![]() ![]() Then sort of stamp the brush to form the top of the cloud. Load just a bit of white on the very tip of the 12 bright. ![]() To do the clouds, I used just the color titanium white and I used a 12 bright brush. I did this technique in my Jacaranda Tree Painting. Optional: to make it look like this mountain is way in the distance and part of the sunset, blend more white on the bottom of the mountain so the top is slightly darker than the base of it. Mine started out lower on the left and got slightly higher on the right. Then use the tip of your 3/4” flat wash brush to paint an uneven mountain line. I’d say about 1 part black to 4 parts white should work! Then on your palette mix white with a little bit of black so that you create a very light gray. Next paint the mountain! Completely rinse and dry the 3/4” wash brush. Just keep in mind that this sky is a very pastel palette so the more titanium white you use the better! Keep blended but don’t over-blend or everything will turn to the same color. Your sky does not have to be a perfect gradient and will look different from mine because of the amount of yellows, pinks and whites applied to your canvas. To get the colors to blend well, add more titanium white into the mix.Īdd more white as you approach the bottom of your canvas but leave a gap on the bottom for the mountains. Load it in yellow and primary white (about equal amounts).īlend the yellow into the light pink so that it turns kind of light orange. ![]() Then wipe off the excess paint off your brush. Go a little over half way down the canvas with this very light pink. Then add a glop of white to your brush without rinsing off the pink.īlend the white into the pink so that it looks like the sky is getting much lighter as it approaches the bottom of your canvas. Go about a third of the way down your canvas. Start at the top of your canvas and paint left and right full width horizontal strokes. Position your canvas in the vertical/ portrait mode. Paint the sunset gradientįor this background, I used a 3/4” flat wash brush and the colors: titanium white, medium magenta and primary yellow.įirst mix about 2 parts magenta and one part white to soften the magenta up a bit. I advocate for using whatever acrylic paints you have on hand! If you would like to use craft paints, such as Apple Barrel Plaid or Craftsmart here are the colors I would suggest: So for each stroke I make with the brush… I am paying close attention to the direction and length of the tabby cat’s hair.Project Type: Acrylic Painting / Category: Cactus/ Succulents Color Palette Craft Paint Suggestions One essential tip on painting realistic-looking fur on a tabby cat (or other animals) is to paint the hair in the direction in which they grow. ![]() I paint the tabby cat’s stripes by its eyes and across its cheeks with warmer and darker tonal values blending Wet-into-Wet to create soft fur. To create soft fur, I just touch the end of the brush to the painting surface… and drag the paint through the wet underlayers. These brushes are really great to use because I can use the broad end of the brush to create clumps of hair and create thicker brush marks… or I can use the rounded edge for finer brush marks and add the illusion of individual hairs. I use a long filbert brush to paint the tabby cat’s fur. This technique will allow me to blend my strokes with one another and create soft transitions and painterly effects for the cat’s fur. I am using more oil with my medium in this stage and I’m going to be painting using the Wet-into-Wet technique, meaning painting directly on top of wet paint. Once I have finished blocking in my painting, I just have a look at the whole thing and I just want to be sure that everything in the painting is working… the color harmony, the values, and this just serves me as a map or base to work from, that I can begin building up the cat’s fur. ![]()
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