This interior scene has been painted by layering acrylics and pastels, here are the steps I took:

Comfortable at Home, acrylic paint and oil pastels tutorial

I transferred my drawing to the canvas using a grid technique.

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Painting under layers with contrasting colors in acrylic.

Adding more contrasting colors and contouring in acrylic

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Because acrylic is somewhat transparent, the layers I am painting now will be somewhat visible underneath the final layer of local color, they will also show along the edges.

Then I am painting the final layers with colors that are closer to what I have on my reference picture.

Adding more local and realistic colors

I am adding some white acrylic diluted in water that will make textures on the surface

Adding some touches of bright colors with acrylics (using brushes and fingers ) and contouring with oil pastels.

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The finished painting: Comfortable at home