[digitaljohn]

I am gonna do my first painting as a gift for Christmas, does anyway have ANY tips or sites with tutorials. Here is the sketch:

(Sorry about the texture, I scanned from the canvas.)



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[digitaljohn]

Anyone?!

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[cybergod]

the link isn't working



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[cybergod]

hoo... sorry i can see it now
and NO i dont know

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[digitaljohn]

Somebody has to know something...


Where is your Christmas Spirit, I need this done by Christmas.

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[Frost]

I never touche paints in my entire life. This is a digital art forum, so don't be that surprised. Fred Flicks Stones and Craig Mullins could surely help, but hey, they don't drop by all that often.

[Bugscratch]

Well what is it you want to know ? Is there any specific thing you have problems with ?
I mean the sketch is top notch, all you'd need to do is to start painting....
By the way, do you have a huge scanner or is the canvas so small ? Myself I always go for large canvasses.... I don't get anything smaller than 60 x 80 centimeters....

-bugscratch

[digitaljohn]

Thanks for the replies.

Actually I don't have anything in specific that I need help on, I just wanted to know anything, like I said I've never done this and I didn't want to mess up already.

Thanks for the kinda words about the sketch, that's the first picture that I've drawn and posted here. I was always to worried, didn't think I was good. So the lack of critism was surprising. Should I scan more of my work? (All I usualyy post is my coloring jobs)

Thanks Again....

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[quaternius]

Heck of a short time to learn to paint with acrylics...
Here's a few tips that might help. Paint from the background to whatever is closest to you. (This isn't the only way, just my advice.)Lay-in the background as different color washes that blend together, just thin enough that you can see the linework through them. Work with water-thinned paint to start, then gradually just start using the paint thicker and thicker. Ideally you want to create your first washes in a middle value so as you work to finish up the details you can lighten certain areas and darken other areas. Very much like oil paint. Start with big simple shapes and gradually paint smaller and smaller shapes. Do you have a "butcher" tray for your palette? I'd recommend a few grumbacher 4722 filbert type brushes of different sizes for this type of work. Get yourself a trigger-type spray bottle, so you can spray your canvas and your palette with clear water as you work to keep them both damp. Don't spray the canvas straight-on, but kinda across it. Spray it when it looks like it's getting dry. You just want a little moisture from the fine spray so you can keep the paint workable. One thing to keep in mind is that acrylics will generally dry a couple shades darker than what you see when wet. You want color recommendations?
cadmium yellow light
cadmium orange
cadmium red light
naphthol red
medium magenta
ultramarine blue
cerulean blue
phthalo green
green light, permanent
titanium white (big tube)
These are Liquitex colors. Don't know if you've studied any color theory. I'll put some up on my quaternius' site in a month or so... sorry that won't help you now. Briefly, the colors recommended above are complementary. eg. Ultramarine blue and cadmium orange when mixed evenly will give you a gray... an ugly gray, but still a gray. Naphthol Crimson and Phthalo green will give you a black, or close to it. Medium magenta and light green will give you a nice soft gray. Etc. Too much to go into in this brief space.
Greens and oranges mixed together will give you browns. A great reference for mixing real colors is Steven Quillers book "acrylic painting techniques".

There 'tis... acrylics in a nutshell - good luck.

Q

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[digitaljohn]

Thanks, helps a whole lot! Glad I can come here for advice, quite of bit of text too!

Anyone else...

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[Aius_Lytebringer]

You have a great sketch working for you there, now just block your basic shapes and colors out and refine it from there. Acrylics are nice because you can keep going over them again and again.

-Aius