Video · YouTube
Underpainting for Beginners: EVERYTHING You Need to Know
- Type
- Video
- Level
- Intermediate
- Length
- 10 min
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2026
About this lesson
What an underpainting is and how to make one in acrylic: a burnt umber and glazing-liquid value range, why not to thin with water, a colored ground, grid transfer, then a misty forest demo.
Chapters
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:29What are underpaintings?
- 1:07Traditional underpainting colors
- 1:44How to create a range of values with burnt umber and glazing liquid
- 2:07Why you shouldn't use water for your underpainting
- 2:49Step 1 - How to create a colored ground
- 3:48Step 2 - How to transfer your drawing onto the canvas with the grid method
- 5:10Underpainting Demonstration - the Misty Forest Landscape
- 8:51Final thoughts
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