Painting Acrylic Mandalas with Professional Techniques

Adding Colour 1

A course by Lizzie Snow , Visual Artist

Visual Artist. Auckland, New Zealand.
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About the video: Adding Colour 1

Overview

“Now that the main design is on the panel, you'll learn how to pick and choose which areas to add coloured paint to. ”

In this video lesson Lizzie Snow addresses the topic: Adding Colour 1, 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

“ Adding Colour Now that the main design is on the panel, in this lesson, we will choose the areas where we add colour. Some parts of our mandala, we're going to leave blank, so let the background shine through, and other parts we'll fill with colour. It can be tricky to decide which parts to fill and which parts to leave blank, so I have a couple of tricks to teach you to choose where to put the colour. The first I'm going to show you is the iPad trick. If you're nervous about starting with colour because it's quite a permanent decision, this is a really good way to get started. Take your ...”

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Course summary for: Painting Acrylic Mandalas with Professional Techniques

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    Acrylic Painting, Drawing, Painting

Lizzie Snow

Lizzie Snow
A course by Lizzie Snow

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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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Painting Acrylic Mandalas with Professional Techniques. Illustration course by Lizzie Snow

Painting Acrylic Mandalas with Professional Techniques

A course by Lizzie Snow
Visual Artist. Auckland, New Zealand.
Joined June 2020
  • 100% positive reviews (72)
  • 3,561 students