Painting our nursery mural | Mountain range and evergreens

Supplies used:
-Behr eggshell paints in colors: Jasper Stone, Cilantro, Dried Edamame, and Rookwood Jade
-Small cans of black and white paint to mix greys and more green shades
-Foam brushes, stiff short brushes, kitchen sponges, and cups of water
How we painted it:
00:07 - Background info and penciling our design on the walls
00:51 - Gaia & Papa checking in
01:11 - Taping plastic to the bottom trim
01:33 - Our reference photo of the North Cascades mountain range
01:39 - Paints we used
01:44 - Outlining the mountain tops with black
02:08 - Filling with a medium grey
02:21 - Blending the black and grey and adding lines to look like stone
02:31 - Using a light grey wash (water mixture) on a rag to blend & fade the medium grey into the existing wall color
02:44 - Wash on a rag method again to blend the lower ridgeline black/medium greys
02:53 - Using a foam brush to sponge white snowcaps on the mountaintops
03:02 - Using a stiff and a medium green to create trees
03:10 - Lucci is helping
03:19 - Using a stiff brush to outline some foreground in grey and dark green
03:37 - Adding highlighting and shading to the trees with light green on top of the branches and dark green underneath the branches
03:48 - Adding the sun with metallic yellow
03:50 - Using a red/orange wash (water mix) to blend the rays out into red tones at the end
04:10 - Blurring the edges of the sun with a foam brush so it doesn't look too solid
04:15 - Using a red/orange wash to create a glowy haze around the sun and mountaintops
04:26 - Artist signatures
04:33 - Using a kitchen sponge to fill it the foreground with a medium earthy green
04:46 - Midas is helping
04:50 - Final look and details
Starring:
Lucci the Bouvier des Flandres
Midas the Doberman Pinscher
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