Acrylic Painting: How to Paint Loose Flowers on a Large Canvas Step by Step!

In this class I’m going to teach you how I painted these large, loose flowers on canvas with acrylic paint step by step!

Here are the supplies I used for this painting.

Paint Colors I used (I used Golden Fluid Acrylics)**  see below for other paint options
Turquoise Phthalo 
Hansa Yellow Medium 
Quinacridone Red 
Titanium White 
Teal 
Carbon Black 

30 x 30 inch canvas
Paint palette  or paper plate
Flat paint brushes (2-½ inch, 1-½ inch, and 1 inch)
water to clean brushes
paper towels

If you create a painting inspired by this class, you can share it here on Skillshare by clicking the “Projects & Resources” tab under the video and then by clicking on “Create Project.”

You can also tag me on Instagram @ellebyersart and use the hashtag #modernabstractflowers so I can see your beautiful work!

**Golden paints can be expensive.  If you are looking for a good student grade acrylic you might try Liquitex Basics.  A good palette to start with would be Primary Red, Primary Yellow, Phthalo Blue, Light Blue Permanent, White, and Black.

If you are brand new to painting you might want to start with my beginner level class, Easy Abstract Flowers https://skl.sh/2J8iAUw.

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• Introduction
• Color Mixing & Brushwork
• Cover the Canvas with Warm Colors
• Plot Your Composition
• Layer Flowers 1
• Add More Blue & Green
• Layering flowers 2
• Layer Flowers 3
• Finish Flowers 4
• Finishing Touches