Learn Acrylic Painting: Design and Illustrate a Duck

Description

Do you want to learn new simple and easy acrylic technique?

Even if you are a beginner at acrylic painting, by the end of this course you will feel like a real artist! You will be amazed to see how easily you painted, without much work, it will be relaxing.

Creating this painting will get you in touch with the nature. By painting very colorful and luxurious vegetation.

In this course, you will learn color mixing, brush-handling and mark making. Save the details and smaller brushes for the end.

In this course, you will paint a wonderful duck ! Ducks are one of the most famous birds from the countryside, and why not, from the city , where people are keeping them as pets, in the gardens! Their beauty and cuteness can conquer everyone’s heart, especially for their webbed feet which are lovely and are uniquely designed to help them move through the water.

You will learn all the secrets of acrylic painting, how to play with light and shadow to create a great contrast.

Ducks are also kept for their ornamental value. Breeds have been developed with crests and tufts or striking plumage, for exhibition in competitions.

In ancient times, in Egypt, the ducks were a symbol of fertility and are frequently depicted in wall paintings and artefacts.

Along the history, more recently, we find the motif of the duck present in music and stories for the children, in The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck and Make Way for Ducklings, the last one winning a medal for being a great illustration.

And let’s not forget about the Disney cartoon character Donald Duck, one of the world's most recognizable pop culture icons!

Take this course and learn about how to make a duck, by following all the steps from creating the shape and the layers of color. This is the perfect painting for your child’s room!

Assignment

Learn how to paint combining different colors: turquoise, white, blue, brown and red.

By the end of this assignment you will create a beautiful duck, as well as some grass around to give the sense of atmospheric perspective.

In this process, you will discover new abilities that will aid you in creating many more acrylic paintings

Materials:

1. Acrylic paints (Amsterdam): white, turquoise, blue, yellow, brown and red.

2. Stretched canvas

3. Big flat brush, small flat bush, .

Deliverable

A finished duck painting

Don’t hesitate to ask any questions if you feel stuck. Looking forward for seeing the results. Share your pictures of your process.

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