![]() Paint the front part of the hair as well that kind of spikes forward and overlaps the back ear.įor touch ups, I painted more light gray on the inner part of the ear so that it kind of spirals. But I also added pure titanium white and this created some variation in the the white of the zebra.ĭo the white part of the hair the same way you did the black part of the hair. I decided to make a very light gray and painted the white part with that very light gray. You can do the white all solid titanium white or mix a little gray to get some variation. You want the paint stroke to sort of fade out and run dry. Add a little black to the brush and stroke very fast starting from the back and going at an angle. Paint The Hairįor the hair, I recommend using your round brush. Tip: you can have your stripes go off the sides of the canvas too! 7. Then outline the outer part of the ears black. Use that same medium gray to paint the inside of the ears. Then paint the bottom part with just black. Paint the top part of the muzzle with this gray. On your palette, mix black and white until you get a dark – medium gray. The muzzle is gray on the top and black under the mouth. Paint the inside circle of the eye, leaving the white dot unpainted. If you need your black paint to flow a little better, add some water to your brush and swirl it into the black paint.įor the eye I used a 3/0 spotter brush because this is a smaller more detailed area. Pay attention to how some stripes have thin and thick areas. Paint the sides of the canvas as well!įor the zebra stripes, I used a #4 round brush and mars black. Go back in your background and do touch ups as needed. Be very careful with this color because it is dark and strong! Go almost all the way up the canvas with this pink. Then rinse or wipe off brush and add just neon pink. Create the next row of color with this orange color. ![]() Then blend a little neon pink so that it turns orange. You will need to rinse the blue off your brush when you want that yellow to be a pure yellow. If you need to get into smaller areas, use your 12 bright brush (a smaller flat brush).Ĭontinue working your way up the canvas adding new colors and blending. Blend that into the blue for the next row of color. Then load your brush with some neon yellow so that it turns into a bright green color. Start at the bottom and apply about an inch to two inches of the light blue permanent. Use both a 3/4” flat brush and a 12 bright brush. Load your palette with neon pink, neon yellow, light blue permanent and deep violet. If you do not have graphite paper, you can apply pencil on the back of the traceable and then trace it over the canvas. Or you can use my traceable and a sheet of graphite paper. You can lightly draw the zebra with pencil onto the canvas. To get the PDF, visit my Traceable Library. You can also resize this for any canvas size by using the FABULOUS online software Rapid Resizer. Print this on standard size 8.5” x 11” paper and tape together to create the size that will fit on a 11” x 14”. If you are doing this with craft paints, I suggest the following colors: Note: if you do not have or do not want to use neon paint, substitute neon pink for medium magenta and neon yellow for primary yellow. Project Type: Acrylic Painting / Category: Animals Color Palette
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