Art Class: Oil painting, Water color, Acrylic painting on Canvas or cotton paper

Acrylic

The subject is sketched on the canvas with the use of a pencil. Acrylic colors are positioned with a brush starting from the background. The shades are obtained by darkening or lightening the color with a flat brush. The details are made with a liner and the black and white colors are used last.

Watercolor

To begin, the subject must be sketched on a cotton paper, delimiting the spot-shaped light spots. Then we will wet the paper with the brush leaving the light spot dry. On the wet part the watercolor colors will be applied, four or five shades of color that will mix. Working on different layers will give strength and intensity to the colors. The details will be done at the last moment, when the paper is dry. Finally, the initial sketch pencil will be erased, the white of the paper will pop out.

Oil

We can sketch with the use of a pencile the subject on the canvas, we will then choose the oil colors and prepare them on the palette. The colors are directly mixed on the canvas and spread with brush or spatula. We are going to start from the background and finish with the last elements on top. Touches of light with white will be done at the end.