Paint a Snowman Face

Let’s paint a snowman face! An easy step-by-step tutorial with a video link at the end so you can easily paint a snowman face yourself. Create signs, paint on fabric or have a paint party.

Let’s paint a snowman face! I love painting a snowman or snow woman, in various ways.  Here is a link to a full yet easy snowman to paint.

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Let’s get started…

I painted on wood scraps I had on hand but you can use small canvas, paper, or whatever your heart desires.  A full list of supplies is shown below.

Base Paint the Background

Base paint the surface with Sky Blue, though any light blue will work.  Any color you want will work other than white for obvious reasons.

Paint the Snowman head

Tap on the white paint in a circular pattern using the scruffy brush, as if the snowman is peeking in from the side.

Draw Snowman Face

The snowman’s face is simply a couple of ovals for his eyes and a triangle for his nose. You can change this up to round eyes or a wider nose. This is your snowman so change it up all you like.

You can sketch on his hat, in this case, I wanted it to look like an upturned bucket.  Double load the #12 flat brush with black and some white and blend it a bit then stroke it on the surface in horizontal lines.

Don’t worry about being perfect.

Fill In The Bucket hat

Fill it all in and blend the colors more by stroking back over it.  Add a couple of lighter lines with the chisel edge of you brush to be the ridges on the bucket.

If at any time your are confused about brush types or strokes please see this post: Basic Brush Strokes

Line Work & Eyes

With a liner paint the handle of the bucket in a mix of black and white paint.
I decided my bucket was much too dark and added in some streaky white to lighten it, then added some darker lines with the chisel edge of the brush for the bottom edge and along the one ridge where the handle meets the bucket.
His eyes are just little black ovals.

Paint a Snowman Carrot Nose

His carrot nose is stroked on in orange, the edges are rough and not a straight line.  Add come diluted white streaks and the burnt umber lines in inky paint with the script liner.  It just gives his carroty nose some character.

Frost and Snowflakes

Add a bit of frost to the bucket and handle with the small scruffy brush and white paint tapped on.
For the final touch, add some snowflakes…

Supplies:
DecoArt Americana Paints
Tangelo Orange
Titanium White
Primary Red
FolkArt Paints
Licorice
Burnt Umber
Sky Blue

Brushes:
Donna Dewberry One Stroke Brush set
Note: the set linked to above has a script liner in it, I am just so ham handed I need a much skinnier one so I linked to the skinnier one below but you could do just fine with the one in the Donna Dewberry set.  The flat brushes you will need are also in the set above.
Liner brush
Brush Caddy

https://youtu.be/aS00oWieHRU

Happy Painting!

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