Painting Acrylic Mandalas with Professional Techniques
Deciding on a Design
A course by Lizzie Snow , Visual Artist
About the video: Deciding on a Design
Overview
“Now that you've practised drawing and learned the basics of colour, I'll show you the process I follow to decide on a design for the course project.”
In this video lesson Lizzie Snow addresses the topic: Deciding on a Design, which is part of the Domestika online course: Painting Acrylic Mandalas with Professional Techniques. Learn to paint long-lasting mandalas with acrylic using professional, archival techniques, from the initial pencil sketch to the finished panel painting.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Deciding on a Design Now we've practiced different patterns and techniques, it's time to decide on the design for our final project. There are infinite possibilities of what you could create, and it's really nice to start by setting an intention or a theme. I like to start by doing something a little bit conceptual and then something a bit literal as well. Conceptual could be an aesthetic or a theme. For example, growth or connection or love or curvaceous or geometric, and then literal could be waves or spirals or something specific from nature or your environment that you could bring int...”
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Course summary for: Painting Acrylic Mandalas with Professional Techniques
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Category
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Areas
Acrylic Painting, Drawing, Painting
Lizzie Snow
A course by Lizzie Snow
Lizzie Snow is a visual artist based in New Zealand and Canada. With a wide online following, Lizzie is known by her artist name, fortyonehundred. By the time she graduated from university, she had already become a full-time artist with a number of exhibitions, international commissions, collaborations, and set up her own online shop.
Her work is inspired by fractals and patterns found throughout nature. Lizzie has collaborated with brands like Apple, Lululemon, Converse, Peugeot, Topshop, Blunt Umbrellas, Roy Henry Vickers, AllBirds, Whittaker’s, and more. She has also done a number of solo and group exhibitions throughout New Zealand, Canada, and the UK.
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