Acrylics
101 – Wrap Up


The
previous week I had a brush flip out of my hand and land on the sky part of my
canvas, when I wiped it off some of the sky came with it so I decided that I
would put my sun in that spot. With the same brush but clean, I picked up my
gesso (white) and a tiny touch of yellow to tint the white, then using the
corner side of my brush, starting in the area where I wanted the brightest
light to be, I made a series of small circles and worked my way out from the
center, lightening the pressure on my brush as I went. You may have to let it
dry and do it again if it isn’t bright enough.

I
had planned on putting in some closer trees in the painting but one of my
students requested some flowers and I liked the idea so I changed to a poppy
field instead. Again, starting in the distance on the back side of the road and
now using a #6 flat sable brush, I mixed orange, yellow and a touch of white to
make a light orange color. I put this on pretty solid in the distance because
and things go into the distance the 1. Are lighter/greyer in color, 2, they are
closer together, and 3, smaller and little to no detail depending on how far
away they are. These flowers are so far away all we can see is color and shapes
of color. I tapped this light color on up to the curve of the road in the back
with the corner of my sable brush being sure to overlap most of my taps. At the
curve on both sides of the road, I added more orange and yellow and still using
the corner of my brush and still tapping, I made slightly more distinct clumps,
leaving some of the background show through, but these are still just clumps of
color getting bigger and spaced more apart as they come forward.

To
finish the flowers you can add touches of yellow to some of the centers and
suggest some stems using some green with a bit of blue. Also you can add some
blue and purple in between the poppies to suggest other kinds of flowers.
Finish it out the way you want, you may have to look for some reference images
but don’t be afraid to experiment, this is how you learn.
There
was a lot we didn’t cover and I wish we would have had a bit more time on this
last painting but I do hope that you have been encouraged to continue painting
and exploring the world of acrylic painting. I hope to see you again in class.
Keep painting.
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