How to Paint a Weeping Willow

Start by mixing your paints., Paint the grass, leaving a tiny white hole in the middle., Paint the trunk, from the white hole, upwards, like a firework., Now, for the leaves.

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Start by mixing your paints.

    For the weeping willow, we need a light, but not lime, green.

    So, mix yellow and blue until you get dark green, then add a quarter of a teaspoon of yellow.

    Then mix brown and white together until you get a grey, then add half a teaspoon of red.

    You will now have brown.

    Mix a darker green.

    Blue and Yellow.

    And a light blue, dark blue mixed with a quarter teaspoon of white.
  2. Step 2: Paint the grass

    Like in the picture.

    The grass should be a flat rectangle, and then, with a smaller brush, tiny flecks over the top, like a green, shaggy rug. , And then, when at the top, off comes the sparks.

    Paint quick, detailed lines around 4–5 centimeter (1.6–2.0 in) long every time.

    These are the branches, curve them downwards. , Detailed flecks of green, all up the branch, perhaps one or two floating to the ground in the wind.

    Finished!
  3. Step 3: leaving a tiny white hole in the middle.

  4. Step 4: Paint the trunk

  5. Step 5: from the white hole

  6. Step 6: upwards

  7. Step 7: like a firework.

  8. Step 8: for the leaves.

Detailed Guide

For the weeping willow, we need a light, but not lime, green.

So, mix yellow and blue until you get dark green, then add a quarter of a teaspoon of yellow.

Then mix brown and white together until you get a grey, then add half a teaspoon of red.

You will now have brown.

Mix a darker green.

Blue and Yellow.

And a light blue, dark blue mixed with a quarter teaspoon of white.

Like in the picture.

The grass should be a flat rectangle, and then, with a smaller brush, tiny flecks over the top, like a green, shaggy rug. , And then, when at the top, off comes the sparks.

Paint quick, detailed lines around 4–5 centimeter (1.6–2.0 in) long every time.

These are the branches, curve them downwards. , Detailed flecks of green, all up the branch, perhaps one or two floating to the ground in the wind.

Finished!

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