![]() ![]() These are easy paintings to do, just do a gradient of warm colors for the sky, and then blues for the ocean. Sunrise and sunset paintings are always fun, and painting them as an ocean scene makes for a lovely warm/cool color contrast. Choose a few shades and paint some rectangles! The edges are never perfect, and the rectangles can butt right up to each other, or be spaced out, as I have done. I fell in love with his art when I was in college, and only can dream about owning a real piece by him someday, as they run in the millions!īut his style is fun and relatively simple to replicate. His signature style is basically abstract rectangles of color. Mark Rothko was an influential American abstract painter in the 1950’s-70’s. They’re all incredibly simple, and most of them were really quick (and satisfying!) projects. I thought I would also include examples of some of the easy canvas paintings I’ve created in the past. Perhaps a bit more complex than some of the other projects, this is a beautiful garden painting with a full demo.Ĭontinue Reading More Easy Acrylic Painting Ideas I picked beautiful projects, ones that I would (and plan to!) try to re-create to hang in my own home. I am definitely the latter, but sometimes it is nice to learn new techniques by watching someone.īelow, I have linked up over 20 EASY acrylic painting tutorials on YouTube. Some people want a step by step tutorial, and other people just want ideas to get their juices flowing. Painting with acrylics is perfect for beginners and self taught artists. ![]() ![]() They dry in a reasonable amount of time, the brushes wash clean with just water and they cost a lot less. Later, I learned that acrylic paints are just as fun, and a tiny fraction of the hassle. I loved watching the colors mix and blend and morph into awesome abstract paintings. Back in college, a friend let me paint with her oil paints and I was hooked. I share all my supplies and links, plus all the tips I’ve learned along the way. I’ve written an extensive post on how to get started painting with acrylics on canvas. It blends and mixes nicely, and is a lot of fun to play with! No need to feel intimidated, painting with acrylic paint is not scary at all! The paint is inexpensive and mostly washable. If you painting over an old canvas, I usually give it a white basecoat and then start painting.Want to create something with a blank canvas? Try one of these easy canvas painting ideas, perfect for beginning artists and a great way to start with acrylics. You won’t need to apply gesso or anything like that. Usually the canvases you’ll buy will be pre-prepped and ready to go, so you can just begin painting on them. There are other paints too, but these are the most common (especially for the projects below). You can use spray paint, craft/acrylic paint, or chalk paint on canvas. Sometimes there is wall art that needs a new life! But don’t forget to check Dollar Tree, or even the Goodwill if you’re on a tight budget. If you’re looking for single canvases, the craft store is still good. ![]() Buying online is best if you want to buy several, and you can also get value packs at the craft store. First, you might be wondering where to buy a canvas. And I think you’re going to love this list too! Everything on here is easily achievable, in my humble opinion.īefore we jump into the canvas ideas, I wanted to address a few things. I decided to put together a bunch of my favorite canvas ideas for you to check out – ideas I’ve tried and love. Plus I can hang up my canvas art, or give it away as gifts. With canvas I feel guaranteed at least a 99.9% success rate on a project. I enjoy making wall art, but also it’s is forgiving and works with a variety of mediums. One craft surface I feel like I can always rely on for a “win” is canvas. But also sometimes happens even when you’ve done a craft many times before! As tends to happen when you learn new things. I’ve succeeded a lot, but I’ve also failed quite a bit. As a craft blogger, you can imagine I’ve tried hundreds (thousands?) of projects over the course of times. ![]()
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