Acrylic Painting: Create Colorful Tropical Art
How the surfaces behave: straw, wood and canvas
A course by Maria Gabriela Andrade , Visual Artist and Designer
Joined July 2020
Joined July 2020
About the video: How the surfaces behave: straw, wood and canvas
Overview
“I selected three materials that are very interesting to work with acrylic paint. In this class, I will talk about the characteristics of these surfaces for you to analyze what each material can offer you.”
In this video lesson Maria Gabriela Andrade addresses the topic: How the surfaces behave: straw, wood and canvas, which is part of the Domestika online course: Acrylic Painting: Create Colorful Tropical Art. Learn acrylic techniques to bring colorful, vibrant pieces to life on a range of surfaces.
Partial transcription of the video
“How the surfaces behave: straw, wood and canvas In this class, I will talk about wood, canvas and straw, which are some surfaces that acrylic paint can use. I'll start by talking about the screen, which is the most traditional surface and also the easiest to paint. She receives the paint very well, the brush runs better and the durability is also very good. You can find the canvas at any art or stationery store. It's a surface I really like to paint. As it is a material specially made for this, it usually has less texture and then the paint works very well on that surface. Another surface I...”
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Course summary for: Acrylic Painting: Create Colorful Tropical Art
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Category
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Areas
Acrylic Painting, Naturalistic Illustration, Painting
Maria Gabriela Andrade
A course by Maria Gabriela Andrade
Rio de Janeiro native Maria Gabriela Andrade started off her career in fashion and has been working in the field ever since. She has studied at SENAI CETIQT in Rio de Janeiro, Central Saint Martins in London, and Porto Illustration School in Porto, always with the intention of broadening her artistic vision.
Her work explores nature as well as tropical and Brazilian culture. Using lots of color, contrast, texture, and organic shapes, she loves experimenting with different mediums like watercolor, gouache, pastels, colored pencils, and acrylics.
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