Latest videos on Patreon:
From base layers to wave patterns | Step by step painting tutorial
Because acrylic paint dries so quickly, it’s easy to work in layers. In this video, I demonstrate a commonly used technique: building up your subject in global color layers first and adding patterns on top of that. This approach is useful for many different subjects, such as trees and bushes, hair, water, and more.
Short video preview (the original video is 41 minutes)
The "don't think, just look"-method | Step by step painting tutorial
One of the biggest hurdles in painting realistic objects, like this glass of liquid, is our own brain. We know it’s a glass, so we try to paint "a glass" instead of just painting color planes.
In this tutorial, I’ll show you an approach to transparency:
- Forget what you’re looking at: Don't worry about the object; focus on the shapes, values, and colors you actually see.
- Trust the process: By accurately painting tones and shapes the effect of glass happens automatically.
If you paint the right values in the right places, the transparency will take care of itself!
Short video preview (the original video is 46 minutes)
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Color Mixing and Color Theory
Did you know that there's logic behind color mixing? When you know a few simple rules you can quickly mix and match every color that you encounter.
Tonal Values
Tonal values (values from light to dark) play a major role in paintings. In this video series a lot of tips and progressive step-by-step excercises.
Materials and Techniques
Videos on specific materials and basic acrylic painting techniques.
Short tutorials
Short tutorials to show some helpful techniques in action.
Realtime Tutorials
Step by step realtime tutorials. In addition to YouTube tutorials here you'll find some Patreon-only tutorials.
Perspective Course
Patreon-only perspective course. Whether you want to paint or draw landscapes, architecture, still lifes or the human figure: a basic knowledge of perspective helps enormously. In this perspective course I hope to show you that perspective is not hard and boring. I've made the course for absolute beginners and I cover all the basics you need.
Vlogs
Step by step realtime tutorials. In addition to YouTube tutorials here you'll find some Patreon-only tutorials.
Perspective Course
Patreon-only perspective course. Whether you want to paint or draw landscapes, architecture, still lifes or the human figure: a basic knowledge of perspective helps enormously. In this perspective course I hope to show you that perspective is not hard and boring. I've made the course for absolute beginners and I cover all the basics you need.