Winter Paintings

It's beginning to look a lot like WINTER in these parts of the Inland Northwest. I am sad to see fall go, but I enjoy the beauty of winter as well. This week, Derwent Academy and Xyron have united to display the wonderful paint supplies from Derwent Academy.  

• Derwent Academy Acrylic Paints 24 pack
• Derwent Academy Heavyweight Acrylic Paper Pad, 24 sheets, 9" x 12"
• Derwent Academy Stretched Canvas, 8" x 10", 2 pack
• Derwent Academy Artist Brush Set, 8 pack
• Derwent Academy Paint Palette, 10 Wells

It's been years since I have painted on canvas so I was excited to focus on those instead of the paper pad. 

My first painting kept me on edge, I wasn't sure if I liked it or not so I ended up doing two paintings and ultimately decided to use both for this post. 

For the first painting I wanted it to be a blue night winter scene. 

I didn't really have a goal in mind other than trees, a blue sky, and perhaps a river. 

I had to hold it up to see where I was at and what I wanted to change or add.  

 Then I moved onto the next painting.

Again I wanted a night scene. After drying the sky, I added some stars. Stars can be done several ways, but I prefer to water down some white Derwent Academy Acrylic Paints and flick it on with a fan brush.  

 Next I added in some moon light to the little pond. 

Once my paintings were done and drying, I decided to make some black frames for them. I used my Teresa Collins Mega Runner by Xyron® to assemble the frame so my cardstock would not warp with glue. 

But the black frames looked to plain so I designed two flourishes in Silhouette Studios.

Next I ran the snowflakes and deer through my Xyron Creative Station®. I ran the snowflakes through on each side so that I could add glitter to the right side up and adhere to the bottom piece flourish as well.   

 The glitter stuck like a charm! 

Finally I assembled and adhered the flourishes to the frames to complete the project. 

Finished Project: 

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Materials Used: 

• Die Cut Machine
• Silhouette Cameo 3
• Silhouette Studio-Designer Edition
• Silhouette Design Store
• Snowflake
• Design ID 69810
• Design ID 69812
• Design ID 69813
• Deer
• Design ID 94261
• Flourish Set
• Design ID 73853

• Adhesive
• Xyron Creative Station®  
• Xyron® 9” Creative Station™ Home Permanent Refill cartridge
• Teresa Collins Mega Runner by Xyron®
• Derwent Academy 
• Derwent Academy Acrylic Paints 24 pack
• Derwent Academy Stretched Canvas, 8" x 10", 2 pack
• Derwent Academy Artist Brush Set, 8 pack
• Derwent Academy Paint Palette, 10 Wells
• Extras
• Darice Heat Tool

FTC disclaimer: I received some of these products for free but was not compensated for writing this post. To view my complete disclaimer, click here.