The location of this oval is about 2″ below the top edge of the canvas and 2″ to the right of the canvas.

Then draw an oval for the flamingo’e head. The height of the back goes a little bit above the mountains. Start at one point and go to the other point. Then draw a large curve for the arch of the flamingo’s back. These dots do not have to be exact but are helpful for drawing the flamingo’s body. Place the second point at 3.5″ up from the left edge of the canvas. One is at about 6.5″ from the left and about 3″ high. Start this drawing by making two marks on the canvas. If you are drawing this, use a pice of chalk to draw. Place a sheet of graphite paper below the template and trace the flamingo. If you are using the template, print it out and position it onto the canvas so the flamingo is in the lower left of the painting. Then drag the brush outwards for each of the palm fronds. Start out by painting thin lines for the middle of each of the palms. Start by painting two lines that start out a little thick at the base and then go thinner. Then use the same brush and color for the palm trees. Fill in the land with the dark color, being careful not to add any of this dark color in the water area. Then paint the uneven/wavy line all the way across. The highest peak on the left goes up about an inch above the horizon line. Then paint the island/land formation across the horizon line. This will make a very dark, almost black color. Use the #4 round brush to mix about equal parts green and purple together. Next, load hooker’s green hue onto your palette. You can add areas that are a little lighter and areas that are a little darker. Use the 3/4 flat brush to paint left and right strokes across the bottom area where the water is. You will need about 1 part cerulean blue and about 5-6 parts titanium white.

Gently blend the white/yellow up into the orange until there are no gaps left. It will turn very bright yellow because of the white! Blend this white on the bottom and up into the yellow. Next, load titanium white onto the brush. Then gradually add more yellow and stop so there is still a gap above the horizon line. This color, blended with the pink, will turn a vibrant orange. Paint this yellow so that it blends with the pink on the canvas. Then load the clean brush with cadmium yellow light. Rinse the brush off before going to the yellow because you may have some purple on the brush from blending. This is where the orange and yellow will be. There should be a gap of about 2-3 inches left under the pink. Go down about 2-3 more inches with this pink. Go down about 2-3 more inches with the violet and then stop. Paint left and right strokes with the deep violet and blend that with the blue. Next, without rinsing the brush, load deep violet onto the brush. Use the cerulean blue to paint across the canvas. Use the 3/4 wash brush to paint the sunset sky. Next, load your palette with the colors: cerulean blue, deep violet, medium magenta, cadmium yellow light and titanium white. This will be the horizon line in the painting! Use a t-square ruler to draw a horizontal line across the canvas. Then measure approximately 6″ from the bottom of the canvas. Position the canvas so that it is vertical.

Ligher wtih white flamingo