Create Your Own Handpainted Victorian Christmas Tree Ornaments

Step 2. Paint The Roses

Put in the mid-tone range color and create the basic rose shape.
I usually create this color by mizing the darker color such as red with my highlight color of white. Once again this is the simplest way to paint a rose. If you want something more realistic paint it as you might for a painting.

Add int the darker shadow color. This means the darkest pigment of the color you've selected your rose to be. In this case red.

And yes it's kinda ugly at this stage.

Add the highlights Which in this instance is white.

Yup still ugly.

Finish and blend to add depth to your flower. Here's the part where you can fiddle around and make your rose as lifelike or simplas as you wish.

I'm a critter artist and not a painter at all so if I can pop out something vaguely resembling a rose with less than a minutes effort, so can you.

Step 3. Create A Bow With Ribbon And Wire

For the Pink Victorian Christmas Tree Ornaments featured on this page a 1" Pink ribbon was used. After tying the bow it was secured in place with a little bit of jewelers wire and then hot glued into place. One again use a little crumpled newspaper to hold ornament securely while the glue is drying.

Fill Ornament With Something Sparkly And Fective
*Colored tinsel
*Colored Tissue Paper
*Potpourri

NOTE: Be sure to fill only with lightweight stuffs as anything to heavy will make the hanger pull free from the ornament.

Paint A White Rose On Your Ornament
* Use a plain colored Christmas Ornament Ball and paint White Roses On them
* Fill The Clear Ball with something like potpourri