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Paint in textured angle strokes blending the colors on the canvas. Try not to over blend the colors to the point where they all turn the same solid color. Try to create some variations in the background where some areas are lighter, some darker.  \nPaint the tail  \nLoad your brush with one color and a little bit of white. Paint the tail stroking downwards blending the color with the white.  \nBlend in more white in the center so there is more white in the center of the tail. Add more of the color on the left and right of the tail so it is slightly darker on those sides. Or do the opposite and have more white on the edges of the tail.  \nPaint the fin  \nStart with more white and a little bit of another color so that the top part of the fin is lighter. Then blend more of the colors into the middle part of the fin. Paint in curved, contouring strokes. This is a very “flowing” part of the tail so make sure your strokes are “curved”. Try to get the top part of the fin to be lighter and have it blend to a darker bottom part of the tail. Make sure you also define the shape of the fin.  \nThis project is funded in part by local donations, and a federal Institute of Museum and Library Services and Technical Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the State Library of Ohio.  \nThen rinse brush and load it into just white. Paint white curved lines on the tail to create some of the fin texture. Start in the center under the curved top of the fin and paint a flowing white line to the bottom edge of the fin. Do several of these fin lines on each side.  \nPaint Splashes/ Tail Sparkles/ Bubbles Paint various sized dots on the tail.  \nPaint these dots in clusters and make some that are tiny and some that are slightly bigger. This adds to the “sparkle effect” on the tail. Then use the plastic end of the brush to dot small white circles all throughout the painting.  \nOptional: Use a toothbrush to splatter some small dots under the tail. Load a small amount of slightly watered down white on the brush and flick it with your finger to create the splatters.  \nAgain You can do this all throughout the canvas.  \nFinished  \nThat’s it! Sign your name and show it off!  \nTake a photo of your completed artwork to share with the library and the community.  \nShare your photo by tagging the library on Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube.  \n[https://www.facebook.com/smcpl/](https://www.facebook.com/smcpl/)  \n[https://www.instagram.com/smcplibrary/](https://www.instagram.com/smcplibrary/)  \n\\#smcplibrary \\#paintatailortale  \n[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO61b0pSTJi9NJ7Qv-sTV_Q](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO61b0pSTJi9NJ7Qv-sTV_Q)  \nYou can also e-mail a picture to: [stmaryshelp@seolibraries.org](stmaryshelp@seolibraries.org)  \n[Add the](Add the SUBJECT: Paint a Tail or Tale)[ SUBJECT:](Add the SUBJECT: Paint a Tail or Tale)[ Paint a Tail or Tale](Add the SUBJECT: Paint a Tail or Tale)  \nDraw or cut out and trace these shapes  \nDraw a seahorse and seaweed  \nFish shapes  \nAdvanced Example Tips  \nPaint in some seaweed  \nLoad your palette with green and white.  \nUse the brush to paint the seaweed. Alter the thickness of the stroke of the seaweed so it gets wider and then thinner. Change the amount of green and white you load on the brush so it varies.  \nPaint several types of seaweed. Some can be vertical and wavy. Some can have leaves on the sides of the lines. 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