Exhibition, step by step acrylic painting tutorial
November 9, 2010 2019-02-06 13:54Exhibition, step by step acrylic painting tutorial
![drawing with charcoal on canvas](https://paintingdemos.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/20101025_1.jpg)
My charcoal drawing on the canvas, made from a picture my daughter took.
![painting contrasting colors](https://paintingdemos.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/20101025_4.jpg)
Here, my first layer of black. I am trying to paint with colors that are in contrast with the local colors.
![painting contrasting colors](https://paintingdemos.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/20101025_7.jpg)
Painting more contrasting colors.
![interior art painting step by step demonstration](https://paintingdemos.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/20101026_1.jpg)
All this layering will help making colors more complex at the end and having interesting and contrasting edges.
![interior art painting step by step demonstration](https://paintingdemos.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/20101026_2.jpg)
Here I start another phase of layering, with colors I found in undertones of the local colors.
![acrylic painting demo , layering colors](https://paintingdemos.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/20101026_3.jpg)
For example some of the light on the ceiling have blue undertones.
![acrylic painting demo , layering colors](https://paintingdemos.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/20101026_5.jpg)
Here I start to apply local colors.
![glazing acrylic and medium](https://paintingdemos.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/20101026_6.jpg)
I keep them semi-transparent by adding medium so some of the layering underneath is still visible.
![final adjustements](https://paintingdemos.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/20101026_91.jpg)
Adjusting local colors and correcting some of the figure shapes.
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![acrylic on canvas painting tutorial](https://paintingdemos.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/opening.jpg)
Exhibition, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 24 inches
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padmaja
lovely learning experience! Amazing to see the steps and the final result that takes me right in to a gallery!
Sandrine Pelissier
Thanks Padmaja !
Sandrine Pelissier
Thanks, I tried to convey a relaxed atmosphere, even though it could be stressful for artists when their work is exhibited 🙂
lesliepaints
Absolutely lovely, Sandrine. You have captured exactly how I feel in a gallery setting, especially as people mingle at an opening. Wonderful atmosphere to this painting! 🙂