BRUSHTOBER // acrylic portraits
Added 2020-10-23 10:04:40 +0000 UTCSome of my brushtober work from this week! So here's the story: my first acrylic drawing completely backfired. I tried to make a painting of clouds catching the sunset light and it just really didn't work out the way I wanted to. Here's a photo:
The main thing that was frustrating me here were the colors. I wanted a vivid lilac-ish color, and intense pinks, but I was getting blue, dark red and purples. I felt like they were super muddy and it brought back memories of using acrylics in high school. All my art turned out muddy back then and it basically led to me avoiding traditional media entirely as soon as I was done with art school.
So I realized that my main challenge for this week would be to keep the colors vivid and bright. I got myself some neon pink and tried to be more mindful when blending, and so far this seems to be working a lot better. I'm sticking to portraits for now since that's my comfort zone, and might give me more of a handle on this paint! I filmed the process for the second portrait with the earrings, I'll be posting that as soon as it's edited!
Comments
Thanks for sharing the piece you sturggled with and explaining what you were trying to do.
Annamaria Ward
2020-10-29 00:14:51 +0000 UTCGorgeous as always, Loish! β₯
koneko
2020-10-26 18:20:32 +0000 UTCthanks! maybe I'll paint over the clouds one later on with better colors.
Loish
2020-10-26 08:50:26 +0000 UTCThatβs niceβ¨
David Medina
2020-10-25 19:37:02 +0000 UTCwill you be posting process videos for these. that'd be so useful
Aadishri Soni
2020-10-24 03:18:00 +0000 UTCI don't use acrylic much but I've heard that blending on the page instead of in the palette produces brighter, more vivid colors! The artwork is lovely! I actually like the clouds one, though it definitely came out more realistic than super vivid, colors-wise. Reminds me of the sunsets I see here in California, though we don't usually have the big puffy cumulus clouds. Of the portraits I like the pink and blue one the best, the colors came out super bright and dreamy and it's so cute!
FaroreNightclaw
2020-10-23 22:05:14 +0000 UTCYour brush strokes are beautiful!
Caroline Jamhour
2020-10-23 16:58:03 +0000 UTCabsolutely gorgeous <3
potentialfate
2020-10-23 14:42:22 +0000 UTCThe pink & blue portrait is amazing. Iβm in love.
Lanza
2020-10-23 13:26:12 +0000 UTCIt's amazing how you can keep your style and way to paint in all the mediums... Gorgeous portraits indeed! π
learclow
2020-10-23 12:36:26 +0000 UTCTotally agree!! :)
Radka Kopecka (radu.k.art)
2020-10-23 11:33:01 +0000 UTCI rather like the clouds one, but I can also see why it might feel uncomfortable. That 3rd piece feels very much like a you thing and Iβm looking forward to what you have to say about it with film.
Emily Cartier
2020-10-23 11:27:10 +0000 UTCI love these! I do not like acrylics as I can't get soft blends with them like I can with watercolour or oils, but I find using them thinly in washes like I would watercolour helps. But yeah.. it's a tricky old medium I have to say! I think these don't look too muddy though, even if you think the clouds one does.
2020-10-23 11:07:00 +0000 UTCGorgeous! It's really cool to see your digital brushstrokes technique in acrylic π
AtΔ±lay SargΔ±n
2020-10-23 10:55:30 +0000 UTC
