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Learn to Paint Flowers with Acrylic Paint! Modern Abstract Flowers for Beginners

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Overview

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This class is for beginner level artists who want to learn how to create a modern abstract floral painting.  I will start off by showing you my workspace and supplies. Then we will walk through my process of creating a small abstract floral painting.  I will show you how I layer my paintings and I will talk you through each step of the process along the way.  I'll show you how I mix some of my favorite paint colors and I will give you my best tips for painting flowers. 

Here is a list of the supplies I used for this class:

- Jars or cups of clean water
- Paper towels
- Strathmore Palette Paper (a paper plate will work as a palette, too)
- Small and medium paint brushes.  I used Artist's Loft brand brushes.
- 8 x 10 inch Artist's Loft Level 1 canvas 
- Sharpie marker 
- Spray on matte varnish 
- Liquitex Basics Acrylic Paint 

Paint colors used for this class:
Prussian Blue
Raw Umber
Deep Green Permanent
Light Olive Green
Cadmium Yellow
Cadmium Light Red
Yellow Oxide
Naples Yellow
Light Blue Permanent
Titanium White
Neutral Gray
Turquoise Blue
Blue Gray
Portrait Pink
Deep Violet
Alizarin Crimson Hue

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 and Supplies
  • 1 Introduction
  • Greenery Layer 1
  • Flowers Layer 2
  • Greenery Layer 3
  • Flowers Layer 4
  • Final Details Layer
  • Final Tips

Taught by

Elle Byers

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