Candy Canes And Reindeer Holiday Designs

Candy Cane Reindeer Flag - Amazon

Candy Canes and Reindeer combine beautifully in this Holiday design image. 

In Holiday window decorating certain elements can be combined to make wonderful artwork for painting on glass. 

In this image I would recreate the reindeer in my own way. It has some really sweet elements to it. We can't copy it exactly but we can use it to inspire some great designs of our own.

Lifting the candy cane stripe design ornaments and using them on windows that may be too small for any other image, you can dress even small window panes with great holiday artwork. The snowflake design gives a good base to build snowflakes of our own. I like the heart image centered in it.

This is a very cute image!

 For more info on holiday window painting see: So, You Want To Paint Holiday Windows? on Hubpages

What other elements do you see in this Holiday design that may be adapted and used for window painting?

Traditional Holiday Art Designs And Fluorescent Tempera

Create A Collection Of Holiday Art Designs!

Poinsettia Designs - 2007

When the Holiday season rolls upon us in full force, my fellow artists and the curious, do you have a collection of drawings or photos to pull design ideas from for window decorating? 

Create a sampler book using the traditional shapes and images from the holiday designs that are so dear to our hearts.

My standard design theme over the past few seasons has been poinsettias and candles. These evolve year after year into wonderful adaptations. I am an artist with styles that are cartoon-like to semi-realistic. I haven't been properly schooled in the art terms, but I paint what I paint. 

There are moments I have scheduled my paint box for an appointment and I am not sure what it is I will be painting. Thankfully I have my standard design images. Created long ago when I started learning how to do these art projects I sat down and did dozens of pencil sketches. The window will inspire me to pull in and arrange these delightful images. When the design comes around and I am ready to sketch in the elements, there is usually a nice giggle involved with it. Sometimes there is an inside joke. Mostly they are a testimony of how beautiful this time of year is.

Christmas Art- Poinsettia In Fluorescent

Holiday Window Designs 2012 ~ Image: M Burgess

My 2012  Christmas Poinsettias are shown here.

I chose fluorescent tempera paints to create a vivid image with the flower petals of this poinsettia. The brush strokes add the touches I needed to give it shape and form. With this design, there is no need to do anything more but outline it.

Fluorescent colors can add some very nice touches for highlighting and blending in images that are round in contour. Use them to outline, too.

Keeping in the tradition of the Holidays, try to stay as close to the basic colors as possible but be creative!

Happy Holidays!

For More See: So, You Want to Paint Holiday Windows?

What is your favorite holiday decoration design?

Quality Paint Brush Sets

Quality Paint Brush sets are a must have for any Holiday Window Artist.

Painting on glass requires a smooth flowing paint stroke. 

The better the quality the more reliable these needed tools will be and the longer you will have them.

Higher quality paintbrushes stand up to their work better and tend not to loose bristles. A cheap brush will leave hairs all over you work, so take the time to select a good set. The smoother the brush the more fluid your lines will be. A softer bristle is composed of sable or squirrel hair. If you do want a rougher stroke for texture and effect a common 2" paint brush will do great. 

In the set you set above right, there are several different brushes. The ones I use most are the Liner brush , lettering quills, and the fan brush. You see the 2" brushes are stained in the color I use them with. This is important. Dedicating a brush to certain color shades prevents paint from bleeding in and ruining a light color such as white or yellow. It also will keep your greens or reds from being muddied.

Take good care of these tools and they will last you for years. Read more....