Acrylic Painting

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Acrylic Painting Basics

* Anatomy of a brush:

* Brush bristle materials:

STIFFER   SOFTER
Hog (Pig) Hair Sable (mink & weasel)
Boar    - Red/Brown Sable
- Kolinsky mink (extinct)
Synthetic - Squirrel
SYNTHETIC
-Golden Taklon
- White sable

* Shapes of Brushes:

* Lettering Liners & Palette Knives

www.drawingandpaintinglessons.com/Painting-Lessons/Brushes.cfm

Complete blending exercise:
1. Color to white
2. Color to clear (dry or just a bit of water)
3. Color to white with fan brush
4. Sphere with fan brush

Color Wheel Exercise:

APPLE PAINTING

http://willkempartschool.com

Colors needed:
Yellow Ochre (or Yellow Oxide)
Cadmium Yellow Light
Raw Umber
Ultra Marine Blue
White
Burnt Sienna
Cadmium Red Light

Day 1 - Tone canvas

Day 2 - draw apple and rough in background

day 3 & 4 - finish table & shadow

Day 5 - Block Out DARKEST The MEDIUM shadows on apple

Day 6 - Block out highlights on apple

Day 7 - refine shadows & highlights

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Assessment

Final Painting

1. Select Image...

& ...next year have students do one day vine charcoal drawing to understand wash and underpainting

2. Crop your photo image to be the same proportion as your canvas

2. Print out in color and black and white. See the image below on what to select to change your image to black and white in Photoshop

3. You can freehand draw your image or use a grid. Here is the online grid tool to get a grid reference photo, link: Grid Drawing Tool by ArtTutor and instructional video below. If you are painting on an 11 x 14 canvas, select 5 x 4 squares in the grid maker. When you get your canvas, make the squares 2.75 inches.