If you enjoyed this painting try this video next to improve your skills: Building Perspective Drawing (9 Clever tricks!) ua-cam.com/video/rx4WTameWjo/v-deo.html
Have you tried spraying the canvas with water in an Atomizer to help achieve soft blends, it helps but there's definitely a knack to it. If you get it just so it's like blending oils
Thanks very much for this video. Great explanation of how acrylics are different from watercolors. Love how you admit small mistakes and show how to correct. Great explanation on blending and brush stroke direction.
This is so useful for the the procrastinator. Wonder what it must be like to look at a picture and know you can end up with a finished creation. You make it look so easy but, of course it is anything but. Thank a million Michele ❣️
Thank you for basic demo, to me these basics on this and water color help. It was telling us from step to step a d how much water to use, thank you for step by step. In water color can you talk more about how much water on brushes and mixing paint before applying. Thank you so much, really enjoy and appreciate you😊
You are amazing. I learn so much and I like you so much. I like how structured and informative you are spreading your knowledge. Thank you for being brave enough to follow your heart. All the best wishes from a German 40 year old woman.
Love this! Still in my first year of learning to paint and I use both watercolor and acrylic. I tend to choose paint based on my time and mood :) Acrylic - I need to have time to finish before it dries (and then clean my brushes!). Watercolor - I can do a few minutes, let it dry, come back for more, let it dry, come back, etc. etc. (note to self: don't forget to at least rinse that brush well!)
Great tutorial Michelle. Thank you so much for sharing it with us. Definitely want to try this one because I feel I can learn so much about landscape painting techniques from this tutorial.
Recently started painting in retirement, willl give this a try. I find your tutorials very inspirational,and your style of teaching brilliant.Thank you.
I v tried acrylics I still want to paint on canvas but I v gone back to watercolour painting because you really have to work hard to get anywhere with acrylic s as with watercolour it flows and blends so easy and very forgiving if you mess up just apply a tissue damp to the area and lift off
Michele, You are just what I need to try and get painting. Thanks for being so very clear with directions which is a wonderful bonus from any teacher. Unfortunately, do not go on to Facebook so no photo and will try to wig it and see what gives. 🤡
I am also a watercolor artist, trying my hand at acrylics. Can we sketch in pencil, instead of using paint to sketch? I am a bit more comfortable sketching in pencil because that is what I am used to.
You can, I would use a hard pencil as you don't want graphite smudging everything. I would also be inclined to put a first layer of paint down rather than sketch on bare canvas, this will prevent gaps later.
Ohh wow that’s great! I have just got a set of acrylics for a gift but I have noticed that the tubes of paint aren’t labeled with any color titles just a spot color of what is inside. 😬 I might still give it a shot & use one of my thin cavas boards. Thanks for sharing these techniques and painting tutorials with us.
Michele are there any topics you haven’t covered 😂😂😂 having done my face to face acrylic painting workshop I needed to finish it at home but I wanted some ideas on layering. Popped your name and acrylic in the search bar and voila , up you popped Thank you 😊
Fantastic video yesterday Michele, and acrylics certainly look like fun. I guess I'm going to have to try out my acrylic paint that I bought, without knowing what I was going to do with it 😅 I'm a bit concerned about the rapid drying time though 🤔 Anyway, thanks for another fab tutorial 🙏💕X
Thanks for all the details you give us while you're painting, including the little boo boos. While it's relaxing to watch someone paint with the soothing music in the background, those kinds of videos aren't really teaching anything. I'm new to acrylic painting,,, someone gave me a box of 64 colors and some small canvases, so I'm eager to learn how to use them. I realize that the craft paint is probably different than artist quality paint, it should at least get me started.
Hi Michele, wonderful acrylic painting. I've never used acrylics in a painting...primarily used for dollhouse wood furnishings. Thank you for the inspiration, will definitely try it. We had snow in Vancouver BC for the last few days. Do take care, hope to see you again soon.
I have been told acrylic is much easier than watercolour. What would you suggest, should I start painting with this medium and as I improve move over to watercolor. I am learning watercolour at the moment.
It's generally said that watercolours are hard, but I never found it so, you have to take into account personality, what you have an afinity and love for. If you enjoy watercolours more than acrylics then you will do a better job of learning. When I started out I tried lots of different mediums to see which I preferred. Don't worry about what other people say, just try them out and see how you feel :-)
A nice comment? But I'm a grumpy old got, being nice isn't natural. And then of course, I can make an exception for you. So through a smile, the words, marvelous work, I enjoyed every moment of the tutorial, and look forward gleefully to next weeks upload, depart a mouth unaccustomed to sentences of this nature.... Hehehe. Just teasing you, I've been watching your content for a while now, and have yet to find fault. I do get the impression that this was well and truly out of your comfort zone. When I compare this to the ease with which watercolour pictures flow from those skilled fingers of yours, I had the feeling that you struggled a bit. Maybe acrylic is a medium you haven't practiced in a while. I have a terrible time trying to create images from pictures and the like with acrylics. So I resort to abstract images instead. The thing is, when doing that, I often result in what I saw in my mind to start with. Not everyone's cup of. But I enjoy the process. So, is next Thursday a date? Lol. My sense of humour is going to cost me one day. TTFN.
Not a struggle, but certainly not at home with acrylics as much as watercolour :-) Next Thursday I have a collaboration with another UA-camr - two videos for the price of one!
I almost bought some acrylics lately after years of not using them. But then it occurred to me that it’s basically liquid plastic. With the amount of people in the world and the state of the environment using acrylics is just not morally justifiable to me anymore. Even letting the paint water evaporate - you still have plastic matter to be disposed of. There’s a balance I think we all have to be aware of these days between the worth of our art as something enjoyable to make and look at and the failing planet. The closest things otherwise are oil or traditional (not acrylic) gouache. I do hear someone makes a more environmentally sound acrylic but haven’t been able to find it.
Ohbli Oh/// our planet is aging like everything else with or without us. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. “Whatever your mind can conceive and believe it can achieve, you might eventually imagine the end is near. This doesn't mean to be negligent, although I find your comment a tad overboard. Oh I'm just saying.
@@carollen5633 not sure why it’s a tad overboard. Everybody has to be ‘nice’ all the time while our waterways are beyond polluted with plastics already and they’re finding it in the very deepest places they can get to in the sea and fish and equation animals are dying out so much they say we may have fish less oceans not too far off. A tad overboard? What ‘I like to paint pretty things so screw the planet and everything on it’? You’re overboard in your ignorance and disdain.
@@ohbli_oh /// did I call you ignorant? Will I take offence to your reply? Hell no! I do plenty for mother nature. Your message to Michele was uncalled for and you know it. If you wish to lecture people try blogging your discontentment on a Facebook profile.
It's certainly worth thinking about the environment, which is why I don't do acrylic paint pouring videos. There are far worse sources of plastic in daily use, but we should always be striving to improve. Some watercolors are far from environmentally friendly as it happens.
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber I have a friend who says cars don’t pollute as much as industry. So he doesn’t think anybody should convert to electric vehicles. He also says some lawnmowers are far from environmentally friendly. Planet is collapsing. I totally see his argument.
If you enjoyed this painting try this video next to improve your skills: Building Perspective Drawing (9 Clever tricks!) ua-cam.com/video/rx4WTameWjo/v-deo.html
Have you tried spraying the canvas with water in an Atomizer to help achieve soft blends, it helps but there's definitely a knack to it. If you get it just so it's like blending oils
Thank you for sharing with us.
Thanks very much for this video. Great explanation of how acrylics are different from watercolors. Love how you admit small mistakes and show how to correct. Great explanation on blending and brush stroke direction.
Thanks for watching!
This is so useful for the the procrastinator. Wonder what it must be like to look at a picture and know you can end up with a finished creation. You make it look so easy but, of course it is anything but.
Thank a million Michele ❣️
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for basic demo, to me these basics on this and water color help. It was telling us from step to step a d how much water to use, thank you for step by step. In water color can you talk more about how much water on brushes and mixing paint before applying. Thank you so much, really enjoy and appreciate you😊
Glad it was helpful!
You are amazing. I learn so much and I like you so much. I like how structured and informative you are spreading your knowledge. Thank you for being brave enough to follow your heart. All the best wishes from a German 40 year old woman.
Wow, thank you! (My great grandparents were German btw, hence my surname)
Best wishes from a German 45 year old woman 🇩🇪 to you and Michele 🤗
Love this! Still in my first year of learning to paint and I use both watercolor and acrylic. I tend to choose paint based on my time and mood :) Acrylic - I need to have time to finish before it dries (and then clean my brushes!). Watercolor - I can do a few minutes, let it dry, come back for more, let it dry, come back, etc. etc. (note to self: don't forget to at least rinse that brush well!)
Great tutorial Michelle. Thank you so much for sharing it with us. Definitely want to try this one because I feel I can learn so much about landscape painting techniques from this tutorial.
Nice one Michele ! I bought some acrylics and will have a go. Make a change from my watercolour sketches. Thanks for the inspiration.
Go for it!
thank you so much this was very helpful!!!😄
Recently started painting in retirement, willl give this a try. I find your tutorials very inspirational,and your style of teaching brilliant.Thank you.
Thank you 😊
great info. thank you!
My pleasure!
amazing and straight forward!
Thank you.....always learn something from the videos.....
Glad to hear it!
I v tried acrylics I still want to paint on canvas but I v gone back to watercolour painting because you really have to work hard to get anywhere with acrylic s as with watercolour it flows and blends so easy and very forgiving if you mess up just apply a tissue damp to the area and lift off
ouyes! I most certainly will have a go at this!
Thanks for the tutorial I enjoyed it and also learnt a little more of this paint,love to see more.
Love the under-painting.
Thanks! I always wondered about the texture of the canvas showing through and struggled with this. Great tips!
Glad it was helpful!
so easy to follow - thankyou Michele x
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you Michele. This was a very helpful tutorial & lovely painting. 😊
No problem 🙂
Lovely fantastic illustration
Very, very helpful video that I am going to try. It has been decades since I painted with acrylics. 🙀
Brilliant. Just what I need. Awesome! 🤩🤩
Thanks for watching Margaret!
Michele,
You are just what I need to try and get painting. Thanks for being so very clear with directions which is a wonderful bonus from any teacher. Unfortunately, do not go on to Facebook so no photo and will try to wig it and see what gives. 🤡
You can do it!
Thx Michele for a very pretty tutorial. 🥰
Any time!
Stunning painting,thank you for sharing your talents 🎨 very helpful Tutorial
My pleasure 😊
Simple but beautiful
I am also a watercolor artist, trying my hand at acrylics. Can we sketch in pencil, instead of using paint to sketch? I am a bit more comfortable sketching in pencil because that is what I am used to.
You can, I would use a hard pencil as you don't want graphite smudging everything. I would also be inclined to put a first layer of paint down rather than sketch on bare canvas, this will prevent gaps later.
Excellent tutorial. Thanks so much.
You are very welcome!
Ohh wow that’s great! I have just got a set of acrylics for a gift but I have noticed that the tubes of paint aren’t labeled with any color titles just a spot color of what is inside. 😬 I might still give it a shot & use one of my thin cavas boards. Thanks for sharing these techniques and painting tutorials with us.
I use Styrofoam plates then just toss when finished
I paint in acrylics please do more with acrylics thank you
Really enjoy your tutorial thank you
Thanks for watching!
Michele are there any topics you haven’t covered 😂😂😂 having done my face to face acrylic painting workshop I needed to finish it at home but I wanted some ideas on layering. Popped your name and acrylic in the search bar and voila , up you popped Thank you 😊
Great video! thank you
You are welcome!
Fantastic video yesterday Michele, and acrylics certainly look like fun. I guess I'm going to have to try out my acrylic paint that I bought, without knowing what I was going to do with it 😅 I'm a bit concerned about the rapid drying time though 🤔 Anyway, thanks for another fab tutorial 🙏💕X
Audrey Senior/// you can use a clear paint extender which will slow down the drying. Liquitex makes a good one.
@@carollen5633 thank you Carolle, this is very useful 😊
I have just seen you have a video on this, Acrylic V Watercolor will watch that
Thanks and blessings!
🍃💎😄💎🍃
Same to you!
Thanks for all the details you give us while you're painting, including the little boo boos. While it's relaxing to watch someone paint with the soothing music in the background, those kinds of videos aren't really teaching anything. I'm new to acrylic painting,,, someone gave me a box of 64 colors and some small canvases, so I'm eager to learn how to use them. I realize that the craft paint is probably different than artist quality paint, it should at least get me started.
My pleasure 😊 I don't have a log of acrylics on my channel but will try and do more!
Hi Michele, wonderful acrylic painting. I've never used acrylics in a painting...primarily used for
dollhouse wood furnishings.
Thank you for the inspiration, will definitely try it. We had snow in Vancouver BC for the last few days.
Do take care, hope to see you again soon.
I am ready for some warm weather, it's been cold and wet here forever!
😂
thank you
Love it
Wonderful
Thank you
Very good
I’m a beginner watercolorist, acrylics look like fun, will give it a go after the Amazon truck come!
Hi Michele. Great tutorial. Really piqued my interest. Will definitely give this a go, though may do a seascape from a photo I took on Mersea.
I have been told acrylic is much easier than watercolour. What would you suggest, should I start painting with this medium and as I improve move over to watercolor. I am learning watercolour at the moment.
It's generally said that watercolours are hard, but I never found it so, you have to take into account personality, what you have an afinity and love for. If you enjoy watercolours more than acrylics then you will do a better job of learning. When I started out I tried lots of different mediums to see which I preferred. Don't worry about what other people say, just try them out and see how you feel :-)
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber thank you. I do love watercolor painting.
A nice comment? But I'm a grumpy old got, being nice isn't natural. And then of course, I can make an exception for you. So through a smile, the words, marvelous work, I enjoyed every moment of the tutorial, and look forward gleefully to next weeks upload, depart a mouth unaccustomed to sentences of this nature.... Hehehe.
Just teasing you, I've been watching your content for a while now, and have yet to find fault. I do get the impression that this was well and truly out of your comfort zone. When I compare this to the ease with which watercolour pictures flow from those skilled fingers of yours, I had the feeling that you struggled a bit. Maybe acrylic is a medium you haven't practiced in a while. I have a terrible time trying to create images from pictures and the like with acrylics. So I resort to abstract images instead. The thing is, when doing that, I often result in what I saw in my mind to start with. Not everyone's cup of. But I enjoy the process.
So, is next Thursday a date? Lol.
My sense of humour is going to cost me one day.
TTFN.
Not a struggle, but certainly not at home with acrylics as much as watercolour :-) Next Thursday I have a collaboration with another UA-camr - two videos for the price of one!
Will keep listening have a lot to learn 😂
I love acrylics but I hate oils.
Liam, oils give me migraines.
Did you say "squakey or squaky? So it is a term of art.
The angle of your camera is making me nauseous
I have better equipment now so hopefully the newer videos are better :-)
good video but stick to the watercolours !!!! xx
There will still be lots of watercolours on my channel, don't worry!
I almost bought some acrylics lately after years of not using them. But then it occurred to me that it’s basically liquid plastic. With the amount of people in the world and the state of the environment using acrylics is just not morally justifiable to me anymore. Even letting the paint water evaporate - you still have plastic matter to be disposed of. There’s a balance I think we all have to be aware of these days between the worth of our art as something enjoyable to make and look at and the failing planet. The closest things otherwise are oil or traditional (not acrylic) gouache. I do hear someone makes a more environmentally sound acrylic but haven’t been able to find it.
Ohbli Oh/// our planet is aging like everything else with or without us. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
“Whatever your mind can conceive and believe it can achieve, you might eventually imagine the end is near. This doesn't
mean to be negligent, although I find your comment a tad overboard. Oh I'm just saying.
@@carollen5633 not sure why it’s a tad overboard. Everybody has to be ‘nice’ all the time while our waterways are beyond polluted with plastics already and they’re finding it in the very deepest places they can get to in the sea and fish and equation animals are dying out so much they say we may have fish less oceans not too far off. A tad overboard? What ‘I like to paint pretty things so screw the planet and everything on it’? You’re overboard in your ignorance and disdain.
@@ohbli_oh /// did I call you ignorant? Will I take offence to your reply? Hell no! I do plenty for mother nature.
Your message to Michele was uncalled for and you know it. If you wish to lecture people try blogging your
discontentment on a Facebook profile.
It's certainly worth thinking about the environment, which is why I don't do acrylic paint pouring videos. There are far worse sources of plastic in daily use, but we should always be striving to improve. Some watercolors are far from environmentally friendly as it happens.
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber I have a friend who says cars don’t pollute as much as industry. So he doesn’t think anybody should convert to electric vehicles. He also says some lawnmowers are far from environmentally friendly. Planet is collapsing. I totally see his argument.