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Welcome To Acrylic Painting For Beginners
If you want a complete, no fluff, acrylic painting course then this is it! It's suited for complete beginners that want to dive into the wonderful world of acrylic painting.
We will start at the very beginning and work our way through all the basic skills like brushwork mechanics and how to apply acrylics to achieve the best fluid strokes.
Then we will take it a step further by learn valuable color mixing theories, how to use values and end with light on form painting techniques.
It cuts right to the chase! Each lesson is condensed and carefully planned so that you can ease into the lesson with getting confused or overwhelmed.
If you get stuck I'm here to help. Just leave a comment and I'll answer within 24 hours.
What you will learn
- Learn how to use the brush and apply acrylics properly to get the best fluid strokes
- Get familiar with applying acrylics by learning a variety of gradation techniques
- Dive into the wonderful world of color and learn how to mix beautiful hues, shades and tints.
- Learn how to manipulate chroma, saturation and intensity
- Discover how value impacts your shapes, forms and subjects.
- Learn value hierarchy which is the key to painting believable artwork
- Practice value and color mixing techniques by painting geometric forms
- Lastly, learn light on form and how it influences color and value
- And so much more...
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Easy Acrylic Painting Ideas
How To Blend Traditional And Contemporary Color Theories With Acrylics
Add Value To Your Art - Basic Acrylic Painting Fundamentals
Acrylic Seascape Painting - Basic Fundamental Demonstration
Abstract Acrylic Cow Painting
Abstract Flowers With Acrylic & Collage
Expressive Flower Demo With Acrylic & Collage
Acrylic Painting Essentials For Beginners With Easy Step-By-Step Project (old beginner course)
Overview
Syllabus
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- Introduction
- How To Use The Platform
- Quick Start Material Supplies
- Acrylic Facts
- Setting Up Workspace
- Brush Anatomy
- Four Common Brush Grips
- How To Prepare & Apply Paint
- Exploring Brushstroke Mechanics
- Painting Mechanics
- Cutting-In Brushwork Mechanics
- Brushwork Mechanics For Curved Shapes
- Two Common Mixing Methods
- Blended Gradation
- Non Blended Gradation
- Blended On Paper Gradation
- Lines And Dots
- Done Gradation With Blended Dots
- Palette Hues & Management
- Color Mixing Basics
- How To Tint Hues Using White
- How To Tint Hues Within Color Family
- How To Shade Hues
- How To Shade Hues Using Hue Family
- Chroma, Saturation & Intensity
- Use Complimentary To Desaturate Hues
- Color Harmony Basics
- Seeing Value
- How To Mix Gray
- Five Value Scale
- How To Use Gray To Shade
- The Power Of Value
- Shapes And Forms
- Cool Gray Cube Demo
- Warm Gray Cube Demo
- Low Key Demo
- High Key Demo
- High Chroma Cube Demo
- Low Chroma Cube Demo
- Circle To Sphere
- Sphere With Low Chroma Green
- High And Low Chroma Pyramid
- High And Low Chroma Tube Demo
- Positive & Negative Space Painting
- Layering Basics
- Leftovers
- Introduction To Light On Form
- Separate Light & Shadow
- Separate Light & Shadow Demo
- Complex Light On Form With Grayscale
- Small Light Box Construction
- Local Color Introduction
- Colorful Blocks Project With Lay-in
- Colorful Blocks Project With Block-in
- Colorful Blocks Project With Block-in Continued
- Colorful Blocks Project With Final Layer
- Apple And Blocks With Lay-in
- Apple And Blocks With Final Layers
- Workflow
- Final Landscape Project Layout and Block-in
- Final Landscape Project Finish
- Final Thoughts & Assignments