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Christmas Cactus oil painting example.

The beautiful Christmas Cactus. Here are some great oil painting tips, especially as this is a subject for the Holidays! This piece was already in it's final color stages, but it's so beautiful, a Christmas Cactus Bloom with just the right red!

Here are some close up shots of the color layer.

Applying paint, mostly light colors, to the pedals, then subsequent blending with the large mop brush.

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Applying paint to some of the pedals and then blending.

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After much contemplation, something was not right with the piece. I then went to my favorite art forum, and got a little advice. The suggestion was to glaze up the greens, which I did. And this piece is now off to the Gallery.

What do you think! Email me your comments or suggestions!

Email: Delmus@easy-oil-painting-techniques.org
Applying the paint, and using the large mop brush to blend it out.

Here's the large mop with some excess paint left on from the blending.

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Here's the completed work!

Christmas flowering Cactus

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