The Big Acrylic Painting Thread

[Acki]

A tip: when doing blends in a feathered semi-drybrushed manner, you get smoother results working from dark to light.

How do I perform that?

I watched a video of craola. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhdhz...eature=related

extactly 2:50 he puts color on the to and just blends it perfectly in. I tried that. I failed. What did he do? I guess that the layer, on whick he put the color to blen it, was still wet? The brush was nearly dry I guess?

And, what did he put on the canvas at the beginning at 0:28?

cheers acki

[Elwell]

extactly 2:50 he puts color on the to and just blends it perfectly in. I tried that. I failed. What did he do? I guess that the layer, on whick he put the color to blen it, was still wet? The brush was nearly dry I guess?

It looks like he's just putting down a blob of very thin, watery paint and quickly blending it out to form a subtle glaze.

And, what did he put on the canvas at the beginning at 0:28?

Most likely he's coating the board with acrylic medium (probably matte) to seal in the drawing and provide a less absorbent surface (better for wet-in-wet blending).