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Some Ways to Layer Transparent and Opaque Paint – Beginner Acrylic Painting
If you’re looking for some creative ways to use your acrylic paints, it might be helpful to take advantage of your colors’ natural properties of opacity and transparency. There are a lot of ways to layer transparent and opaque paint, but this beginner acrylic painting video shows a few of those ways and you’ll end…
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Exploring Watercolor Flowers over Gesso and Collage – Easy Abstract Painting
Hi friends! I haven’t done a collage video in ages, so I wanted to explore watercolor flowers over gesso and collage from a magazine. This one is a simple and easy painting, using a text filled page from a magazine for a background pattern and interest. With the gesso and watercolor layered over it, it…
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Beginner Acrylic Painting – Easy Abstract Desert Landscape in My Sketchbook
Hi friends! If you have a little time and are a beginner acrylic painter, or even someone who has experience but would like to do a fun landscape painting, join me today for this simple desert landscape painting that I’m doing in my sketchbook. We’ll do a couple of different acrylic techniques like glazing, lifting,…
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Exploring Watercolor over Gesso with Scratch Marks and Texture – Easy Flower Painting
Hi friends! One of the things I like to do is mix watercolor and acrylic paint. In this video, I’m exploring using watercolor over textured gesso as a base layer, made by scratching in marks with a stylus, palette knife, or anything on hand. If you want to try this gesso and watercolor technique, it’s…
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Painting Flip Through and Long Relaxing Flower Painting Session – Marks, Patterns, Textures
Hi friends! I’ve got a nice long video today. I got some new paper to try and I have done a ton of paintings on it! I’m doing a quick flip through and then we can have a nice long relaxing abstract flower painting session complete with marks, scratching, texture, and lots of interesting shapes!…
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Practice Painting Four Abstract Flower Vases in Acrylic – Fast Intuitive Painting
Grab your brush, acrylic paint, and paper and practice painting four abstract flower vases in acrylic! I spent about a half hour painting these fast intuitive paintings and it is a great exercise to practice your painting styles, brushwork, color mixing, and so much more. It’s also a great warm up if you just aren’t…
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Paint this Whimsical House with Trees Night Scene with Light in Gouache
Hi friends! I grabbed my gouache paints and really wanted to have fun doing a whimsical little house painting. I started off with a little light and a house and took it from there to a really cute little night scene! I also was able to make some corrections, so if you’re working with gouache,…
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Watercolor Paint with Me Loose Abstract Bunch of Grapes – Fruit Painting
Hi friends! Join me with your watercolors to paint these easy loose abstract grapes! I wanted to do some abstract fruit painting, and grapes just called out to me today. Grab your supplies you have on hand and paint this loose bunch of grapes in watercolor. – My website (free downloads, reviews, and other goodies):…
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Layering Inky Stenciled Leaves and Gold Ink Over a Watercolor Background
Hi friends! I got out my inks, stencils, and White Nights granulating watercolor palette to do a fun watercolor sheet today! Starting with a watercolor background, I’m adding a new layer of ink and stencil leaves, followed by some gold pen doodles and white pen dots to make it sparkle. I hope you like this…
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Easy Abstract Watercolor and Acrylic Paint with DIY Foam Stamps and Doodles
Hi friends! I’m painting an easy page with abstract watercolor and acrylic paint mixed media. I also broke out my DIY foam stamps and homemade alcohol ink! I hope you like this one! DIY Foam Stamps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oOGK0TmTGo DIY Alcohol Ink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPstoM8V5Gk – My website (free downloads, reviews, and other goodies): https://katemilesart.com Free downloads on my…
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Mixed Media Watercolor with Modeling Paste Texture, Stencils, and Alcohol Ink
Hi friends! I’m using a bunch of supplies today to do this easy mixed media sheet with watercolor, homemade alcohol ink, modeling paste, and stencils! We’re going to finish it all off with some metallic watercolor in gold and metallic purple. I hope you like this one! If you want to make your own alcohol…
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Whimsical Bird Gouache Art – Easy Sketchbook Painting Tutorial
Hi friends! I’m painting with my ShinHan gouache today and making this whimsical bird gouache art in my sketchbook! This is an easy sketchbook painting tutorial, and it can be done with gouache, acrylic, or any paints you have on hand that can be opaque. I hope you enjoy this cute little bird painting! –…
