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Author: Marilyn_Speck_Ballard, Contributing Editor

When the trunks are completely dry, a liner brush helps to define the outlines and details of the rough-edged bark. This is especially good for Sycamore, Cottonwood, and Birch trees.

Leave highlights on the side of the tree where the source of light is coming from. Check resource pictures for texture and shading of snow, which is usually a blue or purple tone. Snow is not all white, and it reflects other colors, too. Add shadows of trees, etc, and any tracks of animals, people or birds, if you enjoy details.

A few winter stems of grass, leaves in the foreground, blown by the winter winds, and perhaps a small bird or two looking for a few seeds, will make your composition more interesting!

It’s hard for a watercolorist to know when to quit! :)

Don’t forget to sign your name, along with the date so that those who frame your cards will remember the year they received them.

Have fun, and enjoy your talent!

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Marilyn is a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University with B.A. degrees in Art and Elementary Education. She completed post-graduate studies in Art at Southeast Missouri University and Kansas University, qualifying to teach art K through 12. She is now a retired art teacher and Grandmother. Marilyn still teaches private classes in Watercolors, Acrylics, and Pottery, and enjoys participating in various art shows, and the Lake Saint Louis Art Association, Lake St. Louis, Missouri. Marilyn also paints for fun, friends, and a new web site, www.Artmsb.com. The farm and grandchildren are primary subjects of her paintings. Marilyn does the painting and her husband, Larry makes the frames. Good arrangement. She and Larry, are a team on their acreage outside St. Louis, where they also enjoy raising cattle, a couple of hay burners (horses), mole and guard dogs, and one terrific mouser-cat. The animals frequently appear in the Christmas card scenes. Hobbies include flower arranging, sewing, food preservation, jelly and wine making, gardening flowers,veggies and fruit trees, fishing, cooking, (yes, Larry cooks,too), and playing with grandkids.

E-Mail: msballard@centurytel.net Web Site: http://www.Artmsb.com

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B i o g r a p h y
	Marilyn is a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University with B.A. degrees in Art and Elementary Education. She completed post-graduate studies in Art at Southeast Missouri University and Kansas University, qualifying to teach art K through 12. She is now a retired art teacher and Grandmother. Marilyn still teaches private classes in Watercolors, Acrylics, and Pottery, and enjoys participating in various art shows, and the Lake Saint Louis Art Association, Lake St. Louis, Missouri. Marilyn also paints for fun, friends, and a new web site, www.Artmsb.com. The farm and grandchildren are primary subjects of her paintings. Marilyn does the painting and her husband, Larry makes the frames. Good arrangement. She and Larry, are a team on their acreage outside St. Louis, where they also enjoy raising cattle, a couple of hay burners (horses), mole and guard dogs, and one terrific mouser-cat. The animals frequently appear in the Christmas card scenes. Hobbies include flower arranging, sewing, food preservation, jelly and wine making, gardening flowers,veggies and fruit trees, fishing, cooking, (yes, Larry cooks,too), and playing with grandkids.

E-Mail: msballard@centurytel.net Web Site: http://www.Artmsb.com



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