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Acrylic Painting: How to Paint Abstract Flowers with Acrylics on Canvas Step by Step for Beginners

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Welcome to my new class, "How to Paint Abstract Flowers with Acrylics on Canvas Step by Step for Beginners!"

I'm going to teach you how I painted this small abstract floral painting using only 6 tubes of paint!  I will show you how I mix some of my favorite paint colors, the supplies I'm using, and how I layer my flowers step by step!

Here are the supplies and paint colors I used for this painting:

6 x 6 inch canvas 
chalk or a pastel for sketching 
palette paper 
paint brushes 
water to clean brushes 
paper towels 
acrylic paint


Paint Colors:
Primary Magenta
Quinacridone Magenta
Titanium White 
Hansa Yellow Medium 
Turquoise Phthalo 
Teal 

If you create a painting inspired by this class, I would love to see it! Click on the "Projects & Resources" tab to upload a photo of your work! 

You can find all of my Skillshare classes here:
https://www.skillshare.com/user/ellebyers 

You can also find me here:

www.ellebyers.com
www.instagram.com/ellebyersart
www.pinterest.com/ellebyersart

 

Syllabus

  • Intro to Abstract Flowers Class 1
  • Color Mixing 2
  • Painting the Whole Canvas 3
  • Sketch and Block in Color 4
  • Adding Layers 5
  • Keep Layering 6
  • Final Details 7

Taught by

Elle Byers

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