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ACRYLIC LESSON 2

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To create a mood for your painting, underpaint the canvas with warm or cool colors, depending on the desired atmosphere. (Warm colors are associated with happiness and excitement, as well as summer; cool colors are likened to calm and melancholy, as well as winter.) In this scene, the warm underpainting results in a summery, tropical feeling.

WHAT YOU NEED

BRUSHES:

• large flat brush

• medium flat brush

ACRYLIC COLORS:

• burnt sienna • cadmium red light • cadmium yellow medium • dioxazine purple • flesh • light blue • light blue-violet • medium magenta • Naples yellow • Payne’s gray • phthalo blue • phthalo green • raw sienna • titanium white • unbleached titanium • yellow ochre

EXTRAS:

• pre-primed canvas ...