VIDEO DESCRIPTION This painting tutorial will take you through easy to follow, step-by-step instructions on how to paint this beautiful animal portrait of "HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU, ZEBRA" with a gazing stare and inspirational words written in the stripes. You'll learn simple painting techniques that will help you to create this striking African equine with its distinctive black and white striped coat as it looks straight at the camera with a sense of pride and intelligence. You’ll learn to draw a basic outline that gives form to the Zebras head and body. Then with a dry brush technique you'll learn how to create dimension on the face and around the torso with perfectly placed highlights and shadows. The strong posture of this beast will inspire you with the courageous words and message that is written in the fur. You can customize the message to read text or lyrics that are meaningful to you. You'll learn to paint realistic eyes with depth that have a twinkle and a reflection that seem to tell their own story. Using only 3 brushes and 5 colors we'll create this conversational masterpiece with this stunning exotic horse that is captivating and alluring that's sure to impress the viewer. So let's get painting and let's get sipping!
IMAGE LINK FOR PRINTING:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a30281990bade409dfa356b/t/6007762f4461a1690bd6d6d7/1611101744498/Heres+Looking+at+You+Zebra-print.jpg
MATERIALS:
Canvas: 16x20 stretched primed canvas
Brushes: 1/2 flat bristle (large), #8 round (medium), #1 round (small)
Acrylic Paint: titanium white, mars black, burnt sienna (rust), deep yellow, burnt umber (brown)
Other: #2 pencil, palette, cup of water for washing brushes, paper towel for drying brushes
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STEPS:
1. pencil - Draw outline of head
2. 1/2 inch bristle brush - Paint background and 1st layer of eyes with black
3. 1/2 inch bristle brush - Paint base coat of body and face with white, black and brown
4. 1/2 inch bristle brush - Paint base coat of mane with white, black and brown
5. #8 round brush - Paint stripes on main body with black
6. #8 round brush - Paint stripes on forehead and nose with black
7. #8 round brush - Paint stripes on cheeks with black
8. #1 round brush - Paint 1st layer of eyes with rust and yellow
9. 1/2 inch bristle brush – Finish mane with black, white, brown and rust
10. 1/2 inch bristle brush - Paint highlights and shadows on body and face with black, brown, rust and white
11. #1 round brush – Finish eyes with black and white
12. #1 round brush - Paint inspirational words with black, brown and white
13. #1 round brush – Sign with black, brown and white
LINKS AND CONTACT INFO:
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Acrylic Artistry for Beginners by Michelle the Painter: https://share.graphyapp.co/acrylic-artistry
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