Sunset by the lake painting / Acrylic Painting Techniques

Hey, thanks for joining me for another video we got a 24 by 30 inch canvas, and I'm going to be doing an acrylic painting on it This this project is a collaboration with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. I'm honored and Excited to be able to work with them on another project so since it's for the Elk Foundation. I'm obviously going to be painting an elk Which is awesome because elk are one of my most favorite things to paint or draw so anyway I'm about to get going first thing. I want to do is. I want to start with a wash Acrylic wash the reason I do wash is because I like to work from a mid-tone So I can go lighter or darker from that base color So I'll get to it I just take the acrylic paint and I mix it just in a container like this with some water for the wash I like to use the color raw umber. It's just I've used a few different colors as the base And this is the one I like the best So it's the one I use so pretty simple here just Just going to completely cover the canvas Like to use a wide brush So it's a little quicker Just like to go over it kind of even things out a little bit There we go simple Now the next thing I'll do is I'll sketch it out. I actually use charcoal sketch out the subject and then I'll probably do a little spray a little bit of workable fixative over top of it and Then start painting Gonna be fun Okay, so I gave that a few minutes to dry, but now I'm ready to start sketching I've got my grid laid out like I've mentioned in previous videos I only do the intersecting points if you want to go back and watch those I explain a little bit more about my diversion of the grid method that I use but Anyway, got that ready ready to start sketching, you know, I'll be measuring a few reference points as I go But again, I'm going to jump to time-lapse like usual because it's just a tedious process. So It takes a little bit of time and you don't want to sit here and just watch me the whole time And be really long and pretty boring maybe not boring but really long and That's next so here we go All right. I think that should do it for now. I put quite a bit of detail Quite a bit of information Into the sketch just because I feel like it's it's a such of an important part of the process This is really the foundation for the painting So I really take my time and work hard to get everything accurate the proportions and everything where I want it And I feel pretty good about it. I think it's a good start. I think it's a good foundation to build on so next I'm gonna spray it just with a light coat of workable fixative and That way it Seals the charcoal to it and then I can paint over top of it without any issue Yeah, and then I'll get out my paints and my brushes and start putting some color on it Should be a fun one. It's gonna be a challenge, but I'm excited for it So you guys have been watching some time-lapse of me working it's actually been quite a few hours and hours and Hours to get it to this point. I've done layer after layer of Paint trying to build out the texture in in the fur and the different values and It took me a little bit of time to Kind of remember my process and how I do it because it's been so long since my last painting But I've got it to a point where I'm happy with it. And now the colors aren't quite right They're close to where I want them, but I'm gonna do some glazing to kind of push the different Hues and and colors to where I want them I'll be mixing up several different glazes depending on the color where it's in the shadows with cool colors or in the light with warm colors and just to start adding those glazes just basically I mix a an acrylic the acrylic paint with some water to create a thin layer that I can put over top and just to Push the colors a little more the direction that I want them to be So I'm gonna get going on that So I've got a lot of the values and textures where I want it in these antlers, but It came out a lot cooler and a lot paler And what I hope for as I was mixing colors, so I'm going back in with the warmer brown color glazing over it to Bring that more earthy feel to the antlers and then I will go back in Well, I'm gonna be adding even more of a reddish color to it in certain areas and then some cooler colors in the shadows and then eventually I will come back in and Hit the highlights again because this does take And cover the highlights So now I've got some burnt umber Glaze over some of the darker areas bring in a little bit more of a reddish Tint to it Now I'm taking some of that same burnt umber and going here in here on the face and the fur Just hitting that a little bit glazing over it just a bit bring a little more that reddish for a color into his face also seems to add some real depth Now right now we've got just a little bit of ultramarine blue that Going in and just hitting some areas in the shadows Backside of the lighting just bring in a little bit of Some cool colors a bit of a cool tint Probably hard to see on the video But there's just a tint this subtle range of colors that this brings Into it is just awesome. I love Love the effect of it somehow the way the Glaze blends with the paint that's already on the canvas Gives it some colors that I just don't think I can mix intentionally and then again, I'll come back in with Some darks hit the shadows more Because this glazing does seem to cloud up The shadows a bit which is fine because then it allows me to Create even more depth as I come back in and hit it again same with the Same with the highlights Yeah, and the texture right through this area on this antler is just awesome All right. I'm gonna see if I can give you a closer look at some of the Colors that this brought out. I know it's hard to see the lightings difficult, but Yeah, I just made some Really cool color combinations. I Actually really enjoy this part Starts to feel like all the hard work is done just at this point just fine-tuning it start dropping in some really nice details past the point though where I'm wondering if the composition works if the Proportions are right The lighting is gonna feel right If I can remember how to paint Past all that at this point Now, it's just have fun making it look cool Okay, so we're super close on this one now I did all the glazing then I went back in and like I showed you hit a lot of the shadows To deepen and darken those then I actually went in and hit the highlights as well Both in the antlers and in the fur and I'm pretty happy with how it looks I might do a few More adjustments with with a little bit of glaze, but overall it's it's almost there now this last step I want to add just a little bit of mist coming out of its mouth that this bugling just show some Some moisture in its breath as if it were a cool fall morning So do that and then we'll be real close to having it done I've just got a little bit larger brush here And I get some paint on it, but then I've got a just a paper towel that I'll I'll dab it in to Clear most of the paint off. So I just have just a light amount of paint because Kind of work it in subtly at first to find the shape of the mist that I want and it just how that's better to go just a Little bit at a time not to get too aggressive with it. I Go ahead and go right over right over his mouth Kind of pushing that back creates a little depth Don't want to overdo it though Okay, I like that. I think that pretty well does it So thanks again for joining me for this one. It's been a lot of fun. It was a it was a challenge for sure Just because I don't I don't paint often enough but one of my goals is to paint more and it's been a big goal for 2021 to do more paintings and I definitely increase the number of paintings this year But I want to do even more because I I do enjoy it I enjoy the challenge and I love the results. So I got I got quite a few projects coming up They're gonna be acrylic paintings. So stay tuned for those. 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