Acrylic Portrait On Canvas Panel Been A Long Time

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Hello, how are you? So I gave a try at a change for a second chance acrylic paint, I used to like it before, but because of it drying too fast, I kinda lost interest in it. Maybe I took a break for a year or so, and this year I decided to give it another chance. I did see a lot of tips and tricks to not make the medium dry so fast, and one thing I didn't like using acrylic is that I am so lazy on cleaning my brush, so I may ruin a lot of it, so that is why I didn't invest in an expensive brush because of the same reason LOL.

My goal is to know if I got better at painting skin and overall, I guess hahaha. So yeah, I am going to challenge myself again, and I am going to see if I will return to painting acrylic again. To be honest, I kinda love the previous painting I did, it looks good and was painted well.

So today I am going to paint a portrait on a bigger canvas this time, no more smaller ones.

Materials I Used:

Gesso
Brush
Pencil
2 Jar of Water

Tissue Paper
Acrylic Paint
Spray Bottle
Easel

Craft Time!

I recycle the old canvas panel that I painted a portrait on. And layer it with gesso. Then I am going to start sketching the blank canvas.

I decided to use a red pencil to sketch.

After sketching the reference, I prepare all the paint I am going to use. To make the paint dry for a longer time, I lay a piece of parchment paper on a file case and spray it with enough water to cover all of it, and then I line up all the acrylic paints I need.

I wet the canvas with a spray bottle, and then I am going to use this burnt sienna.

And then I paint it all over the canvas to tone it. What I did is so messy, but it still works though LOL.

I feel like the sketch is going to get washed off the moment I layer it, so I decided to outline it with dark brown acrylic. I am trying to experiment with my color here. I first added a reddish shade to the middle face.