[EN]🎨 BecomeTheArtist – DIY Acrylic paint – Poppies [Tutorial / HowTo] [article available in EN/DE/FR]

becometheartist (60)in #painting • 7 years ago (edited)

Dear artist!

Today I present you a tutorial for creating small canvases with poppies in acrylic paint.

(Article available in EN/DE/FR under @becometheartist )

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Here the instructions on how to proceed :

You need following material :
❀ 3 mini-canvases (10 cm x 10 cm)
❀ Acrylic paint (black, white, red)
❀ Paintbrushes and palette knife
❀ Water
❀ Paper tissues

(the process is the same for all canvases)

Paint the canvas in white.
With very little black, create a cloudy grey-effect.

Apply carefully some black with the palette knife. Limit it to the lower third and let shine some grey trough.

Repeat with white in the upper third for the sky.

Create 3 petals : apply red paint with the palette knife.
Charge your knife well with lots of paint for each petal. A petal must be finished off before moving to the next one, otherwise the effect of overlaying petals won’t be achieved.

Draw a black oval in the middle of the flower with a paintbrush.

Add the 2 last petals in front with the palette knife. They have a very little overlay on the black oval.

Trace thin lines with the side of the palette knife for the grass.

Draw the stalk with the paintbrush.

And for the final touch : make tiny black slashes (by rubbing the paintbrush bristles over the thumb)
Hide the poppy and reserve the splashes to the sky.