6 SIMPLE STEPS TO PAINTING TEXTURED ABSTRACT ART
6 SIMPLE STEPS TO CREATE A TEXTURED ABSTRACT PAINTING:
1. Prep your canvas: In this tutorial, I use modeling paste to create an ultra-smooth finish, but you can use several coats of Titanium White to get a nice, smooth prepped canvas (2–3 coats).
2. Lay down your texture with a palette knife.
3. Use another type of texture over the last. Let dry thoroughly.
4. Apply paint in layers using light coats. Let each layer dry thoroughly.
5. When background layers are dry (and finished), use a flat brush to lightly apply color over portions of the textured regions. Let dry.
6. Apply a final “glaze coat” over your finished artwork. Let dry. Varnish, if desired.
A UNIQUE WAY TO USE TEXTURE PASTE:
CREATING AN ULTRA-SMOOTH FINISH WITH MODELING PASTE
For the modeling paste, I’m going to mix a little up with some water and I just have this in a plastic container and I’m going to mix it up like that. And, what I’m going to do is I’m going to add some white paint to that and this is going to give us a really nice kind of white surface texture. And that’s okay if I splash like that because I’m going to go right over it.
It doesn’t have to be perfectly smooth, kind of mixing up sort of a very light kind of batter, if you will. Clean this up like this. It’s going to look kind of like–it will be a little lumpy, kind of like a pancake batter. And we’re just going to put this down on our surface.
USE TITANIUM WHITE IN MULTIPLE COATS FOR SIMILAR EFFECT (NOT QUITE AS SMOOTH)
When dry, you are ready to lay down texture.
LAY DOWN TEXTURE WITH A PALETTE KNIFE
Layer paint over dried texture. Use multiple coats vs. one thick coat.
WHEN BACKGROUND LAYERS ARE FULLY DRY, YOU CAN APPLY COLOR TO THE TEXTURED AREAS — USE A FLAT BRUSH.
See the full step-by-step tutorial and materials used to create this painting
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