My son and daughter-in-law pre-painted the room in this lovely shade of lavender to serve as a soft backdrop for the cacti (so weird to use the word cacti….LOL).
I then returned to each of those same leaves and added the greens. I used a light pale green first….and then very freely swiped on a bit of bold green and finally turquoise.
To see exactly which colors I used, check out my blog (linked below)!
Every unpainted leaf….the other 50% that I didn’t blend with the colors above….I filled in completely with the lightest green.
You can see my little helper, Kinsey, above. She watched me paint all day….and just before bed she asked to help! So I let her help me paint a few of the remaining unpainted cactus leaves. Isn’t she precious???
You can see in the picture above…that I highlighted each light green leaf with a magenta and a bit of white.
And lastly….I added these cactus blossoms randomly throughout the design. I filled in the tiny unopened blossom with the magenta color and then colored in the actual blossom with two pinks. I shadowed the base of the blossom with amethyst.
And now the room is prepped and ready to finish for my sweet new grand baby.
Take a look at the my full blog post (link below) for more photos a detailed list of the specific Dixie Belle paint colors used!
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