Add shading to the hat. Use titanium white and the #4 round brush to dry brush some curved strokes on the top right part of the hat. Then outline the top circular base of the hat. Then use a t-square ruler or straight edge to draw a vertical line down to the ground area. 4. Paint Lamppost Then load the tip of your brush with a small amount of phhtalo blue (just a tiny bit). Paint left and right strokes on the ground just under the circle to create a slightly shadowy area. Then paint on the bottom of the circle and blend it with the white painting in a circular direction. Then paint small red dots (naphthol crimson) on the wreath. Paint a small red bow on the bottom with strands that are also flowing in the same direction as the scarf. 9. Paint Snowflakes

Then wipe your brush off. Add white to the brush and blend outwards so there is just white around the yellow ring. This will be used the blend the light blue in the sky. Add a small amount of titanium white in the wreath with more of those textured strokes. The white will blend slightly with the green. Next draw the lamppost. Use a pencil to draw the lamp. This part should be on top of the bright white circle area. Paint the light blue in circular strokes around the white ring. Blend it into the white but try not to blend the blue with the yellow (it can touch the yellow a little bit but will turn green if you blend too much blue with the yellow). Snowmen can also be found in places all over the world. Many languages have the exact equivalent of “snowman,” like Schneemann in German ( Schnee “snow” + Mann “man”) and the Turkish kardan adam . In French, they’re called by the slightly formal name bonhomme de neige , which literally translates to “snow fellow.” The Italians have pupazzo di neve and Spanish-speakers have muñeco de nieve , both of which literally translate to “snow puppet.” Over in Russia, they cover two genders with cнеговик ( snegovik , meaning “snowman”) and снежная баба ( snezhnaya baba, or “snow-woman,” sometimes translated as “snow grandmother”). In Japan, some people make 雪だるま ( yukidaruma ), which look a little different than the others. They’re usually made of only two segments, and may have been named after their resemblance to the daruma doll. Snow AngelsDraw two eyes going in a diagonal direction. Then draw the hat. The hat is slightly overlapping the top circle of the snowman.

Then paint the nose of the snowman with the #4 round brush and cadmium orange hue. Tip: add some titanium white to the orange to get better coverage. Tip: add a small amount of water to your blue to help with the flow and blending. Also, it is very helpful to not add too much paint to your brush. It’s harder to blend colors with your brush has too much paint loaded. Repeat for the top circle. Paint it white. Then blend a small amount of phthalo blue on the bottom of the circle for the shadow.

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Start with your 11 x 14 canvas in vertical mode. Load your 3/4″ flat wash brush in titanium white. Paint a circle in the upper right corner of the canvas. This circle should be about 4 inches in diameter. Use a white chalk pencil or and drawing utensil to draw the snowman. Draw three circles that slightly overlap each other and each circle is slightly smaller than the one below it.

Optional: add a very small amount of yellow to the far right of the circle and blend with the white. This very subtle amount of yellow will make it look like some of the light is reflecting on the snow. 7. Paint Hat Before this white dries, blend a small amount of phthalo blue on the bottom of the snowy area. Gently blend the blue up into the white so that it is lightest on top and slightly darker on the bottom. 3. Draw Lamppost Making a snow angel is as easy as falling down. All you have to do is lie down and move your arms up and down, and your legs side to side. When you get up again, it’ll look like a creature with wings fell in that spot. Then, paint the scarf. I used hooker’s green hue permanent mixed with a small amount of titanium white. Paint it so it slightly overlaps the bottom of the top circle and the top of the middle circle. Paint two wavy pieces on the left that look like they are blowing softly in the wind. Paint small white lines on the edges of the scarf. 8. Paint Wreath Lightly sketch a rectangular top and three lines for the two glass pieces. See sketch below for example.

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Add a small amount of phthalo blue to the tip of your brush and blend it in the bottom of the circle so the bottom of the circle has a shadow. Gently blend some blue on the bottom of the snow pile and blend it up. Only a small amount of blue is needed. 5. Draw Snowman Completely rinse and dry brush. Mix a very light blue on your palette (about 1 part phthalo blue and 5 parts titanium white). Paint the wreath. Use a #4 round brush and hookers green hue permanent to paint a small circle under the lamp. Gently blend that yellow around the white circle but keep the center of the circle bright and white. Paint in circular strokes blending that yellow outwards. You can add more white to your brush if needed to make that yellow lighter.