paint schedule for pine tree

[cmt]

Making an artificial pine Tree for a mtn lion piece and looking for suggestions on painting. Thanks for all the help. Roy

[TMALONE]

I paint fake pine limbs a lot, I paint them with dark brown tempera paint I get at Hobby Lobby.  It's actually kinda rusty  brown and matches most pines pretty good.  I add tempera paint to the mache, apply to limb base, imprint bark texture with silicone molds.  After it mostly is dry I sponge more paint kinda blotchy on the limb. I will then paint some tempera black in crevices.