VIDEO DESCRIPTION This painting tutorial will take you through easy to follow, step-by-step instructions on how to paint this realistic fantasy image of "MYSTICAL FAIRY CASTLE" with acrylic paint. You'll learn simple painting techniques that will help you to develop a realistic landscape with mountains, a lake and an island with a magical castle emerging from the fog. This landscape is being sprinkled with a bit of dust being blown by a beautiful flying fairy with long hair, large wings and a flowing dress. Visualize the sky to be a sunrise or sunset, morning or evening, dawn or dusk… your imagination will steer the evolution of this painting. With the dramatic light from the sky casting highlights and shadows onto the castle walls and the body of the fairy, the painting will come to life with the shimmering reflections in the water. You'll learn how to add dimension in the landscape and castle with the use of properly placed highlights and shadows, and in the misty fog with a layering technique. You'll also learn how to paint a reflection in the water using a repetitive process technique. Despite the painting being unrealistic in nature, it will look 3d with the realistic elements, and certain pieces will appear to pop out of the canvas with a real photo quality. With perfectly proportioned features in the fairy body and realistic movement in the wings and clothing being blown by the wind, the feminine person will look like she’s casting a spell onto the building with her spirited dust that she is blowing toward the fortress. The brilliant color in the sky, with the moody clouds, lets you know that the weather is perfect for this adventure. With the construction of the composition you'll learn to paint this realistic looking outdoor dreamy image with a floating goddess and a castle fit for a king. Creativity is always encouraged, just have fun with it! This painting is sure to impress the viewer and compliment the décor of any room. Using only 2 brushes and 7 colors we'll create this conversational masterpiece with a magnificent lively landscape and a charming fairy who’s excited about the day in front of her. So let's get painting and let's get sipping!
IMAGE LINK FOR PRINTING:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a30281990bade409dfa356b/t/6071e14cf9e2152dd7060bda/1618075981511/MysticalFairyCastle-print.jpg
MATERIALS:
Canvas: 16x20 stretched primed canvas Brushes: 1/2 inch flat bristle (large), #6 round synthetic (small)
Acrylic Paint: titanium white, mars black, deep yellow, burnt umber (brown), purple violet, fluorescent orange, ultramarine blue
Other: #2 pencil, palette, cup of water for washing brushes, paper towel for drying brushes
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STEPS:
1. 1/2 inch bristle brush – Paint the sky with black, purple, blue, orange, yellow and white
2. 1/2 inch bristle brush – Paint the sky with black, purple, blue, orange, yellow and white
3. pencil – Draw outline of mountains
4. 1/2 inch bristle brush – Paint the base coat for the mountains with brown, purple and orange
5. 1/2 inch bristle brush – Finish the mountains with white, yellow, orange, brown and purple
6. 1/2 inch bristle brush – Paint the land silhouette with black
7. #6 round brush – Paint base coat of castle with purple, brown, orange, yellow and white
8. #6 round brush – Paint base coat for fairy body with purple, orange and black
9. #6 round brush – Paint 1st step to fair reflection with fairy color (made in step 8)
10. #6 round brush – Finish castle and it’s reflection with fairy color, black, orange, yellow and white
11. #6 round brush – Finish fairy and her reflection with fairy color, black, yellow, orange and white
12. 1/2 inch bristle brush – Paint fog with black, blue and white
13. #6 round brush – sign with black
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