Secrets of Acrylic - Landscapes Start to Finish (Essential Artist Techniques)

Secrets of Acrylic - Landscapes Start to Finish (Essential Artist Techniques)

Language: English

Pages: 96

ISBN: 1440321582

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


Let Jerry Yarnell teach you how to paint acrylic landscapes! You can master landscape painting with the help of popular painter Jerry Yarnell. Jerry starts by exploring different areas of landscape painting that often create problems for beginning and intermediate artists. He'll walk you through individual studies, so you can practice and explore new techniques without worrying about ruining a complete painting, then he'll show you how to apply those techniques to create finished works of art. Learn how to: Work with the right materials Master all essential techniques Choose, mix and apply color

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gesso on the rainbow, creating a very soft underpainting. It is absolutely critical there are no hard edges on both sides of the rainbow! Carefully feather out the edges. 8. Add Color to Rainbow This step uses the same techniques as step 7, but this time you will add actual color. Start on either side of the rainbow (the red side or blue side). Premix the three colors you will be using: Cadmium Red Light + a touch of gesso; Ultramarine Blue + a touch of gesso; and Cadmium Yellow Light + a touch

adds a little drama, or a peaceful effect, to a snow scene, depending upon how you look at it. This study takes only three steps, so it’s a quick and easy thing to learn. 1. Paint Background Begin with a grayish, mottled background. Create a mixture of one part Ultramarine Blue + one-fourth part Burnt Sienna + about one-fourth part white + a touch of Dioxazine Purple. Make this mixture nice and creamy. Load your hake brush and paint the background using large “X” strokes. If the background is

a lot of close-up detail work, or your painting is still wet and you can’t steady your hand on the canvas while painting. The solution to these problems is called a mahlstick. I use it, along with a little gadget called a Stedi-Rest. These photos show the use of a mahlstick both with and without the Stedi-Rest. Either way, a mahlstick is a must for most painters. Really, a mahlstick is nothing more than a dowel rod about 36 (91cm) long that can be purchased from any hardware store. The

with a no. 4 bristle or no. 4 flat sable, highlight the stones mostly on the left side of the pathway and towards the back. Mix up a shadow color of Burnt Sienna + a touch of Dioxazine Purple, making it very creamy. Take your no. 4 bristle and scrub in the cast shadow on the right side of the road making sure you gradually fade the shadow out towards the center of the road. 8. Add Final Details At this stage, have fun highlighting the grasses by using your favorite flower color and dabbing

so don’t be afraid. 1. Underpaint Rocks You won’t need to premix any color here because you will be doing all your mixing on the canvas. Start by double or triple loading your no. 6 bristle brush with Burnt Sienna, Ultramarine Blue and a little Dioxazine Purple. Scumble all these colors together in a mottled fashion. Add small touches of white as you go to create various middle-tone values. Don’t overblend, or everything will become one color or value. You want to leave brushstrokes and some

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