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PAINTING VIDEO DESCRIPTION – Are you a beginner painter? Want to learn how to paint with acrylics? Looking for an easy spring painting idea? Let me be your acrylic art instructor as I teach you easy step-by-step instructions throughout this fun beginner art video as you learn how to paint a vintage pick-up truck with flowers in the cab—a fun landscape “SPRINGTIME FLOWER TRUCK”. The snow has melted, which can only mean one thing--it's spring! All my favorite perennials, including, foxglove, peonies, iris, tulips, daffodils, monarda, penstemon, phlox, rudbeckia, salvia, sedum, and veronica, start blooming and, it’s time to take one big trip to my local Home Depot to stalk up on my annuals, including, zinnias, cosmos, larkspur, marigolds and sunflowers. This painting of a spring flower truck is inspired by my once-a-year trip to the garden center around mid-April—a blue vehicle with flowers overloaded in the back driving along the country road on a clear crisp sunny day. So, join me and celebrate the welcoming in of spring and the longer days, warmer weather, flowers blooming, and soil-sifting gardening, and paint this rustic country truck carrying spring flowers ready to be planted in the upcoming spring season! The painting process is so easy to follow and learn from. First, you’ll learn how to use simple painting techniques for blending colors and adding depth and atmospheric dimension for a beautiful and dramatic background by capturing a crisp spring day and creating a feel of warmth, tranquility and comfort. Then you’ll learn how to use a dotting, or stippling technique for painting foliage and grass to create the perfect looking countryside meadow landscape. Then, after learning how to draw an outline for your truck using a simple dot-to-dot method, you’ll apply a base coat to work off of. You’ll learn how to create contours and shapes on your vehicle by layering colors and adding highlights and shadows giving form and shine to the metal creating a realistic 3-D effect like a photograph. Then you’ll learn how to paint a variety of flowers using a one brushstroke technique. You can personalize your painting with your favorite flowers or vehicle, whether it’s rose, orchid, bird of paradise, daisy, pansy or lily, a bus, a Hotrod, a classic, or Telsa. This is a painting inspired by the power of imagination, so feel free to use yours! The painting process is so simple you’ll feel like it is a paint by numbers. Using only 3 brushes and 8 colors, you’ll paint like a professional! Have a date night at home, paint party, paint and sip event, or virtual paint night. Paint with gouache, oil paint, or watercolor, any medium will work! Paint just for fun or for art therapy. It's an easy art project. I hope you enjoy watching this YouTube art video and let's get painting and let's get sipping! IMAGE LINK FOR PRINTING: Flower MATERIALS: Canvas: 16x20 stretched primed canvas Brushes: 3/4 inch flat bristle, #6 bright synthetic, #5 round synthetic Acrylic Paint: titanium white, mars black, burnt umber (brown), fluorescent purple, chrome yellow, green oxide, ultra marine blue, fire red Other: Chalk, pencil, cup of water for washing brushes, paper towel for drying brushes PURCHASE FULL DIY KIT FOR THIS PAINTING or MICHELLE’S ORIGINAL PAINTING HERE: STEPS: 1. Pencil – Draw outline for landscape 2. 3/4 inch bristle brush – Paint sky and basecoat on grassy area and road with blue, white, yellow, green, red, brown, black 3. 3/4 inch bristle brush – Paint distant trees with black, brown, green, blue, white 4. Chalk – Draw outline for truck 5. #6 bright brush – Paint base coat for truck with blue, yellow, white, black 6. 3/4 inch bristle brush – Finish road and paint 2nd layer on grass with brown, black, green, yellow, white 7. #5 round brush – Paint 2nd step to truck with black, truck blue (made in step 5) 8. #5 round brush – Finish truck with black, white, truck blue, blue 9. #5 round brush – Paint flower boxes with brown, white, yellow, black, red 10. #5 round brush – Paint base coat for stems and leaves with green, black 11. #6 bright brush – Finish grass on ground with black, green, yellow, white 12. #5 round brush – Paint base coat for flowers with red, blue, purple, yellow, white, brown 13. #5 round brush –Finish leaves and stems with green, yellow, white, truck blue, light green (made in step 11), black 14. #5 round brush – Finish flowers with orange (made in step 12), purple, red, yellow, white, brown, black 15. #5 round brush – Sign with black LINKS AND CONTACT INFO: Michelle's Patreon Page: Website: Facebook: Email: contact@ #painting #art #acrylic
