Cardboard Christmas

i posted the scallop fence making info under "tips, tools and techniques"...

greetings to all...

here it is...after two coats of white primer, i went with a fine grain, craft sand finish followed by a couple of coats of paint...even tried a yellow snow base...something new for me...i'm trying to use a wider range of colors...thank goodness there are no rules...

still may add a little snow detail to the lower edge of the roof...might not put on any mica/glitter highlights...i kind of like this on the way it is...

when i do a house with blue windows again i will probably use a darker blue acetate or use a double layer...the blue i had wasn't dense enough and was almost washed out by my test light...

my very best regards...

howard...

GREAT PROJECT, Howard! Thanks for sharing. Don't eat the yellow snow, though.

right...don't eat yellow snow...one of my children already reminded me just yesterday...

for years and years i watched both the william alexander and bob ross painting programs on pbs...i learned alot from them, too...their only rule...that i can remember...no yellow or green snow...you can bet one of my next houses will have a green base...

howard...

Great work Howard......Beautiful house!

Gee, Howard, I used to watch Jon Gnagy, so I must be even older than you. Nothing "stuck," though.

Looks great Howard! Love the bright colors and blue windows!

I remember the Bob Ross show but how did you get the intensely bright yellow? Did you use lemon Jello?
That's the brightest "Yellow" snow that I ever saw!

FYI the Japanese in the 1930's had a number of lime green bases to their houses - they were sandy's and usually earlier paper label fuzzy window types but I have had some Hacienda types that I call the "Pastel Haciendas" with a similar lime green "yard". Hard to get ahead of those old Japanese! tkh

John Gnagy! I got one of his learn to draw sets one christmas! I remember a train track as a perspective tutorial, and drawing a great dane. Oh my, so long ago!

What a charming house! Thank you for sharing the step by step. Helps us beginners!