Acrylic - E - Packet - Wild Rose & Strawberry - Susan Abdella, MDA
In this painting lesson emphasis is being placed on building values, creating form and refining the small painting. This lesson takes the student a step closer to painting realism,and to refining their artwork. Painting techniques such as ‘Layering’, ‘Wet in Wet’, and ‘Block and Blend’ are used in this painting pattern.The Wild Rose and Strawberries are very suitable and lend themselves beautifully to this technique.
Palette: DecoArt Traditions Acrylics
Titanium White PW6
Dairylide Yellow PY83
Yellow Oxide PY42
Raw Sienna PBr
Naphthol Red Light PR9
Naphthol Red PR170
English Red Oxide PR101
Red Violet PV19
Phthalo Blue PB15:3
Ultramarine Blue PB 29
Raw Umber PBr7
Carbon Black PBk7
Mediums:
Glazing medium DATM01
Extender and Blending Medium DATM02
Dark Primer DATM08
Brushes:
#4 Chisel
#8 Chisel
#1/2 Angle
#6 Filbert
#2 Short Liner
#8 Filbert
Small Mini Mop
Techniques used in this Lesson
‘Wet in wet’ - painting into a wet color layer. The newly applied color can be worked and blended into the wet under painting.
Layering - applying one color over another, drying between each step.
Block and Blend- A method used for applying three values (light, medium, dark) to an object and blending one into the other.
Refined Blending
Refined blending is a technique used when we want to give our work a more realistic look. To create three-dimensional forms, we must use at least three values of color. For more realism use five or more values. These values must be blended where they meet or touch so that there is a nice, smooth gradual transition from one to the next.