Then I add the white and gold to make highlights and add a bit of pizazz in the stripes of the stocking cap.
Easy St. Patrick’s Day Gnome Painting Tutorial with Template
In this easy step-by-step painting tutorial, learn how to paint a St. Patrick’s Day Gnome using acrylic paints. I even have a free printable template, so you don’t have to draw a thing!
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I have painted this lucky guy a few times now, and it is always fun! There are just so many ways to customize it! This lesson walks you through a pretty simple version which leaves you lots of room to get creative.
Grab your kids, grandkids, or throw a fun girls’ night and have fun adding a cute saying, rainbow, a pot of gold, or all three to this St. Patricks’ Day craft project.
There is nothing neat or perfect about the painting style, so let loose and have fun together!
Materials Mentioned
- 11×14 canvas or canvas board
- Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint in Pumpkin Orange, Sunkissed Peach
- Craft Smart acrylic paint in Turquoise, Apple Tart
- DecoArt Acrylic Craft Paint in Sour Apple, Black, White, Festive Green, Metalic Gold
- Large Round Brush
- Detail Brush Set
- Acrylic Paint Pens in Black and White
- Metallic Gold Paint Pen
- St. Patrick’s Day Gnome template
Begin with tracing your gnome onto your painting surface. Grab the St. Patrick’s Day Gnome template HERE. If you print it off on a standard 8.5×11 sheet, it will fit an 11×14 canvas with lots of space for all those extra additions you might add.
Use graphite paper to transfer an outline onto the surface. You don’t have to be exact since the paint will be covering it. I go more in-depth on how to do this HERE.
Then draw over your outline with Sharpie so the lines don’t get lost as we start painting.
Paint the Background
The first thing to paint is the background. Any large brush will do as long as you can load it up with enough paint, so it glides nicely during your application and fills all those grooves in the canvas.
When painting, bring your paint right up to the black outline. I admit I don’t like it to look like the color just stops right at the line and overlap it a little, but try not to be too messy. In the next step, I will show you how to cover the overlap.
I chose to use a white and turquoise blue blend to paint my sky. I like the texture created when I load my brush with two colors. You want some variation.
Like the sky, I grab two greens to blend together on the canvas for my grassy ground.
Once I had a base layer on, I decided to blend in dark green towards the bottom and under the gnome as a shadow. I made sure the first coat of paints was all still wet so I could blend a smooth transition. It didn’t take much paint to make a difference.
Don’t be afraid to play with your colors, and blend and mix right on your canvas. It’s much more fun to look at with all the variations of color in it than just a solid color.
Be creative and make it your own.
My sky needed a second coat of paint. I kind of had that feeling when I was applying the first layer. But, in contrast to my suggestion for blending paint colors on your canvas, you have to use thin coats of paint when trying to get opaque coverage. If you keep adding more and more paint all at once, you will end up with a gloppy mess.
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Are you feeling the luck of the Irish? This adorable leprechaun has a green hat, his nice fluffy orange beard, and of course, has been outside looking for clovers. Perfect for a St. Patrick’s Day paint party.
Estimated time to complete painting: 80 to 90 minutes
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