Easy ONE HOUR ABSTRACT ART Tutorial - Step-by-step

Create this easy beginner art painting OCEAN GLIMMER

MATERIALS USED:

Stretched canvas (or canvas board)

Acrylics:

-Pthalo blue

-Turquoise blue
-White

Pigments:

-Light gold

-Light blue

-Periwinkle

Gloss medium

Palette knife

Flat brush

Small brush

Water

Blowdryer

PROCESS:

First, be sure your canvas is prepped with either a coat of DRY Gesso or white paint.

Lightly mist DRY canvas with water and apply a strip of Turquoise.

Using a wet flat brush, cover the top of the canvas/

Apply another strip of paint (PTHALO BLUE) and wash it down to the bottom.

Dry with blowdryer.

While your brush is still wet, apply it using the flat brush method (lay brush flat) and “scrum” some paint onto the canvas.

Blow away excess pigment

While this is wet, apply some gold pigment powder with your small brush.

Blow away extra and dry.

Blow dry the back of canvas - helps the paint dry more thoroughly.

Blow dry the front, too!

On dry paint, apply a little more blue

With your small brush, apply blue pigment

Dab away excess with a paper towel

When dry, go over top of painting with a light coat of white. Dab away some areas to reveal under colors.

While white is still wet, apply a little more pigment - blue.

If desired, add more gold on top.

Lightly dab away any excess pigment and let dry thoroughly.

On DRY painting, apply a coat of GLOSS medium with a palette knife. Apply a fairly thick coat (it will dry clear).

Use your palette knife to apply to entire canvas.

Than use a clean flat brush to apply it with brushstrokes across entire canvas.

Let your painting dry thoroughly!

When it’s dry you’ll have a painting with a glossy finish and brushstrokes. This makes it almost look like an oil painting!

Have fun!

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