Painting Acrylic Mandalas with Professional Techniques
Prepping the Panel
A course by Lizzie Snow , Visual Artist
About the video: Prepping the Panel
Overview
“Prepping your panel is how your artwork gets a perfect finish. I'll go over how to do it, a couple of options, and tips and tricks. ”
In this video lesson Lizzie Snow addresses the topic: Prepping the Panel, 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
“ Prepping the Panel In this lesson, we're going to learn how to print our panel. We've done the learning, the theory, the research, and now we're going to do it. There are three stages to prepping the panel. The sealant, the primer, and the paint. Each of those three stages needs two coats each and then sanding in between. I'm going to demonstrate just using pain on this wooden panel so that I can show you what it's like. There are two options. You can use a paintbrush or a roller, and again, I'm going to show you both. The paintbrush has a lot of texture, whereas the roller gives a very e...”
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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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