How to Paint a Chrysanthemum in Acrylic - Full Length Tutorial

In this full-length tutorial, I walk you through each step of my process to paint a layered and textural chrysanthemum flower in acrylics. In my paintings, I aim to capture the spirit of the flower through expressive strokes and develop an intuitive and harmonious color palette.

In the video, we walk through:
Sketching the flower
Establishing the first layers of color
Building up layers through textural mark-making
Creating a harmonious feel throughout the piece
Finding a balance between warm and cool colors

✷ Colors used in this painting:
Phthalo Green
Ultramarine Blue
Quinacridone Magenta
Titanium White
Yellow Ochre
Cadmium Yellow Medium
Green Gold
Teal
Indian Yellow Hue

✷ Paint brands used:
Nova Color Acrylics
Windsor & Newton Galeria Acrylics
Liquitex Professional Acrylics
Golden Acrylics

✷ Canvas used:
Dick Blick Premier Stretched Cotton Canvas

✷ Brushes used:
Simply Simmons, round #8
Windsor & Newton Winton, hog bristle filbert #8
Princeton Catalyst wedge tool

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