Acrylic Painting: How to Paint Loose Flowers on a Large Canvas Step by Step!

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Free Online Course: Acrylic Painting: How to Paint Loose Flowers on a Large Canvas Step by Step! provided by Skillshare is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1-2 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Acrylic Painting: How to Paint Loose Flowers on a Large Canvas Step by Step! is taught by Elle Byers.

Overview
  • In this class I’m going to teach you how I painted these large, loose flowers on canvas with acrylic paint step by step!

    Here are the supplies I used for this painting.

    Paint Colors I used (I used Golden Fluid Acrylics)**  see below for other paint options
    Turquoise Phthalo 
    Hansa Yellow Medium 
    Quinacridone Red 
    Titanium White 
    Teal 
    Carbon Black 

    30 x 30 inch canvas
    Paint palette  or paper plate
    Flat paint brushes (2-½ inch, 1-½ inch, and 1 inch)
    water to clean brushes
    paper towels

    If you create a painting inspired by this class, you can share it here on Skillshare by clicking the “Projects & Resources” tab under the video and then by clicking on “Create Project.”

    You can also tag me on Instagram @ellebyersart and use the hashtag #modernabstractflowers so I can see your beautiful work!

    **Golden paints can be expensive.  If you are looking for a good student grade acrylic you might try Liquitex Basics.  A good palette to start with would be Primary Red, Primary Yellow, Phthalo Blue, Light Blue Permanent, White, and Black.

    If you are brand new to painting you might want to start with my beginner level class, Easy Abstract Flowers https://skl.sh/2J8iAUw.

    You can find all of my Skillshare classes here:
    https://www.skillshare.com/user/ellebyers 

    You can also find me here:

    www.ellebyers.com
    www.instagram.com/ellebyersart
    www.pinterest.com/ellebyersart

     


     



Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Color Mixing & Brushwork
    • Cover the Canvas with Warm Colors
    • Plot Your Composition
    • Layer Flowers 1
    • Add More Blue & Green
    • Layering flowers 2
    • Layer Flowers 3
    • Finish Flowers 4
    • Finishing Touches