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4# I continue with the Raw Umber and paint the chimney and Santa’s sack and boots. I apply the Raw Umber in half circle patterns leaving the center a lighter color to give the impression of a sack full with Christmas gifts. Next color to use is Burnt Sienna with some Yellow added with this I give the jingle bells some color and add some highlights to the sack. I add a drop of Paynes Gray to my mix of colors to get a Blue Green value with this I paint Santa’s gloves and the belt that’s wrapped around the sack. At this point I add some soft shadows in those areas that will be painted white like his beard, sleeves and the snow on the chimney. This will help me to give these areas some depth later on. I let the painting air dry for a minute or two before I cover it with an old pillowcase and heat set with an iron for 5 minutes (moving the iron all times).


5# Next step is to give the painting a background, before I can start painting there’s some masking that must be done. I start by masking Santa and for this I use my home made frisket which I make out of one sheet of Parchment paper to which I apply 3M remount reposition able spray adhesive letting it air dry a minute before placing it on my shirt design. After placing it over my design I cut the frisket out in the shape of my Santa design with an X-acto knife bring very careful so as not to cut into the shirt material. I mask off the area around the design with masking tape; to give the background color rough edges I rip the masking tape in long stripes and attach these in a square around the design.With the masking complete I use a Dark Blue to render the night sky.


7# After heat setting I use my Iwata HP-B and some Quinacridone Crimson and paint the final shadows and wrinkles on the outfit, I add a few drops of black and refine the eyes and Santa’s glasses. Next I take Titanium White and add some twin- kling stars in the background night sky. These I create with a few simple dots as the center of the star and then add tiny dagger strokes going both horizontal and verti- cally. In between these I add some smaller dragger strokes to make the star appear to twinkle. Starting in the center again I hold the airbrush close to the surface when starting to apply paint I pull the airbrush further back from the surface, this creates a small amount of overspray which helps to give the star a soft shining look. I move on to the chimney and complete that by painting white around all the bricks to give it a look of cement.


8# Time to complete this painting, I use the white and give the final fluffy look to the white fur on Santa’s out fit. Using short random dagger strokes and letting some of the darker color that I painted earlier show through in some areas to help give the fur some depth. In the beard I add white using long dagger strokes again letting some of the darker color show through. Before the last heat setting of the shirt I take a few steps back to take a look at the painting to see if there’s something more I need to add. If everything looks okay I cover the shirt with the pillowcase and heat set the shirt a final time.


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