This is a still life from one of the Beginner “Painting Paths” offered on Patreon by the Paint Coach. The idea is to block out your darks and lights first, and use that as a value “road map” in completing the painting, gradually adding more detail.
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Autumn Tree from #PAINTCOACH Patreon
This Autumn Tree exercise was from a PaintCoach post on Patreon. I did it on a 6×6 linen panel in acrylic. Getting the colors even close to correct was a beat-down. I’m discovering I prefer liquid or soft-body acrylics to the heavy-body, at least when I’m trying to imitate painting in oils!
One photo is of the work-in-progress; the other is the “I’m done with this!” version.
I’m most satisfied with the sky. If I were to paint this again, I’d use much less yellow in the tree, and make shorter and less uniform brush strokes.
Apple & Cherries from #PAINTWEEK
I signed up to Paintcoach’s PaintWeek class, and did this demo painting of an apple with cherries. Because I was using acrylics and not oils, the gradations between the values are harsher. I didn’t blend; I was layering.
I am more satisfied with the cherries than the apple.
Two Different Apples.. from #PAINTCOACH
These two apples are from YouTube videos by PaintCoach.
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