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INSTRUCTIONS FOR INDIAN RIVER ESTATES, MAY 3, 2024 Poinciana Note: Paint amounts for mixing - largest dollop to smallest dollop. Light is coming from the left, so highlights will be on that side. This must be determined in all paintings at the beginning of the project. 1. Basecoat - White  & Blue 2. Horizon Line - White, green & black 3. Sky - White & blue, darker at top 4. Water - White & blue, with drop of red (if too bright add drop of brown or black 5.  Trees in horizon - White, Green & black 6. Pathway - White, yellow ochre and brown. Add purple for shadows 7. Basecoat of shrubbery in foreground - green & black.  Use this color too paint shapes of shrubbery, grasses and palm fronds. 8. Mid-tones. of greenery - Green with a little yellow 9. Mid-tones of greenery - Green, yellow, white 10. Tree trunks - Brown, white & black. On poinciana, branch out from the basic trunk. Flowers will be painted later. 11. Highlights (coming from left side) -  White, brown