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Paintingtips
The document provides tips for acrylic painting including starting with an observational sketch to get shapes and placement exact, using a grid for difficult subjects, observing highlights, midtones and shadows in subjects, painting in layers starting with large simplified shapes of tone and waiting for each layer to dry before adding small shapes and details, and continuing to add highlights and shadows until a wide range of tones and hues are created. It also suggests using warm tones for highlights and cool tones for shadows.
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Paintingtips
- 1. Acrylic Painting Tips and Techniques
- 2. Start with observationand a careful sketch. It is very difficult to change shape and placement once painting begins, so take your time on this step to get things exactly the way you want them.
- 3. Use a gridto help sketch difficult subjects.
- 4. All objects inyour painting will have at least three tones: Highlight, Mid-tone, and Shadow
- 5. Observe your subject,note the colors you see!
- 6. Start with simplifiedshapes of tone: Where are the highlights, mid-tones, and shadows?
- 7. You can leavedefined shapes of highlight, mid-tone, and shadow, or you can blend them together using a clean brush.
- 8. Always paint large shapesof color first! Include your highlights, mid-tones, and shadows! Wait until this layer is dry, then add small shapes and details on the next layer.
- 9. You may chooseto tone your canvas with a sepia wash for a warmer look. You can create a grisaille, or tonal study in sepia, before you add a local color layer.
- 10. Continue adding highlights and shadows to each shape of local color... ...until you have created a wide range of tones and hues. Check to make sure you have areas that are bright white, as well as deep, dark shadows.
- 11. Use warm tonesin highlights, and cool tones in shadows. This technique can be used with highly saturated colors, like the painting on the left, or with subdued tones, like the ones in the Lucien Freud painting on the right.
- 12. No two peoplewill ever paint in exactly the same style! These tips are suggestions and guidelines- you’ll find the process that works best for you! Don’t worry if your painting looks quite different from your classmate’s work- it’s natural-and that’s what makes your work unique!