Video · YouTube
Acrylic Painting Crash Course – Learn the Basics in 14 Minutes!
- Type
- Video
- Level
- Beginner
- Length
- 13 min
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2023
About this lesson
A fast overview of everything a new acrylic painter needs to know: which colors to buy, student vs artist grade paint, surfaces and gesso, brushes, organizing a palette, learning color mixing, and a five-step framework for building a painting.
Chapters
- 0:00Intro
- 0:03Why Acrylics are awesome
- 0:42What colors you should buy
- 2:05Alternative to black
- 2:17Types of Acrylic paints
- 2:39Student vs artist grade paint
- 3:19What should I paint on?
- 3:43What is gesso
- 4:02Brushes
- 4:47Palette - total game changer
- 6:12How to organize your palette
- 7:58BEST way to learn color mixing
- 9:27Advice for reaching your desired goal
- 10:175 step framework for creating beautiful paintings
- 11:01Most important painting step
- 11:43Keys to succeeding
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