How I painted Antelope Canyon using oil paints on canvas, starting with blocking in the painting and culminating with the modelling and detailing stage. This video covers painting in layers with oil paint, colour theory, using warm and cool colours to sculpt forms, and lighting your painting.
I absolutely LOVED painting this landscape piece and actually shed a tear or two when it was time for it to leave my studio and head to its forever home.
A note on how I prime, tone, and sand my canvases. I begin with professional grade gesso (I use Liquitex Professionals) and add a bit of water to thin it and some liquid acrylic paint to tone it. My favourite is yellow ochre, though any earth tone will work. Then, using a foam brush, I apply it to my canvas in thin layers, sanding in between each layer with a 220 to 320 grit sandpaper block. Doing this means that the canvas is smooth, and the tone means that I can read my colours more accurately since I am working off of a midtone instead of pure white.
If you’d like a detailed walkthrough of this process, check out my FREE 36 page Introduction to Acrylic Painting eBook, which you can sign up for here: https://tinyurl.com/42ye4srx
I hope you enjoy, feel free to connect with me and let me know how I can support you on your own artist’s journey! Tag me in any completed paintings that were inspired by this video so I can enjoy your artwork.
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Materials used:
– 36″ x 48″ Gallery Profile Canvas
– Gesso
– My palette: burnt umber, titanium white (fast drying), ultramarine blue, quinacridone red, cadmium red medium, cadmium orange, deep yellow, and burnt sienna (in this video, I used a mix of paints from M. Graham & Co. and Winsor & Newton).
– Variety of brushes, including a foam brush for priming the canvas. My favourite brushes are synthetic flats and filberts from Silver brushes.
– Kamar by Krylon spray varnish (after the video)
