Article · Realism Today
9-Step Acrylic Painting Demonstration
By Christina Ramos
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2020
About this lesson
A figurative painter's indirect acrylic method in nine steps. She prepares the panel with GAC 100 and gesso, lays a burnt sienna wash and a modified grisaille, then alternates transparent color layers (no white) with opaque form-building layers (with white). It ends with a gloss medium isolation coat before varnishing.
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