It's Santaaa!

You Gotta Smile if you Paint Santa

To know me is to know that I adore Christmas and all the warm wonderful associations of the season  - from songs to Christmas cookies. Santa is a big part of Christmas; who doesn't feel like a kid again around Santa?

It's Santa  12 x 16 Oil

My friend knows Santa and arranged to have him "pose" for our art group one day. Aren't we so lucky? When I pulled into the studio parking lot, I met Santa in his full get-up: white beard, rosy cheeks, glasses, red suit trimmed with white fur. Big black boots, big black belt around a belly like jelly! Such a warm and wonderful Santa.

I really loved the hat and the way the red ribbon ended in that big white furry ball. I also loved Santa's face. He had bushy brows and bright blue eyes with pink cheeks, just like all the story books. He also had that teeny cherry lip pushing out from the white beard.

 The hardest part to paint was all the white! White fur was everywhere from the hat to the collar to the jacket trim and Santa's beard. The only color break in the white that I saw was the shadow between the beard (right side) and the collar. Also there was a bit of shadow from the mustache curls over the beard.

Santa painting was so much fun, a must for any artist this time of year. My art group is planning a December Art Exhibit next year, so look for a whole display of Santa's -what a wonderful idea!

I have to say that I especially loved this Santa's kind disposition. When given his "modeling money" from our group he asked to which charity we would like him to donate.We let him choose and his money is going to the Salvation Army. I love that Santa is a good person, paying it forward this season.

SANTA, I BELIEVE!

Happy Holidays!