texture thing. So now let's do the part, which is a little more shiny. And a little more texture I'll give to this whole part, which I'm just creating here, the straight line, which is across the door, little darker color, just a straight line with my flat brush to give more shape to the door. And now I'm using my textured brush, which is this texture brush for creating some textures. So just taking a little white over here, taking very little amount of textures, and this is a flat texture brush which I'm using over here, as you can see, giving a complete raw white and completely dry brush and giving a texture on the top. This texture you can also give with your fan brush, that is the Bristol fan brush which you have. But I prefer this brush, flat Bristol brush, which I'm using here to give the texture on the top to give a little more highlight to this snow. You can see how bright that line is looking, which is above the rooftop when we have added a little white texture. Now here also, I'm adding little white texture for the snowy effect. Just a little bit of textures. And here we have to use thick color, but little little amount, and the brush has to be dry and the color you should not mix any water in this. You should use a thick color. So now you can see how bright that above and this whole bunch of this line is looking when we have added white to it. A little bit more of the effect. Now I'm just mixing little lemon yellow to this white and using my round brush and a little bit of pink and just filling this area. This is actually a grass area. With the light, it is getting reflected as yellow. So this grass area is actually covered with snow and with the light which is inside, it is getting reflected like it is yellowish in colour. So that's why I have put over there first the yellow color, yellow and white mix. This also I have covered with yellow and a little bit yellow towards this side as well. So yellow, pink and white mix. So there should be more amount of yellow. So you can see how bright now it is looking. So just mixing it in a circular motion. So once the base color has dried, even if you apply yellow color on top of this blue, it will not turn into green. And whenever you are doing this type of technique, use less color on your brush. Now with my liner brush, I'll just use black and just try to create your the lamp which is there. Lamp is there on both the sides. So I'm just drawing it with my liner brush directly. You can draw with pencil and then you can outline it. But if you're comfortable drawing directly with black color, then of course, you can draw it directly. So both the sides, I will be drawing this type of lamp which is there, and also I will show the light which is falling on the snow, as you can see in the picture. Draw it slowly and if some mistakes happen, suppose if you have not created, if you have created thick lines of black. So how you can correct it. It's simple. Once this has dried up, just apply a layer of white colour once that white colour dries and then you can directly apply the same color. So this is how we can correct the mistake if it is there. So see, one side, I have created this lamp, simple lamp. It is a square type of shape and triangle on the top with a circle on the top. Very simple and basic lamp here I've created. Similarly on the other side also, I will be creating the same type of lamp. So done, both the sides. 12. Foreground Detailing: Welcome back. So now let's create the fences, which are on both the sides. So using my liner brush, or you can use your rigor brush also or flat brush also. Any brush you can use for creating the lines. So I've just mixed all the colors. I don't want it to be perfectly black. So that's why I've mixed all the colors with a little of this red also that is alzarin crimson. And I'm just creating some nice straight line and some nice vertical line as well. So this is the easiest way to create the lines. You can also use your liner brush. There's no issue in using liner brush. Either use liner brushes or flat brush. But it is okay if it is not a very straight line because these are all fences. So mostly the fences are not very straight when you will see in these areas. So these are not very straight line, as you can see. Similarly, on the other side also, I will be creating the fences, straight line and vertical lines. So three horizontal lines and some vertical lines. So very simple way of creating these fences. So now let's start painting the lamp area, put the lamps. So I'm just mixing this yellow and pink together to make a light yellowish and pinkish colour. And just putting all around. And to the sides, I will be putting orangy color. So just a little bit more of orange towards the sides. Or you can use this color which is this Indian yellow, which I have used here that also you can use because Indian yellow is similar to the orange color which you can say, and try to blend both the colors together. So I'm just trying to blend the colors first. After that blending, I'll allow I'll just use more of this yellow, that lemon yellow in the center to make it more bright and a little bit of white also. And I'll try too much white it is. So just blending these colors together. And here, also, I'm putting some white and blending the colors. Now you can see how bright these lambs are looking. Now let's start with the area which is above the area which is above the lamb. These are all yellowish area as you can see. So I'm just mixing both white and yellow together to make some nice grassy texture. So these grasses are actually yellowish, white in color because these are mostly like the snow grasses which are already covered with snow and when this light yellow light is falling on these grasses, so it is turning the grasses into a little bit of more yellowish. So this effect I wanted to show up. That's why I'm using this color. I've also mixed a little bit of Indian yellow in this. Make the color a little fluid and use your rigor brush for creating some nice lines of grasses. So very thin lines in different directions. I'm trying to create to capture the grassy effect of this. This thing I'll be doing on both the sides. Other sides also, I'm just trying to create this grass. So just thin color and just moving the brush upward, like we do the shading thing. So just like that, you have to move the brush upward in the upward direction. Now, let's add the lines to these lambs using black color, two straight lines. Similarly, I will be doing for other one as well. Now, let's add some yellowish area towards the door area, which is there and towards the window area. And also towards this lamp, which is these lights are being reflected on these snowy part. So very small, small details are these which makes the painting more beautiful and realistic. These textures I will also add with my round brush because with round brush, it is more easy to create the roundness and textures. And this is like a glazing effect, which I'm giving it to the sides of the lamp. So glazing is nothing, but you can see the background color as well, and the color is a little thin color. That's why it is called as glazing means you can see the color which is below. So very thin colour are lots of water in this and make the color a little thin. So you can see how bright this texture is looking, this area is looking like the lights are falling on them. Now, let's add some more textures towards these grassy snowy area. Mixing both yellow, sorry, not yellow, mixing these all three colors to make the snow color. Now, the snow color has to be a little lighter than the one which you have used in the background. It should not be very dark, very light color, which I am using here in the background. So lighter than the color which you have used earlier for this snow part. And I'm just applying it over here. So as you can see, I'm just applying it using my damp fan brush, and I'm just applying the textures all over. So very light textures here and there. I'm just applying it. Just mixing more of white and this violet and applying it towards the center area which is there, giving a shape of this line which is there, just applying it and giving a little shape to these snow So whenever you give these types of textures, always try to use damp brush, and the color has to be a thick color. Don't mix water in this. It should be a completely thick color. And using the tip of the brush, I'm just applying these old textures. Very light pressure of your brush. Don't press your brush. Very light pressure should be there. You can see I've filled all the area entirely with this type of texture. Similarly, I will be adding some textures of yellow as well. But first, let's add this texture. Just a little more white towards the area, which is the area towards the door. So now you can see how this it's looking like a snowy effect that is given to this whole area. Now with another flat brush, which is the Bristol flat brush, I'm adding some textures of yellow towards the center part. Just a little bit of yellow and a little bit of pink I have mix to create the textures. So just I'm adding little little textures towards the area which is near to the door, and also I will add some textures near the lamps as well. Again, this brush, also, same thing. You have to use damp brush. Don't use wet brush, damp brush or dry brush, and the color you have to pick on the tip of the brush and just give the textures with very light hand. You can see I'm just giving a texture of the light, this yellow light, which is falling on the snow. So this is the effect which I'm trying to give on the snowy part that the light is falling on the snow. 13. Final Detailing: So welcome back. So this is our last part of the class. So let's give a little more detail to this. Just taking black color and giving a little more shape to the area and making it a little more dark because some of the areas are covered with this white and yellowish color. So I'm just giving a little more shape and just on top of it one line to add more value to this lamp shape. Now let's add some more details of the the door part. Mixing the same color. And the lower part, which is the area, which is the stair area. I'm just trying to make that. So using, again, the same brush round brush and just making first the shape of the stair which is there, just one line and in between. And I'll leave it like that. I will not color it with the same color. It should look like that there are snow which is there on top of it. That's why I will leave it like that. The color. I've just drawn the lines. That's it. And I'm adding a little white to these areas to feel the snow effect on these things. So just taking a little bit of white and adding some textures on top of it so that it looks like there's a snow covered on top of it. Now, just adding a little more lights on these areas. So there are lights actually on top of it, which we have to create. So now I have given the shine to all of these, but I haven't created the lights. So I'm just adding a little more light color to this center part to make a more shiny. And now we will be creating some nice light areas. So first, just mixing white and yellow, and just adding the thick color of dots just diagonally. So as you can see, I'm just adding the yellow and white mix of dots to this part so that it will look like there are little little lights which are there on it and due to which the whole thing is shining. Diagonally, I'm placing all these things, one on the edge, one slanting. So like that, I'm placing all these dots. Similarly, I will be placing all these dots over the lower area, which is the shed area of the door. You can see how bright this is looking when we have added these dots. Also, similarly, I'll be adding below as well. So just enjoy the process. Now taking this Indian yellow and white mix and adding a little more lines. To add the lines I'm using here, rigor brush. Just adding the lines to these dots just to make it more bright. Oh. Also to the below area. So just adding more of lemon yellow because my lemon yellow has got finished. So now I will be using backside of my brush to create these dots. Just mixing these pink and yellow texture and white and just mixing it properly, washing off my brush, and using the backside of my brush to create these dots more vibrant. So with the backside, I'm just creating these dots. So this is the easiest way to create dots just to make it more bright and vibrant. Wherever I have created these dots, I'm doing it again with this backside of the brush. And similarly, I will do for the lower part as well. So you can see now it is more visible than the dots which we have applied with the brush. So it's looking like bright, beautiful, like, full of sparkle, light, sparkling light everywhere. So just making a little more dots in this wth area. You can see how bright this is looking just making these circles, giving a shape with black color because the other side I have already given, this side I forgot to give. So I'm just giving a round shape to this. Very small small details are left, which I'm trying to do it. Mixing again these dark color, and I'm just adding again the lines which are there. These are actually the wood area which is coming out of this house, wooden logs which are coming out like this in a line. Create snowy effect on these fences as well, which I have left earlier. So just a little snowy effect on these fences that snow is, like, there on these fences. A small details are left, and we're almost done with this painting. I hope you enjoyed this painting. And if you did, please do share your project work. You can tag me on my Instagram. That is Mohni Art Gallery. I would love to see your projects. So you can see, I'm adding the final details and giving the last shape to it. Just adding more white to give more roundness to this lower area. And now we will create some magic that is the snow effect with just sprinkling all over the entire painting which we have done. Just wet your brush properly. Too much water on your brush, just grab this white color. Just a liquid, white color. You can see how liquid it is, and just at a particular distance, just sprinkle it with your finger. You can see how nicely the sprinkles are coming when you sprinkle it. So just like that, you have to sprinkle it everywhere, and it will look like that the snow is falling on the entire thing. So this is the complete painting which is done, and I hope you guys enjoyed this and you felt the Christmas feel and this Christmas vibe in this. So do try it out, and I would love to see your projects, and thank you so much.