How to Paint 6 Beautiful Grass Styles with Acrylic | Easy Beginner Tutorial

Hello everyone. In this series, we're going to paint six different types of grass fields. Each type has its own shape and color. You don't need to be an experienced artist to get started. You only need a few acrylic colors, a few brushes, and a little time to relax. So, let's get started. First, we'll start with a fairly simple grass field, with soft, light areas of grass. I'll use a few colors, mainly greens and yellows, to build up the grass in layers, from light to dark. This is a very easy type of grass to paint. So, if you're a beginner, just take it easy and follow along with me. Now, let's look at the colors I'll be using. First, I'll use a little white. Next, a little light green. A little light green. Then, a little lemon yellow. Lemon yellow. Next, primary yellow. Yellow ochre. Now, sap green. Sap green is essential for painting grass fields. A little olive green. I really like this color, because it looks rich and deep. It's a very soft color, not as harsh as some of the others. And finally, a little ultramarine blue. Ultramarine blue. To paint this grass field, I'll use a filbert brush. This brush is very common and very easy to find online. On sites like Amazon or eBay, I often use this brush to paint the underpainting, or the first layer of the grass field. Alright, let's begin. I usually like to paint the distant grass first, so I'll use light green. And add a little primary yellow, and a little white, to paint the distant layer of the grass field. The green looks beautiful. It has hints of yellow and white. With a touch of light green. Next, I'll take a little primary yellow mixed with a little sap green. Move your brush horizontally. For the distant layer, just brush from side to side. For the foreground grass, I'll use a slightly darker tone. I can use yellow ochre mixed with sap green, and add a little primary yellow. There, you can see how varied the colors are. The grass field has many different layers and color tones. You can also add a little water to the brush to make the paint smoother and easier to work with. I'll add a little sap green and a little primary yellow. Pay attention to how I move the brush. I'm creating many different layers of color. They overlap and vary, rather than blending together too smoothly. Because a grass field naturally has many layers. Now I'll use olive green to paint some darker layers of grass. Pay attention to how I move the brush. This time, I won't use horizontal strokes. I'll pull the brush from top to bottom. So, I finished the first brush layer. The first color layer of the grass field. As you can see, instead of painting everything green, and then adding another layer of yellow or light green on top, I don't do that. I use several colors and alternate them to create the first underpainting layer. For the second layer, I'll keep it simpler. I only need a little white mixed with a little lemon yellow, and I'll lightly brush over the surface of the grass to create the second layer. The second color layer, or the second light layer. In the distance, we don't need to paint every single blade of grass in detail. Just paint in broad shapes. In the distance, we only need to paint broad shapes. There, add a few different light spots, and they'll create the uneven texture of the grass field. Now I'll use a little ultramarine blue and a little sap green to create some darker areas of grass. There, I'll zoom the camera in, so you can see more clearly. Pay attention to the tip of my brush. I'll lightly brush into a few areas to create some lighter layers. If your brush stroke looks too rough, or isn't quite what you want, you can pick up a little color and dab over it. Lightly layer over it, and the color will look softer and less harsh. Add a few highlights. The next step for adding detail to this grass field is to use two brushes. The first one is a fan brush. A fan brush. And the second one is a hog bristle brush with lots of bristles, that are dense and fairly stiff. So, we have two ways to create these details. With the fan brush, pay attention to the direction of my brush. There, just follow what I'm doing, and you'll get details like these grass strokes. Or, with this dense hog bristle brush, you can just dab it straight down like this. Hold the brush, and dab, dab with the brush, pressing the bristles firmly onto the canvas. I'll show you how. I'll use a little lemon yellow with a little white. Alright, I'll use a little lemon yellow with a little white. The next step for adding detail to this grass field is to use a brush. That's square shaped, with lots of bristles that are slightly stiff. As you can see, just by looking at it, we can already imagine what the grass blades will look like, right? Pay attention to how I hold the brush. I'll take a little lemon yellow and a little light green. Look at how I hold the brush. I'll dab this brush onto the canvas. Pay attention to how I move the brush. I move from top to bottom with the brush, and I'll paint in different directions. To create natural looking clumps of grass, I'll use a liner brush to paint the finer details, the small blades of grass, using sap green and a little ultramarine blue. Next, I'll add a few brighter grass blades, using lemon yellow and white, mixed together. I'll add a few small accents. Be careful not to use too much white. Just add a few highlights. Now I'll add a few more highlights to the grass field. I'll use ultramarine blue and a little sap green. So, we finish the first type of grass, a low, flat grass field. It's very simple to create, with just a few light and dark layers. And we can create a fairly natural looking grassy area. Let's see what the next type of grass looks like. Next, we'll try painting a grass field with rolling terrain. Instead of a flat surface, we'll create gently rolling layers of grass, to give the field a softer feel and more depth. This method is also quite simple, but by simply changing the direction of the brush strokes, we can create a more natural looking field. First, I'll also paint the distant grass layer, using a little ultramarine blue. Then add a little lemon yellow and a little white. These are rolling grassy hills, with areas of light and dark, alternating with each other. At the bottom of the grassy hills, the color is usually darker, while the tops are lighter. You can see how I use color and value while painting the underpainting for this second grassy hill. So, we finish the underpainting, the first layer for this second grass field. Now I'll add a layer of light grass on top. I'll use lemon yellow and a little white, mixed together. The distant grass can be painted very simply. We only need to paint the color shapes. The tops of these just paint simple color shapes. Then, as the hills, come closer, we'll paint them with a little more detail. To add detail to this second grass field, we can't do without a fan brush. This is also a great brush for painting grass. In this case, we can use it to paint grass on these hills. I'll use a little lemon yellow, plus a little white. Use only a little. Just lightly touch the tip of the brush. I'll paint along the tops of the hills. It will create little highlights along the tops of the hills that look beautiful. Just dab the brush gently. Use a little light green. I'll continue doing the same with the next hills. For the hills that are closer, closer to us, we'll paint them in more detail, and the way we move the brush will also be different from the distant hills. As we paint, we'll move the brush from top to bottom to create rows of grass that look very natural. As you can see, this fan brush creates a beautiful grass effect, doesn't it? I really like using this brush too. Many artists, including me, use it a lot in their painting kits. This brush is a must-have. It's not expensive either. I didn't pay much for mine, and it's very easy to find. Almost every art supply store sells one. When you're working on the rows of grass, in the foreground, add plenty of detail. Pay attention to how I hold and move the brush. I'll use different directions. Different brush directions create different rows of grass. I hope these painting steps aren't too difficult for you because I work very slowly and add plenty of detail so you can watch closely. Now I'll bring the camera closer so you can see more clearly as I paint, creating rows of grass in the foreground. I'll use a little white with a little ultramarine blue to paint into the darker areas of these hills to create more depth in the painting. Use only a little. Just a little. In these dark areas, there's always a touch of ultramarine blue, everyone. When you add ultramarine blue, the grass field and the hills look much softer. It also makes the scene feel much more distant. Next, I'll paint another light layer to bring up the brightness and make it look even better. I'll only use white and lemon yellow. One essential step when painting grass is to add a few dark grass blades. On these hills, I'll use a little sap green and a little ultramarine blue. Add a little yellow to everyone. Just a little. I'll paint a few darker grass strokes. Then add a little olive green to make them darker. Just a few grass blades. Just add a few light touches. You can add a little water to the tip of the brush to make it softer. There, see? Wait a moment. Remember to add a little more water so it's easier to paint. So, I've almost finished this tutorial. The second grass field with rolling hills. Now, I'll add a few accents by painting some small white flowers in the grass fields. I'll also use the fan brush. With the fan brush, just lightly dab on some white. A few flowers will stand out and help the grass field look more lively. I'll paint a few detailed flowers in the foreground. A few white wildflowers. I'll use orange for the centers with a little orange and yellow. Use a little yellow and a little orange to paint the centers of these flowers. So, we finished the second type of grass. The gently rolling grass lines make the field feel softer and more dynamic. Just by changing the direction of the brush strokes, we can create a grass field with depth and a more natural look. You can also decorate these grass fields with lovely flowers using a little white and a little orange. See you in part two, where I'll show you how to draw a basic grass meadow for beginners. Stay tuned for the next video.