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NORTHERN LIGHTS

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*palette I used: myartscape

Using a large paint brush, paint your entire canvas black. When finished, rinse brush immediately with soap and water.
Set aside painting for at least 24 hours.
After canvas is completely dry, squeeze out a fair amount of each color on your paint palette. With a small brush, create three lines using the color titanium white as shown in the oil painting above.
Using the same brush, mix together Prussian blue and a little bit of Titanium white until well combined. When you are satisfied with the color, take the paintbrush and paint in up and down strokes above the white line. Do the same with all three white lines.
Again with the same paintbrush, on your palette mix the colors Cobalt blue, Cerulean Blue, and Titanium White. Between the colors Prussian Blue and Titanium White, paint in up and down strokes.
Grab a dry medium size brush and lift up all the way through. This technique will help blend the colors.
To paint the mountain, start by creating the border of the mountain using white.
Using the grab and pull method this will remove the excess paint.
With a small paintbrush or palette knife, get the paint right on the edge of the knife. Add snow to the mountain by gently placing the brush on the mountain.
Paint shadows on the mountain by mixing Prussian Blue and a little bit of Titanium White. With no pressure, let the brush caress on the canvas. Repeat this step until the mountain is covered with snow.
Let the oil painting dry for two days. Woohoo your painting is finished!