acrylic painting basics ~ a guide through my portrait painting process :)

Girl you are too cute & seem so sweet. Thank you for the advice ☺️

i really wanna be able to paint like this and im gonna try ofc but i just don’t believe in my self enough and i CANT for the life of me copy off a reference picture or maybe even sketch it and i just don’t know where to start ….

Damn girl. You sexy as hell

I’ve always painted with acrylics never knew there was a way to use em except from using a lil bit of water not too much

Crayola has the best flourecent oil pastels!!

The gag is the blocked out stage is good enough for me 😂

omg yes, finally someone who uses walmart/cheap paints and brushes like me and paint good! most of the art videos i’ve seen literally use the most expensive brands.

I love you

Off topic but Ashley from Bestdressed is so cool.

Doing a wash
Don’t paint on wet paint
Paint using red, yellow, and blue
Block out everything with simple colors

1. Don’t water down your paint as it can make it streaky, instead to want a creamy consistency
2. Use it a dry brush to blend your wet paint but make sure to wipe the brush off each time
3. Use a little blue for the whites of the eyes/ mix each primary color with white

Lol this comment is more so for me than anyone else, I need to summarize your points to make sure I got it and I’m always rewatching your videos

Oh, this wasn't ranty, for me. It was a beautiful, informative and amazing little lesson. So beautiful, your art.

I started taking up art again, so I’m pushing myself to learn acrylic, water color and oil based paints. Although I don’t have a lot of perspective or anatomy drawing experience, I keep winging it. My learning process is different due to my dyscalculia (like dyslexia, but with math and other weird stuff).
Watching this gave me more confidence in painting with acrylic, thank you.

Loved this! I’ve been finding it hard to go back to my art. I have unfinished works I’m now scared to touch. This specific video has really helped. Thank you Karina ❤

Very good advices :)

Lots of really good tips here. The thinking ahead about mixing paint so you don't run out is such good advice.

trust the process, follow through and start what you finished she said

You did a really good job! Thanks for all your tips!

Wow

Great Video

instead of using pintrest i would recommend a site called unsplash, the images are free to use so you don't have to think about copyright and so, may not be as fun as pintrest but if you would like to post on social media and tuff like that:)

What i do when it comes to cleaning the pallet: let it dry overnight, then scrape it off. i keeps the paint scraps for no reason, too lol. unless it's a flat pallet, thst is what i do!

Thanks..Grace & Blessings..

God loves you 💞

I just use apple barrel paint from dollar tree works great for me ✨

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Awesome video! A couple things I noticed you may be able to help with. First, I see how you use about 1 dab of each of the paints and it lasted for a while. I end up using so much paint because its constantly drying out, which I will at times use a product to keep it from drying out. Another thing I noticed was the paint went on very neatly and "creamy" as you said. When I put the paint down it doesn't seem to look like that, rather its almost transparent; I try not to use much water at all. I'm not sure if I'm explaining it correctly, but I am not buying expensive paints or brushes either. I seem to give up out of frustration because the paint isn't "doing" what I see on videos.

Thanks,
Spencer

How do i blend when the other color i wanna blend it to dries? Ot’s always been a problem for me 😅

can you say hi to my piles ☺

Your artwork and videos are so inspiring. I haven't been able to paint for so so long due to certain unfortunate circumstances and today I sat down and missed painting way too much and found this vid while, it did just the job to inspire me. New sub!<3 Ps. I love your art style it's so dreamy in a way.

Also if you take cheap Walmart paint and you put cornstarch in it it'll thicken it like more expensive pizza

For the primary color, I suggest you to use Magenta instead of red and cyan instead of that darker blue.
To achieve red, add a bit yellow to Magenta :D its change everything
And spécial tips for back : burnt omber and phatlo blue make wonder

THIS HELPED ME SO MUCH thank you so much!!! i'm really unfamiliar with painting and this gave me more enthusiasm to practice :D

i love ur eyebrows

also your video is good!

do you use Liquitex? your paint seems more flowing than mine - im a newbie and just use water with the acrylic

What exactly defines a “professional”?

Hey beautiful 😊love your artwork and your earrings are really cute

Important!! Do NOT dump your dirty painting water outside, PLEASE! Acrylic is basically plastic soooo not good for the environment.

So beautiful 😍

I want to learn acrylic portrait painting

Thank you for this in depth video!
I have been using acrylics for a few years now but my roots are pencils. So I've always been doing portraits in greyish tones. 🤣
Especially the light wash at the beginning is such good advice!

NICE JOB👍🏾😎

High quality paint is also made to last, not crack, chip, peel, like cheaper paints.

Not to be tHaT person- (and ur art is absolutely great either way, I rly don't think this will necessarily chanGe it or anything loLL bUt-) the pRimaRy colOrS are yeLlOw CyaN and MagenTa which arent exactly yeLlow reD and blUe-
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk loLL

Personally I’m obsessed with Princeton newton

I'm focusing on her room decoratings

this is off topic but your skin is so clearrr what is ur skincare routine omg

This was very helpful thank you!!

What paper are you using