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Acrylic Painting Techniques: Surfaces and Grounds for Acrylic Painters Part 1

What's a surface? What's a ground?



What's the difference between a ground and a surface? What is acrylic polymer gesso? Find out in this hangout! 
I'll cover three popular grounds made by Golden Artist Colors and provide some information on how to use them.  Also included in some good info on paper and canvas. 
Be sure to join me every Wednesday at noon PST to get your tough acrylic painting questions answered, learn some of my secrets and get a prize or two! 
Have a topic you want me to cover? Send me an email! Tesia@AcrylicDiva.com. 
Also join me on ❤︎Creative Flow - every Thursday night on my Acrylic Diva Workshop channel.  Join here: http://bit.ly/2o57LI6
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Composition for Artists - Part 2

Composition is an important aspect of what we do as artists. In this episode I'll talk about intention; and how to create the type of energy you want in the painting using shape, line and color.



Artists mentioned:
Brice Marden - Cold Mountain Series
Cy Twombly
Philip Guston - The Klansman Series
Elizabeth Murray
Edvard Munch - The Scream
Mary Cassatt

Every Wednesday at noon PST I host a free YouTube hangout all about acrylic painting! You'll also see a host of other topics including; composition, the business of art, tools of the trade and a lot more. Join me here: https://youtu.be/G3cKnF8STXI

Have a topic you want me to cover? Send me an email! Tesia@AcrylicDiva.com.

Also join me on ❤︎Creative Flow - every Thursday night on my Acrylic Diva Workshop channel. Join here: http://bit.ly/2o57LI6

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http://www.acrylicdiva.com/free-color-wheel

Acrylic painting questions? Catch me on...

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Composition for Artists - Part 1

Composition is one of the most important things in creating paintings that work. Join me for  info all about focal point, leading lines, contrast, and more!  Join me every Wednesday at 12 pm PST for an hour all about acrylic paint. Ask me your tough questions. I'll share a technique or two and maybe even give away a prize!  Also join me on ❤︎Creative Flow - every Thursday night on my Acrylic Diva Workshop channel. Join here: http://bit.ly/2o57LI6 DOWNLOAD MY FREE 7 PAGE BOOKLET ON MIXING COLOR.  http://www.acrylicdiva.com/free-color-wheel Acrylic painting questions? Catch me on... Twitter: https://twitter.com/TesiaBlackburn Instagram: http://instagram.com/acrylicdiva Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TesiaBlackburnFineArt Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/AcrylicDiva/ Artists in this video:  Stuart Davis Mark Rothko Tesia Blackburn Artists mentioned in this episode: Ad Reinhardt, Joseph Albers, Helen Frankenthaler, Frank Stella.  Also mentioned: "Concerning the Spiritual in Art" by Wassily Kandinsky. http://amzn.to/2ugxj8D (affiliate link) Steve McCurry video on composition: https://youtu.be/9Q8RRB1XpFI No part of this video may be reproduced or distributed for any reason  without written permission from me.

Creating A Smooth Blend in Acrylic Paint

It can be hard to get that seamless blend between two colors. Here are some tips on how to do just that. 
Products I mentioned in this episode: Golden Fluids:
Quinacridone Magenta http://bit.ly/2rSkEJp
Phthalo Blue Green Shade: http://bit.ly/2rSPdyn
Hansa Yellow Medium: http://bit.ly/2sBWlMV
Titanium White: http://bit.ly/2rSfv3H
Golden Glazing Liquid: http://bit.ly/2q8PQla

Brushes:
Loew Cornell brown nylon: http://bit.ly/2rSwe6Y
Princeton 1" white nylon: http://bit.ly/2tPteoq

These are affiliate links and I make a very small commission when you purchase through these links. Thank you!


Catch me every Wednesday at noon for a free live hangout! I'll show a technique, answer your acrylic painting questions and give away some paint! Join here

DOWNLOAD MY FREE 7 PAGE BOOKLET ON MIXING COLOR. http://www.acrylicdiva.com/free-color-wheel

Acrylic painting questions? Catch me on...

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Acrylic Painting Techniques - Color Mixing Basics Part 2

Check out some more color mixing information!


Catch me every Wednesday at noon for a free live hangout! I'll show a technique, answer your acrylic painting questions and give away some paint! Join here

Products I mentioned in this episode: Golden Fluids:
Quinacridone Magenta http://bit.ly/2rSkEJp
Phthalo Blue Green Shade: http://bit.ly/2rSPdyn
Hansa Yellow Medium: http://bit.ly/2sBWlMV
Titanium White: http://bit.ly/2rSfv3H
Golden Glazing Liquid: http://bit.ly/2q8PQla

These are affiliate links and I make a very small commission when you purchase through these links. Thank you!

DOWNLOAD MY FREE 7 PAGE BOOKLET ON MIXING COLOR. http://www.acrylicdiva.com/free-color-wheel

Acrylic painting questions? Catch me on...

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TesiaBlackburn
Instagram: http://instagram.com/acrylicdiva
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TesiaBlackburnFineArt
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/AcrylicDiva/

No part of this video may be reproduced or distributed for any reason  without written permission from me.

Acrylic Painting Techniques - Color Mixing Basics Part 1

Think you need lots of paint to create color? Think again. I'll show you how to make an astonishing array of colors with just three mixing primaries. Watch this!



Join me every Wednesday at noon PST for an hour all about acrylic paint. Ask me your tough questions. I'll share a technique or two and maybe even give away a prize!
Subscribe to my YouTube channel here: http://bit.ly/2pYT2jN

Also join me on ❤︎Creative Flow - every Thursday night on my Acrylic Diva Workshop channel. Join here: http://bit.ly/2o57LI6

Products I mentioned in this episode:
Golden Fluids: http://bit.ly/GoldenFluidsSet
Golden Glazing Liquid: http://bit.ly/2q8PQla
Golden Heavy Body: http://bit.ly/HeavyBod

I receive a small commission when you order using the links above. Thank you!

DOWNLOAD MY FREE 7 PAGE BOOKLET ON MIXING COLOR. http://www.acrylicdiva.com/free-color-wheel

Acrylic painting questions? Catch me on...

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TesiaBlackburn
Instagram: http://instagram.com/acrylicdiva
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TesiaBlackburnFineArt
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/AcrylicDiva/

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