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Acrylic Paint ing

Acrylic Paint ing. Tools, Tips and Techniques. Acrylic Paint Basics…. Hi s t ory. Developed in the late 1940s .

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Acrylic Paint ing

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  1. AcrylicPainting Tools, Tips andTechniques

  2. Acrylic PaintBasics… History Developed in the late 1940s. In the 1950's, the water-based acrylics were developed. They became popular in the 1960's when pop artists used them, such as Andy Warhol. Other art styles that explored this medium were photorealism and OpArt Andy Warhol-Portrait Your footerhere - 2

  3. Acrylic PaintBasics… Contents Acrylic paints are made from pigment, water and an acrylic binder, which forms a hard, clear film as the water evaporates. It is this transparent film, reflecting light from thepigment inside it, that gives acrylic color itsbrilliance. Acrylics are water-soluble, non-toxic, easy to clean, and dry quickly. They can be used opaque (no light shows through) eitherthrough thick paint application or by adding white.They can be diluted with water and painted so they are transparent (light showsthrough). Drawing and PaintingII - 3

  4. Acrylic PaintTools… Brushes Acrylic paintbrushes come in various shapes & sizes. Never use one brush size for an entire painting Drawing and PaintingI - 4

  5. UnderstandingPaintbrush Construction &Use A paintbrush is made up of three parts: Thehandle, the ferrule, and tuft (brush hairs orbristles). - 6

  6. Care of AcrylicBrushes • Always clean your brushimmediatelyafteruse. • If color has dried on the brush, itisruined. • Do not stand a brush on itshandle-will cause water to leak down into the ferrule, loosening the glue that holds the bristlestogether. • Never leave brushes standing on their bristles to dry- they will dry to thatshape. Drawing and PaintingII -

  7. Techniques ColorBlocking - • under-painting in large flat shapes to lay outcomposition. • After color blocking start painting details in thebackground (like the sky) and then paint the next ground when finished completely- work from the back to thefront. Keep itsimple… 13

  8. Techniques - Transparent(watercolor) • By thinning acrylics with water havesimilareffects of transparentwatercolor.

  9. Techniques - • Wet-on-Wet • mixing two wet colors/values of paint on canvasto • help blend/gradientcolors • Acrylics dry fast- to help keep paint moist, spritz with water to slow the drying process down. Drawing and PaintingII

  10. Techniques - Impasto • thick applied paint- usually done with a palletknife

  11. Techniques - HardEdge • Creating a clean, straight edge betweenobjects • (colors/values)

  12. Techniques - • Scumbling • The application of broken color; letting the color underneath to show through. • using a dry brush to create stippling or texture- Dip tips of dry brush in thin layer of paint and either pounce the brush on the canvas or sweep the brush across the canvas to create differenttextures.

  13. MixingNeutrals: - Instead of using black and brown out of the of thebottle you should mix them from Primarycolors. BLACK: about 90% base color and 10%complement • Warm black: start with red and addgreen • Cool black: start with blue and addorange BROWN: about 50% base color and 50%complement • Warm Brown: base is red and little lessgreen • CoolBrown: Base Blue and little lessorange 22

  14. HelpfulHints: - • : • START from the BACKGROUND and work your way forward. This will keep you from having to paint in between little details- its faster to work thisway!! • Diffuse edges (blend) with a dry brush by dabbinglightly. • Acrylics become darker in tone as they dry, so rememberto • allow for this effect when mixing yourcolors. • Acrylics are resistant to water once dry, which means they can be over-painted withoutdisturbingthe previouscolor. Once dry, colors cannot be dissolved with a dampbrush. 21

  15. PreliminaryWork: In your sketchbook try to replicate the picture of this pearusing the color blocking technique. First do a simplified color blocked underpainting focusing on value. Then do a slightly transparent (thin with water) top layer to smooth out your transitions. - v : 23

  16. Painting techniques to consider… Impasto ColorBlocking Wet-on-Wet Scumbling HardEdge Transparent

  17. ACRYLIC PAINTING STEPS

  18. Create Your Palette Color match photo reference and mix enough paint for entire painting

  19. SKETCH BASIC shapes onto canvas & BLOCK IN first layer (2 – 3 colors) • REMEMBER: • NO DETAILS AT THIS STAGE! • “WRAP PAINTING” background colors should extend onto all sides of canvas through entire process

  20. Add shadows THROUGHOUT • REMEMBER: • PAY ATTENTION TO BRUSH STROKES. Choose correct techniques: • Should you be using wet-on-wet to blend or dry brush to add texture? Both?

  21. Add highlights, mid-tones throughout • DIRECTION OF BRUSH STROKES MATTERS!

  22. Add more detail….and more detail…and more detail  Consider painting transparently on top layers, allowing under layers to show through. Also, use different size brushes.

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