Why Every Beginner Should Try Painting with Just 3 Colors
Using 3 colors will help you to learn color mixing and it simplifies your palette. The time stamps are below along with a list of the art supplies that I used. There are more related videos at the bottom.
🖌️ The original painting is available, here's the link to the auction https://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/a...
CHAPTERS
00:00 Benefits of a 3 color palette
00:15 Liquitex mixing primary color set
00:29 Setting up the palette
01:02 Keeping acrylics wet on the palette
01:23 Acrylic retarder mediums
02:05 Liquitex Slo-Dri Blending Medium
02:54 Drawing with acrylic markers
03:25 Mixing the colors for the apple
03:45 How to use a color isolator to view colors
07:26 Start painting the apple
08:30 Tip about Toning the canvas-optional
08:47 Painting the red part of the apple
09:56 There's purple in a red apple?
12:27 Painting in the teal background
13:52 Painting the wood table
15:39 Resetting the palette
16:26 Mixing the leaf color
16:46 Painting the chrome metal blade
18:42 Refinements
18:52 Liquitex Slo-Dri Medium glazing demo
20:18 Finishing touches
20:42 Finished Painting
20:53 Thoughts on Modern vs Traditional Pigments
21:10 Related Videos
🎨 MY COLOR MIXING COURSE
In my color mixing course I cover the supplies I use and demonstrate the basics of mixing colors. You can use student grade acrylics or professional acrylics. https://chrisb.thinkific.com/courses/...
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🖌 ART SUPPLIES USED IN THIS VIDEO
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🎨 BASIC ART SUPPLIES & TOOLS
Here's an idea list in my Amazon storefront that lists the art supplies that I use in my videos
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🎨 LIQUITEX SET OF MIXING PRIMARY COLOR SET
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🎨 LIQUITEX SUPER HEAVY GESSO
I like to use this to create subtle brushmark textures on canvas and on panels. You can build up texture and gesso a canvas at the same time.
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🎨 LIQUITEX SLO-DRI BLENDING MEDIUM
This medium allows more time for blending, and you can add as much as you want to your paints. https://amzn.to/3UUUHnS
🎨 LIQUITEX SLO-DRI GEL AND FLUID ADDITIVE
This retarder is available as a gel and as a fluid. You can add up to 25% to acrylic paints to extend the drying time by up to 40%. The fluid will thin out the paint.
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🎨 GESSOBORDS
Gessobords are ready to use so it saves time. They're sealed with Archivaseal and then primed with gesso. They work great for oil painting and other media..
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Blick: http://shrsl.com/4f5qn
🎨 GOLDEN MAPLE PAINT BRUSHES
I painted the entire painting using only these brushes. They were provided to me by Golden Maple. I like how the detail brushes have a thicker, triangular shaped handle which makes them more comfortable to work with. Other detail brushes have very thin handles.
Detail brushes: https://amzn.to/3Zb6qkE
Angled brushes: https://amzn.to/3AWKVux
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🎨 GLASS CUTTING BOARD PALETTE
I use a glass cutting board as a palette, it has round corners, rubber feet on the bottom so it doesn't slide. It also fits perfectly inside of my Masterson Palette. Here's a video of how I set it up and use it. • This Cutting Board Is Half the Price of a ...
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Masterson Sta-Wet palette
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