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Christmas Painting

My old teacher friends and I went to Painting with a Twist. I went that one time with my mother's church group, but this was much better. The guy actually instructed us on how to paint the picture. I chose to use blues. The one he did was gold.
The background. the white chalk line you see is the outline for the tree.
 
The finished product! It was the easiest painting ever. The tree is just dots that you create using the bottom of a paintbrush. We used a larger one for the big dots and a smaller one for the others.
Katie and I
















Everyone's finished product. I'd love to paint a very large one for above the fireplace. I love the green background with red dots.

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