What can be painted with paints easily and beautifully. We draw gouache flowers and landscapes in stages

This tutorial shows working with color and brush techniques, as well as step by step work on the background, middle and foreground.

For beginners, it is best to use inexpensive acrylic or oil paints. For example, acrylic paints "Sonnet"

This picture was chosen for the lesson. A simple nightscape with some brush work on a thistle in the foreground.

This is a sketch. The horizon is below the middle, two mountains, an area with waves and a sand dune in the foreground. Sketch casually, as you see in the photo.

Mix some cadmium yellow light with white and start painting the sky.

Add dark cadmium yellow and more light cadmium yellow to get that color.

Apply paint where I am in the photo, and stretch the color accordingly.

Add cadmium red light and black to the last color to get the color in this photo.

Fill in the color behind the mountain.

Add cadmium red light and blue for the next color.

Paint another mountain as you see in this photo.

Add the same colors for the horizon.

Fill in the back section with paint as you can see in this photo.

Add black, light cadmium red and blue to get this color.

Make a mixture like for mountains or use some of what is left and continue writing.

Mix blue and red until you get that color and fill with paint where you see in the photo.

Here, more black, red and blue are mixed in to get a darker color. With strokes upward, blend the paint on the canvas to create fluffy outlines of soft grass.

Here I used a fan brush to add fluffiness. A fan brush is very good for this process. Now you need to wait for everything to dry before continuing.

Make sure the surface is dry before taking the next step. For the main color of the foam, mix blue, a little black and white.

After the main wave and a few behind are painted, I add a foam pattern in the foreground.

This is how your underpainting should look like. Leave to dry before continuing.

Use a flat brush to mix black, phthalocyanine green, and cadmium red to create a dark green color. Red dampens the brightness, but leaves a green tone.

Draw the lines as you see in this photo. The trick is to make them look more natural, they need to be placed at different levels. Try to avoid strongly curved and strongly straight lines. Practice on a separate canvas if you're unsure.

We begin to paint the base of the thistle, moving the brush from the bottom from the middle to the side.

Now mix Neopolitan Yellow with Light Cadmium Yellow to lighten the dark green mixture. We will use the resulting color to highlight the lightest areas in the foreground.

Add the thistle stems as you can see in this photo. Let them overlap each other at different angles to achieve the most natural effect.

In the same color, bending and turning the brush, paint the leaves with strokes. This takes practice, so practice on a different canvas to get the right effect in both directions: right and left.

Here I used Alizarin Crimson to change the color of the leaves. This adds interest and play to the foreground.

Mix in a light blue color for the thistle flowers. Use blue or phthalocyanine blue.

We write with sharp movements from below, so that the flower seems to dissolve in the darkness. Wipe off the brush and repeat so you don't get a dark color on top. Use white and yellow to highlight highlights.

The lesson is over.

You may need several times to get the strokes right. Don't back down, keep going. Don't be afraid to make mistakes, because you will make them anyway. Write this picture 3 times and the fourth time you will get it right. Use art panels, they are inexpensive and good for practice.

Master class "Drawing for the little ones."

Shatokhina Rita Vyacheslavovna, teacher of additional education, MBU DO "House of Children's Creativity in Kalininsk, Saratov Region."
This master class is intended for teachers of additional education, educators of preschool educational institutions. The master class will also be of interest to young artists from 4 years old and their parents.
Purpose: this master class is a small drawing course for the smallest, which shows how to draw with geometric shapes.
Target: creating conditions for obtaining drawing skills.
Tasks: teach your child how to draw familiar images using geometric shapes;
to instill skills to work accurately with paints and a brush;
develop creative imagination and fine motor skills of the hand.
Young children come to classes in my association, but they really want to draw. From the experience of working with children, I realized that it is easier for them to draw with geometric shapes. Children draw according to my show, in stages. When starting a lesson, I never tell the children what we are going to draw today. From experience I know that they are so interesting. In the process, they guess who they are drawing, and it gives them a lot of joy. And everyone's drawings are different.

Drawing master class for children "Snail"

Prepare: A4 landscape sheet, watercolor paints, brushes of different sizes, a jar of water and a napkin.

Before starting to draw, I tell the children that the paints are sleeping and they need to be awakened, gently stroking them with a brush, we will wake up the yellow paint first and start painting.
We draw a bun in the center of the sheet, gradually unwinding the brush, and then draw an arc with brown paint.

We turn the arc into a loop.

We draw horns and paint over.

We decorate the house of the snail.

We draw eyes, a mouth of a snail. Next, the children themselves come up with and decorate the background of the picture: where is the snail?

Children's work:

Drawing master class for children "Turtle".

We draw a “kolobok” in the center of the sheet with yellow paint, draw 4 loops with brown paint.

The fifth loop is drawn larger in size, we paint over all the loops.

We draw eyes-circles, from the beginning with white paint, then black.

Decorate the turtle shell. The child can come up with his own pattern.

Drawing master class for children "Fish"

We draw a “kolobok” with yellow paint, draw arcs: from above and below, it turned out, as it were, an eye.

We draw a fish tail-triangle. Then decorate the fish with red paint. draw by applying a brush: mouth, fins.

We draw scales, decorate the tail.

We "print" with a brush: draw pebbles and water, draw lines with green algae paint.

Draw the eyes of the fish with black paint. Black paint likes to play pranks, so we are especially careful with it.

"Winter meadow".

We take a blue sheet, A4 format. We draw koloboks with white paint. We draw lines, draw snowdrifts.

With brown paint we draw a trunk and twigs of trees, hands, eyes, a mouth and a broom for a snowman.

We decorate the picture with snowflakes. We decorate the snowman: we draw a bucket on the head and a scarf. Children complete the drawing, decorate.

By the same principle, you can draw an autumn forest, only initially the koloboks will be yellow, orange and green, and the leaf fall, draw by applying a brush, print. Children's work:

Drawing master class for children "Hedgehog".

We draw a "bun" with brown paint.

Draw a triangle nose.

Child's work.
We draw a clearing for a hedgehog, children fantasize.

Child work:

Drawing master class for children "Frog".

We take a blue sheet, A4 format. We draw in the center of the "bun" with green paint.

We draw one more "kolobok", and on top two "bridges".

We draw paws for a frog, we draw the attention of children that the paws of a frog differ in their structure, which helps the frog to jump well and hold on even on the most slippery surface.

We draw a frog mouth, eyes. We decorate the picture, having previously talked with the children: where does the frog live?

Drawing master class for children "Cockerel".

We draw a large bun-torso, a smaller bun - the head. We connect them with smooth lines, we get a neck.

We draw a cock legs-triangles and a tail, lines-arcs.

With red paint we draw a cockerel scallop (bridges), beak and beard, apply a brush.

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This article is intended for beginners, that is, for those who are going to start learning something new, since any road begins with the first step. Just start and take your time trying to enjoy the process of mastering your drawing skills! Watercolor painting is both enjoyable and a bit challenging. It all depends on your approach. Watercolor is one of the most versatile genres of painting, in which you can paint almost everything: from realistic concrete images to abstraction and impressionism. Beginners are advised not to start with the idea of ​​​​creating a masterpiece, but with small steps, gradually and slowly.

Before you feel completely comfortable with watercolors, you will have to paint a lot. Don't give up if your first attempts aren't as successful as you'd like. Mastering the technique of watercolor requires a lot of effort and time, but it's worth it!

So, let's begin!

Steps

Lay a sheet of thick paper on the table. Draw something very primitive with a simple pencil. For example, square or circle

Apply a small amount of watercolor in any color to the white surface of the palette.

Wet the brush a little. If the brush absorbs too much water, remove it with a cloth or shake it gently.

Drop a little water from the brush onto the paint previously applied to the palette. One or two drops are enough, no more.

Dip the brush into the paint with water formed on the palette and pick up a small amount of paint. Next, paint over the geometric figure drawn on a piece of paper. If the paint is too thick and doesn't smudge, dip the brush in water and try again. Keep experimenting with different amounts of water and paint in the mix until you get the right consistency. If you want light dry shades with a "dry brush" effect, then you need less water. If you want juiciness and brightness, then, accordingly, more, etc. Completely paint over the geometric figure drawn on paper.

Let the drawing dry.

Take a piece of watercolor paper and secure it to your drawing board with a piece of duct tape. Use a large brush or sponge to dampen the entire surface of the paper sheet. After that, try applying a few strokes of watercolor paint in different colors. See what results are obtained with different degrees of paper moisture when applying ink of various colors.

If you use too damp paper, you can get a very smooth and light color. Paint of different colors is mixed on paper, allowing you to get new shades. Try applying a blue stripe next to a yellow or gold stripe on wet paper, and then a red stripe. You will see how the colors are mixed, creating uniform color transitions.

Try letting the test pattern dry until the sheen is gone and the paper is still damp. Now the applied stripes will still have soft edges, but will become a little more defined. After the paint is completely dry, add details with a damp brush on dry paper.

To begin with, try to depict a very simple subject that can be multi-colored. Mix some sky blue paint. Draw a sketch of the hills and the tree. First paint them with a wet brush on wet paper. After that start adding some big details with a wet brush. Finally, when the paper is completely dry, add the smallest details with a wet brush on dry paper. That is, the larger the parts, the more wet the paper should be.

You can determine that the paper is completely dry by its temperature, which can be checked by holding the back of your hand over the paper, but without touching it. The leaf should not be cold. In order to acquire the skill of determining the temperature in this way, you will need to practice a little. But this is necessary, since any touch can lead to damage to the pattern and the appearance of grease stains from the skin of the palms on its surface. Do not remove the adhesive tape until the paper is completely dry. The tape helps keep the paper from curling, keeping it even and flat, eliminating unevenness caused by changes in humidity and ink exposure.

You can use ready-made watercolor blocks in which all four sides of the paper are glued like the top edge of a notebook. It is a little more expensive, but very convenient for a beginner.

Try applying light paint to the surface of the paper, and before the paint dries, sprinkle salt on it. You will get interesting effects that can be used to paint landscapes with snowflakes in the sky or lichen on the rocks.

Try drawing on paper with a white crayon, wax crayon, or the tip of a candle to see how the lines appear when watercolor is applied to them.

Try cutting shapes out of sticky masking tape and painting over the resulting stencil to get a specific outline. Everything that is sealed with screen film will remain unpainted.

Always start your watercolor painting by painting in the darker areas and outlining the lighter areas. Isolate or mask everything that should remain white. Get used to the "negative image" as this will also help you get more accurate outlines of objects than if you draw them first and then stroke them with the background. Try starting the image of the cup with its surroundings and background behind the handle, leaving the details of the cup itself for last. You will feel a big difference in image accuracy!

Try applying the "glazing" technique. Once the watercolor is completely dry, mix in a small amount of paint in a contrasting shade and quickly paint over the area. This will change the color, and if you did it right, won't blur the image. Light golden paint applied by glazing on the illuminated areas of the landscape can make the sunlight much more expressive.

1. Read books and articles on watercolor and try them for new ideas. Watch videos on YouTube and other portals to learn more about watercolor painting techniques. After that, try to draw something that you really like. An interesting type of painting is Sumi-E or Japanese ink painting, which transforms beautifully into watercolor drawings.

   • Many instructors begin their courses by teaching the wet-brush-on-wet-paper technique, but it is preferable to start with the most common technique, wet-brush-on-dry paper.
   • If you're using quality embossed watercolor paper (such as Arches), don't throw away the sketches or bad paintings you made on it. You can always paint over them again with acrylic or gouache, or use it as a backdrop for a pastel painting. This paper will also look better whatever you draw on it, and if you draw something pretty, your painting will last longer and won't turn yellow.
   • Watercolor paints are produced in various forms: in tubes, in the form of a pencil or in cuvettes. There are also watercolor crayons. This article used watercolor from tubes.
   • Try to find the type of paper that suits your painting style. Different types of paper have different characteristics. Arches paper is free from most of the disadvantages and is the most versatile, even allowing you to wash off the watercolor image, dry it and reuse it.
   • If you are using paint in pans, do not throw them away after the paint runs out. You can always reuse the cuvettes by filling them with paint from tubes, after thoroughly washing them, and you will have the opportunity to fill the cuvettes with your favorite colors, without being guided by the standard sets in which the cuvettes are supplied.
   • Do not buy the most expensive paper or natural sable brushes. You can spend a large amount of money on a purchase, but it is not necessary! Quality synthetic brushes, a small palette with good paint (artist paint is better than student paint) and 300g/m² cold-pressed paper is most suitable for beginners. Buy a few consumables to start with and gradually buy more as needed.
   • Cuvette sets are handy for painting outdoors or on the go. The paints in them are not easy to mix in large volumes, but they are very useful for working with a wet brush on dry paper. For travelling, it is best to choose a medium to large pointed tip brush, which is included in the ditch kits. However, to draw fine details, you will need a smaller brush. For sketching while traveling, studying or lunch breaks, a pocket block of watercolor paper is suitable. Some kits (such as Winsor & Newton) include a water bottle, collapsible palette caps, and so on.
   • One of the best manufacturers of watercolor paints is Winsor & Newton. The "Cotman" brand is designed specifically for beginner use. It is cheaper and therefore you can experiment in peace without fear of high costs. "Cotman" accessories from Winsor & Newton are of excellent quality and suitable for students.
   • The wet brush on wet paper method also works well before the wet brush on dry paper method within a single painting.

In order to learn how to draw pictures with paints, it is advisable to study at an art school, during which you will acquire skills and techniques for working with paints. You will learn what paints are, the technique of applying color to canvas, etc. You will also learn how to paint on canvas, on fabric. You will find out that they paint on paper only with watercolors and gouache paints, and paint with oil paints on canvas, or rather they don’t draw, but write. Without the ability to select colors, mix them, getting the necessary "color", you will not be able to convey the subtle shades of a landscape or portrait. In addition, there are many types of paints, each of which is suitable for a particular drawing technique. Oil paintings require more diligence and patience than a simple pencil drawing. Paints of a certain color must dry in order to continue applying a new color to the canvas, so sometimes artists paint for months and even years.
This section contains drawings painted by me or sent by you for placement in this section.

Not only children dream of learning how to draw, especially since many adults have talents that have remained unrealized. There are various easy techniques that allow you to make drawings with paints for beginners. The easiest way to learn creativity is with gouache, you can also use watercolor or oil paints, but certain skills are needed to work with the latter.

Artist's Kit - Components

To learn how to draw, you can not do without paints. It is better to buy high-quality paints right away, because too cheap ones fit worse, therefore, the learning process will be less productive. A beginner should not spend money on a professional set: to start drawing from scratch, it is enough to have basic colors:

• titanium white;
• yellow (lemon, medium yellow, yellow ocher);
• red (carmine, cadmium);
• blue;
• emerald and light green;
• black.

The easiest way to work with gouache, but an adult or a schoolboy can easily cope with watercolor. The ideal option is not an ordinary nursery, but a watercolor for artists, which has the best quality. Budget sets of 24 colors cost 400-500 rubles. In principle, five tones (red, blue, yellow, white, black) are enough for the artist, and the rest can be created by mixing. To combine paints, you need to immediately buy a palette. Form, material can be any. On sale there are round, oval, square palettes, wood products, plastic. The size of the palette is also left to the user's choice.

It is equally important to choose a good brush. For beginners, three brushes of different sizes are enough. You can also buy an additional thin brush for bitmaps, small details. Squirrel brushes are the most popular - they perfectly absorb water, give it longer, therefore they paint without spots, stripes. This brush is good for glazing or creating clear contours.

Suitable for a novice artist and kolinsky brush - round, with a sharp tip. It is also convenient to work out thin contours, elegant details in the technique of watercolor painting. Be sure to include a flat wide brush for pouring. She performs the background or stripes over a large area of ​​the canvas, sheet of paper. Over time, fan, linear, and retouch brushes are usually added to the collection of brushes. It is important to inspect the brushes for the reliability of the connection between the pile and the handle - it must be very strong.

Other accessories in the artist's kit:

1. Paper. For watercolor paints, you should buy special paper with low absorption, which will not allow water to wet the sheet until it is completely dry. On plain printer paper, watercolor tends to bleed. The best option is hot-pressed paper, which additionally has a very smooth surface.
2. Thinners. Special solvents will be required to dilute oil paints. Usually linseed oil or turpentine is used for this. Organic solvents are not recommended - they spoil the structure of the oil paint, remove the beautiful shine. However, to clean paint from brushes, you need to buy turpentine, white spirit.
3. Canvas. Usually used for painting with oils or acrylics. The stores have ready-made canvases in stretchers made of linen, cotton, synthetics. Natural fabrics are dense, sag a little, drawings look more beautiful on them. You can also make a canvas yourself. To do this, you need to buy a stretcher, cover it with a cloth, then prime it. As the primer dries, pull the canvas a little tighter.
4. Easel. It is recommended to purchase it if you plan to take drawing seriously. The easel is placed at eye level, which gives an excellent overview of the picture, helps to work correctly and quickly look for flaws. For small canvases, there are mini easels on sale.
5. Protective varnish. It is advisable to cover the picture with varnish, this will help protect it from ultraviolet radiation, make the colors saturated.

Also, to compile an artist's kit, you need to buy jars for brushes, wet wipes, cotton rags. To work with oil, you will need a palette knife - a spatula for thick paint, removing dried material and applying beautiful strokes. Another option is to buy clip-on oilers (single or double) that contain paint and are easy to attach to your palette.

Watercolor painting techniques

You need to learn different ways of drawing in stages, moving from the easiest to the most difficult. At first, most artists use sketching, then they begin to show imagination and create their own masterpieces. It is recommended to start learning how to work with watercolor with the techniques described below.

Flat brush painting

If the drawing is invented, you should follow these steps step by step:

1. Draw a square, a rectangle to indicate the beginning, end of the layer. With a dark shade, draw a thin line from the upper left corner to the upper right corner.
2. Wet the brush with watercolor. Run the second stroke from the bottom edge of the first line, covering the accumulated paint below. You need to work quickly so that there are no streaks of watercolor or gently wash them with a cloth.
3. Repeat this action again with the next line. It is better to use the flat edge of the brush for strokes, which will make the bottom of the stroke more even. Intermittent strokes must be immediately redrawn.
4. Completely fill in the intended contour, repeating the steps in the same way. It is important at the same time to observe the evenness of the tone of the paint, not to change the brand of watercolor. On paper that is too thick, the strokes may be uneven. Then it is recommended to slightly sprinkle the sheet with water, get wet, let it dry, and only then start drawing.

At the end of the work, it is necessary to rinse the brush, squeeze it dry, remove all the clots of paint at the bottom of the last stroke with it, preventing the picture from discoloring. To give the picture texture, you can leave it to dry at an angle.

Gradient

First, you also need to work out a square, a rectangle (in the future, this will be the drawing required by the artist). Then the following steps should be taken:

• dip the brush in a dark shade of the desired color, draw a vertical or horizontal stroke;
• wipe the brush with a cloth, paper towel, dip in a lighter shade of the same color, draw a stroke overlapping part of the previous one;
• rinse, wipe the brush, make another stroke (lighter, darker or a completely different color);
• repeat until the shape is filled;
• rinse the brush, dry it, pick up the remaining paint.

With the help of a gradient, you can create very interesting transitions that form the basis of the future picture.

watercolor glaze

The glaze technique requires the imagination of the artist; with its help, the landscape, the image of autumn and summer, the landscape come out well. Description of the technique on the example of the landscape:

• complete the sky above, the river below with blue watercolor;
• dilute the paint with water, draw a waterfall;
• make pink clouds in the sky;
• draw the bottom of the picture and the mountain in yellow;
• let all layers dry well;
• using dark blue to shade the horizon of the mountain and its top, they can also beautifully decorate the waterfall;
• make the banks of the river orange, shade the sky a little;
• as the drawing dries, draw bubbles on the waterfall in purple;
• you can draw trees along the banks of the river - the trunks are brown, the leaves are green;
• shade blue sky, water;
• draw grass in blue, green;
• you can depict trees and fruits under them.

The meaning of glazing is that all layers of paint interact with each other, overlap one another and, when overlapping, give even more interesting effects.

"Wet" technique

Before drawing, you need to moisten a sheet of paper with water. Of course, the paper needs to be thick, not sagging. Wetting is done with a sponge, after squeezing it out. Moisture should be evenly distributed over the sheet and not shine, otherwise there is too much water on it.

• first draw a background, choosing any light shade;
• make a drawing of a vase;
• draw leaves in a vase using yellow, red, orange;
• apply each new shade after partial drying of the previous one, the vagueness of the lines creates very interesting effects;
• at the end of the work, you can place accents with brown, dark brown, burgundy, make shadows;
• with a wet clean brush, do some blurring of the borders, but do not overdo it to eliminate the sloppy look of the picture.

You should not combine cold and warm tones in one picture, this will give a visual dissonance.

Dry brush drawing

It is easy to draw in this technique. The paint must be taken on a dry brush, then a stroke on paper. Preliminary it is recommended to sketch with a pencil. At first, the sketches will be quite rough - for example, the outlines of the sky, trunks and branches of trees, a river. After the first layer dries, details are added, shadows are created, texture is drawn. Then they make a background around, place the necessary accents.

When drawing, you need to change the pressure on the brush, which will add or remove texture. It is important that the brush does not remain too wet after rinsing and blotting. Otherwise, the paint will not give the effect of texture, it will look flat.

No excess moisture

The technique is well suited for drawing clouds, streams of light. Before starting work, you need to prepare a few sponges or sponges for the face. First, strokes are made with a dry or wet brush, then they are rubbed with sponges. It is important not to rub the sheet hard so as not to damage the paper. Highlights can be done with paper towels. After, if necessary, the contours of the drawings and accents are drawn with a thin dry brush.

Discoloration of dried paint

In this case, the already dried drawing is clarified. Moisten the desired areas with a cloth, gently wipe with a dry brush. It is best to use brushes with stiff bristles, which can scrape off the paint a little. Actions must be careful, otherwise there is a risk of damaging the paper. Instead of using a rag, it is acceptable to spray paper from a spray bottle, and then moisten the moisture with a paper towel. Another option is to gently rub the pattern with sandpaper, then you do not need to wet it first.

Gouache for beginners

Usually, learning to draw with gouache is recommended as early as childhood - from 4-6 years old. It is very easy to apply, does not float, and is much easier to work with than watercolor. Gouache drawings can be very diverse - nature, animals, flowers and trees, fruits, etc. Adults paint real landscapes with gouache.

You can make drawings not only on paper, but also on canvas, plywood, wood, fabric, even on stones, pebbles. For this purpose, it is better to purchase not children's, but artistic gouache, which is of high quality. First, a sketch is made with a pencil, after which it is painted over. Start with dark colors, gradually moving to light ones. Mixing paints must take into account the color wheel, otherwise the result will be a gray tone.

Features of oil paints

Experienced artists greatly appreciate oil paints, which are available in a wide range in specialized stores. The paints contain mineral substances, organic and synthetic components. They are diluted not with water, but with linseed oil, which gives brightness, richness of tone. Paints dry for a long time, but the drawing can be corrected for a certain time. To dilute dried, thickened paint, a special oil is also used, which is sold in the art departments.

Types of oil paints

There are three types of oil paints:

1. Highly artistic. Usually they are used for professional painting. The price of the material is high due to the excellent quality of the components. For decades, paints do not lose color, do not fade.
2. Sketchy. Suitable for beginners, inexpensive, can be used in different techniques.
3. Studio. They have an intermediate price between the two listed options, suitable for artists and beginners.

Also, oil paints are transparent, opaque. The latter are denser, do not transmit light. If the packaging is marked with a “*”, such material is very resistant, it lasts a long time. The more stars, the higher the quality of the paint.

Rules and drawing techniques

The oil painting looks very beautiful. The strokes look each on its own, although it is rather difficult to achieve such an effect. There are two main techniques: in one coating (alla prima) and in several layers. For a multi-layer overlay of paints, you will have to try - work quickly, do not dilute the material, know its properties and how one tone will look over the second. Oil consumption for multilayer application is usually high.

Single-layer drawing has its drawbacks. So, over time, strokes can crack due to paint shrinkage, so most professionals dry the first coat and apply at least one more. Thus, material costs can be reduced.

• the lighting should be good, otherwise there is a risk of making unnecessary shadows in the picture;
• first you need to draw a contour, then make oil strokes along the lines;
• colors can be mixed, knowing the basic principles of combining tones;
• usually they paint pictures, starting with bright elements, highlighting the darkest and lightest points;
• after completing the sketch, outline the contours and details, make the necessary accents;
• the finished picture must be allowed to dry for three days, but on the second day you can make some edits;
• the canvas after drying can not be rubbed, touched with hands.

Acrylic paints combine the properties of oil and watercolor, they do not fade, they are not afraid of water. You can apply layers directly on the previous ones, without waiting for them to dry. To begin with, it is better to buy a set of 6 colors, then expand to 18. Acrylic painting is on paper, canvas, fabric, glass, plastic, stones. Dilute the paint with water, solvents. The following techniques are used:

• dry - on paper, canvas;
• wet - on a dampened canvas;
• glazing - applying a thick layer and its subsequent shading;
• impasto - drawing with clearly distinguishable strokes.

To give the picture a complete look, you can apply individual strokes with felt-tip pens, markers, pencils, pastels. At first, simple pictures are performed, then they move on to still lifes, views from the window, and portraits. For training, it will be useful to apply the technique of abstraction - to make spots and add details, giving them an image.

Tips for working with acrylic are as follows:

• nearby it is necessary to have a spray with water to moisten quick-drying paints;
• when adding water, you can make a more transparent material from acrylic paint;
• it is impossible to introduce too much water, after drying the paint may crumble;
• before wetting the brush in the paint, you need to dry it;
• to slow down the drying of the material, the addition of not water, but a solvent will help;
• to preserve the pattern, it is varnished.

Drawings on fabric

It is quite difficult to make fabric drawings, it is better to practice on a different basis. With experience, it is quite possible to draw on silk, synthetics, natural fabrics. First, the fabric must be washed, ironed, pulled onto a frame or placed on a flat surface. Place an oilcloth under the fabric, make a drawing with a special felt-tip pen for matter. After doing art painting. The easiest way is to work on ready-made stencils, but you can make a drawing yourself. After a day of drying, you need to iron the product with an iron, after 2 days it can be washed.

Paintings on canvas

For acrylic, canvas is the ideal base. Paints must be prepared in advance, diluted with water. If mixing is planned, it is better to use a special solvent, otherwise the material will dry quickly. The palette should be periodically sprinkled with water. They begin to draw the largest details, as they draw smaller lines, they change the brushes to thin ones. The rate of dilution of paints with water to create more transparent tones is less than 20%.

Drawings on paper

For the first time, it is worth trying drawing on paper. Since the structure of the paints is dense (it is, in fact, liquid plastic), ordinary thin paper will not work. It is better to take cardboard or special thick paper. Also, drawings can be done on paper wallpaper that is already pasted on the walls. This is a popular design technique that allows you to decorate plain material and give the room an original look.

glass painting

The pictures on the glass look very beautiful, reminiscent of a finished stained glass window. The contours of the future drawing are made with a thin marker according to the sketch, which is placed under the glass. After that, paints are applied in layers, forming the desired combinations of colors, accents, lighter and darker zones. At the end of the work, acrylic varnish is applied to the painting.

Paints give endless scope for imagination. Learning to draw is easy. Even without talent, you can make beautiful drawings with sufficient diligence and perseverance.