I decorated our home for Christmas over Thanksgiving weekend. After we got the tree up and the mantel decorated, it seemed like a new painting would finish off the look completely. So I spent the better part of this week creating a new piece called “O Christmas Tree.” Below are photos of my progress.

I began with several sketches, keeping in mind that our Christmas tree would be placed to the left of this painting.

After I sketched my design on the canvas, I began painting the sky. I paint the sky in stripes of blue shades, lightest being at the horizon line. Then I blend them with a large brush.

Next I began the "snowy" hills. Keep in mind that this is a stylized painting, and that my decor is full of pinks and purples.
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