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- I'm going to start
on the background now.

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I'm literally going to
just paint in all around

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and in-between anywhere
I'm seeing plain wood.

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As for my color choice,
this is so strong and bold

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that I know I want
something somewhat neutral

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in the background.

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This could be very pretty, this mint,

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or this Naples yellow,
almost a buttery yellow.

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I think I'm gonna start with this and see.

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I usually don't end up with
the very first background

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that I put down.

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Usually add to it and that's fine.

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Getting in some little spots
there with this soft brush.

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Don't feel you have to stick
with what you start with,

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it's just nice, it's a good starting point

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just sort of start with the
opposite of your flowers

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were all very soft,

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then you could use a nice
strong contrasting back.

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I like to at least start with the opposite

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of what my palette is, strong or soft.

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If you go over the line,

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you can just use your finger
to wipe it up a little.

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Again, we can still use pen one more time

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when we're final, final
cleanup and embellishing.

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When I have a lot on my
brush, I start in an area

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of course that has a lot of space.

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Allows me to be faster.

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Then as it starts to,

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I start to use up what I put on my brush,

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I'll start then squeezing into these areas

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with more of a dry brush.

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I'm putting this on pretty thickly,

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I like the brush strokes showing.

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It will soak into the wood,
the paint, but I'm not worried

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about having it be a smooth texture here,

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I like the interest.

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Of course I could switch
to a smaller brush as well.

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I find I make less mistakes

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when I'm brushing away from
my design instead of into it

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and risk less about having
to wipe up or clean up.

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Set it down right near my,
paint it and then pull away.

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Just gonna continue to use
this on the big open spaces

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and then I will switch my brush.

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Got a little carried away
there, moving quickly.

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Okay, I think I've got the big spaces,

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I'm gonna switch to the smaller brush

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with the finer point that I can control.

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Using a dry brush so the
color is going on quite evenly

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as opposed to if I was
dipping it in water,

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certain areas might be
much more watered dow

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and then look more like a
stain on the plain wood.

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I like a dry brush at this stage.

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I think so, I'm not seeing anything.

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If I do, I can always
come back in, of course.

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So once I've done this,
I'm gonna actually analyze

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the color a little bit that
I chose and see what I think

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because I could still add
another color or more interest.

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I'm really liking the color combination,

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the background with the center flowers.

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However, it seems a little flat to me,

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seems a little bit like it's
laying on top of the flowers

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instead of mixing with them,

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so I'm gonna grab my ball point again

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and I'm gonna go ahead and
just make some very small marks

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in the background in the open space

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and just kind of try to
tie the elements together.

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Since we used the pen on
the original focal point,

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adding it to the background
will tie it in together.

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It's very subtle, there's
no real rhyme or reason

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where I'm going,

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I'm just putting a little
bit kind of in a lot of areas

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to just kind of bridge the gap

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between the drawing the center
flowers and the background.

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I think it does it really nicely,

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just a little unexpected
touch of interest and detail.

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And then another trick that I'll do,

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because that's great but
it's still not enough,

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it's still pretty separate,

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is I'll take the color I was using

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which is still on my brush

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and I'll take a little
bit lighter like a cream

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and I'm gonna try doing
just some stripes down here

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on the bottom area because I
wanna weight down the bottom.

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This design is heavy here

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and I just wanna kinda give it a base,

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some structure down here

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and see if that does it,

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see if that then makes it feel finished.

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I'm just going, I guess I'll go up

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to where my design stops
here, runs into the design.

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These are not perfect lines,

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it's imperfect paint application too,

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it's all intentional to
just kind of soften it

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when I run out of paint
like I just did here,

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I let it, that's perfect.

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It's perfect blending.

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So now I'm gonna look at it
and just kind of analyze it

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and I like everything except
for how far I went up here,

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so I'm just gonna get this a tiny bit wet,

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pick up some of the paint, I'll
wipe it with a paper towel,

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which will lift that off and give me more

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of that natural blend
like I had on this side.

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I got a little here

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so I'm just gonna get it a little more wet

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to pick that back up that
yellow that I rubbed on there.

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Sometimes it's,

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I shouldn't have rubbed down here,

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I should have patted so that
I wouldn't have disturbed that

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but it's fine now.

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You have a little bit of time

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with acrylic to erase with water.

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Okay, and now I'm gonna take a look at it

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and I am pleased with the background.

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Oh I see a little bit where
it was showing through,

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so I'm gonna take just my
finger and kinda add just some

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where the strokes were a little strong

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and kind of fighting
with the design there,

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it looked like to me from my angle.

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And now I'm gonna look at
it again and I'm pleased.

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I'm pleased with this very
subtle stripping down here,

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it just adds some weight here.

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I really like the flowers
and my little lines,

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I could do a tiny bit more
just to blend all these,

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the stripes, the flowers and the pen work.

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And I am ready for the
final step: embellishing.