Shades of Grey Christmas Trees
While flipping through the latest Pottery Barn catalog I was inspired by this photo of trees.
I already have the greatest Christmas Tree stencil by Old Sign Stencils.
I used it on this rustic Christmas Tree crate project recently.
This time I decided to experiment with the stencil and shades of grey.
I began by painting a thick plywood board with Raw Silk by Fusion Mineral Paint.
I added powdered paint texture to the paint then swirled the paint in circles to form a snow-like background for my painting.
When my board was dry I used the Christmas Tree stencil by Old Sign Stencils to stencil a background of coal black trees on the board.
I taped over the lettering on the stencil then centered it on the board.
I used Coal Black by Fusion Mineral Paint for the black background trees.
My next step was to choose a medium grey color from my samples of oops paint from Home Depot.
Fusion Mineral Paint also has several shades of grey in their collection.
I stenciled the medium grey trees then moved the stencil and did it again so I had double the amount of trees in the medium color.
I can honestly say I gasped out loud when I removed the stencil and saw what was happening on this plywood canvas.
The final step was the light grey trees. Again another oops paint.
I placed the lightest trees randomly so the artwork would have balance.
I'm in love with this stencil, it is so versatile, you can go from rustic crate to modern artwork.
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