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  1. Easy Cactus Painting “Desert Golden Hour” - Step B…

    For this background, I used a 3/4” flat wash brush and the colors: titanium white, medium magenta and primary yellow. First mix about 2 parts magenta and one part white to soften the magenta up a bit. Position your canvas in the vertical/ portrait mode. Start at the top of your canvas and paint left and right full width horizontal strokes. Go about...

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    Next paint the mountain! Completely rinse and dry the 3/4” wash brush. Then on your palette mix white with a little bit of black so that you create a very light gray. I’d say about 1 part black to 4 parts white should work! Then use the tip of your 3/4” flat wash brush to paint an uneven mountain line. Mine started out lower on the left and got sli...

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    To do the clouds, I used just the color titanium white and I used a 12 bright brush. Load just a bit of white on the very tip of the 12 bright. Then sort of stamp the brush to form the top of the cloud. These clouds are not large and puffy, they are flat and sort of stretched out. Then you can take your finger and sort of blend downwards so the bas...

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    Ensure everything is dry before continuing! To do the saquaro, I actually sketched the shape out with a #4 round brush and the deep green permanent color. If you are not feeling as confident in painting the outline, you can use chalk first to draw the outline of the saguaro. This saguaro is very tall and goes up well into the darker pink area of th...

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    The prickly pear has different shades of green to make it stand out against the saguaro. I used bright aqua green, titanium white and some deep green permanent. First draw out the base of the prickly pear with just bright aqua green. Fill that in solid with the bright aqua green. I recommend using your 12 bright for this but if you feel more comfor...

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