ART VIDEO DESCRIPTION
This canvas painting tutorial will take you through easy to follow, step-by-step instructions on how to paint this Halloween seasonal image of "Ghost Scared by Bats". You'll learn simple painting techniques that will help you to create this fun spooky creation filled with dimension, bold realistic colors, and a translucent floating ghost that's scared by some bats who are escaping his pumpkin. Whether you want yours to have 3 or 30 bats, you'll have fun painting them in flight as they attempt to elude being confined in the pumpkin container. Using only 3 brushes and 5 colors we'll create this conversational masterpiece with a holiday ghostly vibe that will surely be a great seasonal decoration for any home. Let me be your art teacher as you learn how to paint a Halloween ghost, how to paint to paint a pumpkin, how to paint a moon, and how to paint bats. This step by step art lesson will be an easy Halloween painting for beginners. So, let's get painting and let's get sipping!
IMAGE LINK FOR PRINTING:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a30281990bade409dfa356b/t/5f85a9a9192d6a741e2ac965/1602595248345/GhostScaredByBats.jpg
MATERIALS:
Canvas: 16x20 stretched primed canvas
Brushes: 1/2 flat bristle (large), #7 round (medium), #2 round (small)
Acrylic Paint: titanium white, deep yellow, burnt umber (brown), mars black, chrome orange
Other: #2 pencil, 1 foot long string, palette, cup of water for washing brushes, paper towel for drying brushes
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STEPS:
1. #2 pencil and string - Draw outline of moon
2. 1/2 inch bristle brush - Paint 1st layer of sky with black, brown and yellow
3. 1/2 inch bristle brush - Paint 1st layer of moon with brown, yellow and white
4. 1/2 inch bristle brush - Paint 2nd layer of sky with black, brown and yellow
5. 1/2 inch bristle brush - Paint 2nd layer of moon with brown, yellow and white
6. #7 round brush - Paint 1st layer of pumpkin with orange
7. 1/2 inch bristle brush - Paint 1st layer of ghost with white
8. #7 round brush - Paint shadow areas of pumpkin with brown, and black
9. #2 round brush - Paint ghost face with brown and white
10. #2 round brush - Finish ghost details with brown, black and white
11. #2 round brush - Paint pumpkin stem with brown and black
12. #7 round brush - Paint 2nd layer of pumpkin with brown, orange, yellow and white
13. #2 round brush - Paint the bats with brown and black
14. #7 round brush - Finish the pumpkin with white, yellow, orange, brown and black
15. #2 round brush - Sign with orange and yellow
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