Painting Large Scale In Acrylic

Here is painting in action! The large scale painting (36"x48") is very different that the usual format. This video shows the completion of a real large scale painting for two very real people, who love Max & Joey. Max & Joey are two lovable Alaskan Huskies- their story is a happy and a beautiful one! Scaling the image manually is a process in itself. Acrylic paint has its demands - takes a lot of gradual layers to achieve opacity. We presents the basic stages in creating a large size acrylic painting. Viewing a real life painting process facilitates learning. It took many weeks to complete it - a small fraction was taped, and a tiny part of this is included here. YouTubes terms have dictated an introduction version this one. A full version (1:30min) is available and a Quality Lithograph ( Giclee) from the website:http://www.tsvetana.com/artgiclees. Below is a text guide of how to organize the painting of your pets. Hopefully you will find it helpful.
HOW TO PAINT YOUR PETS
How Top Paint Your Dogs In Large Scale
Materials you will need:
1.Canvas 36x48 x 1.75 with a medium gray base
2.Acrylic paints: "Liquitex" Opaque Mars Black, Titanium White, Winsor Blue, Warm Gray, Cadmium Orange
3. Pencils, 2 Foam Brushes, ¾ flat brush, ¼ flat brush, Fine Point Brush,
Palette Knife, Clean Wet Cloths, Dry Paper Towels. Small Metal Brush
Liquid Clear Water Based Polyurethane Sealant.
STAGE - COMPOSITION
 Take 20-50 photos of the pets
 Look for calm positions and close ups
 Select the best 3-4 shots
 Enlarge, and print for better details
 Combine two appropriate pictures in scale
 Use common sense in composing
 Decide how big the painting will be
 Inches 36 x 48/Decimal 92 cm x122 cm
STAGE TWO - THE PRELIMINARY
 Select a canvas or make your own
 If you make your own, use a medium warm gray as a
 Print the composition in color on 12 x 17
 Grade the Photos in a 2 x 2 squares
 Draw a line in the center to start
 Calculate the squares for the canvas to be 6 x 6
 Start from the middle outward
 Assign numbers to the vertical quadrants
 Assign number to the horizontal quadrants
 Mark the center vertical & horizontal
STAGE THREE - THE DRAWING IN PENCIL
 Very carefully begin drawing the images
 Begin from the section you understand the best
 Do not try to improvise only transfer accurate graphic lines
 Constantly step back 7-10 feet to verify image
 Begin the details eyes, nose, collar
 Try to be as accurate as possible
 Draw the darkest parts of the eyes & the noses
 Pay especially attention to the eyes & the shades
 Lightly shade with a pencil the darker parts
STAGE FOUR - DEFINING THE CONTRASTS
 By using a foam 2 brush start applying the graphic shades
 Apply all light shades in diluted whit overlay on the gray background
 Wait to dry and repeat again for better definition
 Apply a diluted black to define all the dark parts
 Leave the medium gray untouched with pencil markings
 Repeat carefully with a diluted acrylic paint
STAGE FIVE- PERSONALITY TIME
 Focus on the accents, which give personality eyes & nose cavity
 Gradually & very carefully darken the noses and irises of the eyes.
 Leave to dry, before you proceed to next layer.
 Use dryer carefully, since it may spill diluted paint
 Have a paper tissue ready in left-hand wipe paint drips.
 Apply soft cerulean blue, mixed with white to the eyes
 Soften down to washed out sky blue Huskies eyes are watery blues
 Continue fine touches on the eyes, nose, and ears.
 Continue to evaluate the stage by stepping back every 10-15 minutes
 With a very diluted Cadmium Orange apply warm shades to the fur and shades.
STAGE SIX - COMPLETION
 Fine all - face, eyes, face hairs, whiskers, velvety years, collar, metal & leather accents
 Applying the background in shades of dark gray and navy blue.
 Work the acrylic application by applying a dark layer first evenly
 Leave to dry for a few hours and apply a dry sponge & wash out with wet cloth
 While still wet sporadically distress with a metal brush, until gray shows up?
 Use dry sponge and large dry brush for light effects.
 After it dries , scrub carefully top layer with a dry cloth
 Leave to dry and observe the acrylic colors for intensity. Reapply.
 Color the sides of the painting with a contrast color white
STAGE SEVEN- SEAL WITH PROTECTIVE COAT
 After a few days drying, sign it and seal with satin acrylic water based clear coat
 Sealing protects the colors from fading and the image from scratching
Good Luck! A Full version of the video or a giclee of the painting may be requested on the website www.tsvetana.com.
Designer | Artist | Concept | Director
Tsvetana Yvanova Fine Art @2010
www.tsvetana.com
http://www.tsvetana.com/artgiclees/maxjoeygiclee.html

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• large scale art
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[White4light]

That's awesome!!!

[StyleViewOrg]

@White4light -Thank you for your kind words! When you love something, you do the best you can!!!I love pets and I love painting . . .I am happy that the result has given you food for thought!

[nonniesview]

Gorgeous and amazing! Love it, please upload more!

[MrChristlike76]

incredible!

[Zoyahxxx]

Amazing and beautiful!! Well done!

[ViciousSweety]

that is just breathtakingly beautiful!!

[stinkygusto]

im a tattooist and just statred to study realizim and painting nevery try'd it yet but wow have i got a long road to travel looking at your work fantastic keep it up

[TruthSeekingElf]

Truly amazing and a VERY generous instruction but I need to see you do it as I got lost in the maths part of it. Thank you for sharing...

[mafermononoke]

That's beautiful!!

JAja, I also need to scale to make a good work or it end being horrible xD

I love your huskys!! I'm gonna try and paint mine OwO you just inspired me!!

[jubbaronny]

Brilliant!

[Artisteeys23]

AMAZING WORK! GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS YOU TRUELY ARE AN INSPIRATION TO ALL OF US ARTISTS!

[rhythm2007mc]

haha you cheat you scaled the photo lol, Just kidding, its a great tool to use but I prefer to freestyle draw aswell as you can create more of an artistic original work, compared to scaling. Good tho if your on a contract or you just love the painting part. Do you only use acrylic or do you do mixed meduim painting aswell? ;P