Live Lessons: "Cherries" - Acrylics
This lesson series features:
4 Hours of Instruction
4 Videos
About This Lesson Series...
A four-part series on painting a still life arrangement of cherries with acrylic paint. The painting is completed on watercolor paper which eradicates much of the texture that is produced by traditional canvas, allowing for smoother transitions of value and color. Four hours of video instruction are included in this series.
Here's what you'll need...
- 140 lb. Watercolor Paper
- Acrylic Paints
- Golden Open Body Acrylics
- Nylon or Bristle Brushes
- Graphite Pencil
- Water
- Kneaded Eraser
im not getting any sound on videos
Hi Emily,
It sounds as though you have the volume on the player turned down. To turn up the volume, scroll over the video player and look for the small vertical rectangles in the lower right corner. Click on the rectangles to turn the volume up.
Matt,
thanks for this lesson….
1.where is the link for the golden acrylic?
2.have you ever used white syrofoam plate for plalette..? less expensive,
better to manage
thank you ssee you tomorrow for lesson,raquel
Hi Raquel,
Thanks for pointing out the oversight. I have included the link in the materials section. Yes, definitely used styro-foam plates before.
I couldn’t find the second part of the wine bottles drawing , it didn’t follow after the first part. You stated that you would finish the rest of the drawing in the next video.??
Hi Daniel,
Are you referring to the second part of the wine bottles drawing from “The Colored Pencil Course”? If so, you can find it here…http://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/the-colored-pencil-course-reflection-and-transparency/
Hi Matt, really like painting on paper. The painting of the cherries is awesome. Can’t wait for next weeks lesson.
Matt what was the yellow you used in the second lesson? I couldn’t quite make it out. Thanks.
Hi Melanie,
It’s “Hansa Yellow”. I hope this helps.
where did your acrylic paint from? Thank you.
Hi Sanjay,
These are Golden Acrylics. I was fortunate enough to have the company send them to me a while back.
Hi Matt,
Did you use any glazing medium on the cherries? It looks so reflective. Acrylics mostly do not dry so shiny.
Thanks,
SK.
Hi Shahana,
No, I don’t think I did. But, I may have used some medium to slow the drying time.
Hi Matt,
I have a question about acrylics and I’m not sure if it will make sense. I’ve been watching the videos of this cherry exercise and attempting on my own. With lesson 2 the colors I’ve been laying down as kind of a wash. It doesn’t appear that I’m doing anything but making the painting wet. I know it is hard to not see what I’m talking about. But when the paint dries you can then tell there is a hint of a color change. I guess I’m having trouble trying to plan what I want to do because it seems like when I lay it down nothing happens. does that even make sense? Then when I get up walk away and come back to it, it seems like it looks totally different.
Hi Tiffany,
This is interesting. It sounds as though you are glazing a color on top of what you already have down. Perhaps when the paint is wet, it is reflecting some light and making the wash appear lighter than when it dries. Acrylic paints typically dry to same color and value as they are when wet. Are you trying to make the color lighter or darker when you apply the washes?
I am trying to make it darker. So for instance I was playing around with the colors knowing that the cherries on the bottom have a bit of a purple hue to them. I wanted to see what would happen if I tried some magenta and ultramarine blue which gives a pretty muted purple. I didn’t apply it as a thick paint. But it also wasn’t watery. I guess I wasn’t sure what I expected. It just made me think hmm is it guesswork? I guess it could be flare from a light. Is that one of the reasons people prefer easels? Because it’s vertical and the lighting distributes differently?