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PAINTING VIDEO DESCRIPTION - This canvas painting tutorial will take you through easy to follow, step-by-step instructions on how to paint this fun, exciting, magical, mystical landscape animal portraiture image of “PEGASUS with an energetic feel and storybook look to it. Pegasus, probably first made popular to mainstream culture by the 1981 box office hit Clash of the Titans, where audiences were introduced to Perseus, the demigod son to the Greek god Zeus and mother Danae, who flew the winged-horse across the ancient Greek lands to do battle with several mythological creatures in order to save his beloved Andromeda from the evil Calibos. Strong, brave, beautiful, and graceful, Pegasus soared into battle with Perseus on his back to fight and defeat the ominous kraken. Hailed as a hero thousands of years ago in Greek mythology, today this hoofed master of the ground and winged master of the air, is a symbol of speed, strength, and inspiration, and, above all, represent a guide for humankind beyond the physical world to the realm where the spirit can soar without boundaries. Such a beast adorning your walls with surely bring hope and good fortune to anyone who lays eyes on it. The first lesson you’ll learn in this easy painting tutorial is how to use simple painting techniques for blending the background for added depth and atmospheric dimension, using natural and angelic colors to create a heavenly feel to your canvas, the perfect environment for your soaring stallion portrait to emerge from. The next art tip you’ll learn in this canvas painting lesson is how to apply a drybrush scumbling method to your canvas to add the light source and start the texture of the fluffy clouds. Then, after drawing and outlining basic shapes to create your bucking bronco, you’ll apply a simple base coat to work off of. Next, you’ll learn how to create realistic looking dimension with properly placed highlights and shadows in the head, chest, body and legs to create contour and form, followed by layering colors to give your colorful magical mare winged-creature texture and body to its wings, feathers, mane and tail creating a realistic 3-D effect like a photograph. You’ll jump for joy when you see how easy it is to make your colt come alive with just a few colors, strokes, and outlines. You’ll finish up this fun acyclic painting by signing it with your own unique signature. You can personalize this scenery painting any way you want; paint another horse, paint it a different color, have your flying filly landing on a body of water, such as an ocean, lake, or river. Be bold and create a more dramatic scene by painting a sunset or sunrise, or add different fantasy creatures to the scene, such as, a unicorn or fairies. You could even use these same techniques with other mediums, whether it’s watercolor, oil, or gouache. This is a painting inspired by the power of imagination, so feel free to use yours! Using only 3 brushes and 5 colors we'll create this conversational masterpiece that is sure to compliment any décor. Not just a beautiful painting, but an easy painting for beginners. So, let's get painting and let's get sipping! IMAGE LINK FOR PRINTING: MATERIALS: Canvas: 16x20 stretched primed canvas Brushes: 1/2 inch flat bristle (large), #10 round synthetic (medium), #2 round synthetic (small) Acrylic Paint: titanium white, mars black, burnt umber (brown), purple violet, deep yellow Other: white chalk, palette, 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. 1/2 inch bristle brush – Paint background with purple, black and white. 2. 1/2 inch bristle brush – Paint light source and 1st layer of clouds with yellow, lavender (made in step 1), white and brown 3. Chalk – Draw outline of horse 4. #10 round brush – Paint base coat for horse and wings with brown, yellow and white 5. #2 round brush – Finish horse’s head with black, brown, white, tan (made in step3) and light yellow (made in step 2) 6. #2 round brush – Finish horse’s body and legs with black, brown, white and tan 7. #10 round brush – Finish mane and tail with black, brown, white, tan and light yellow 8. #10 round brush – Finish wings with black, brown, tan, light yellow, and white 9. 1/2 inch bristle brush – Finish clouds with white, lavender and light yellow 10. #2 round brush — Sign with white LINKS AND CONTACT INFO: Michelle's Patreon Page: Website: Facebook: Email: contact@ #painting #art #acrylic
