How to Paint Grasses
Grasses usually stand in the foregrounds of paintings and can create great texture, depth and vibrancy for your landscape painting. Since there are a multitude of different kinds of grasses in nature, there are also a multitude of methods of painting them, including various painting tools and colors that can be used. Practice using a thinner paint for subtler effects, making sure that there is not too much paint on your brush.
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Things You'll Need
- Paint
- Canvas
- Rigger brush
- Flat brush, varying sizes
- Old credit card (optional)
Instructions
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Paint a solid color as an underpainting. Make it a darker color or a pale yellow/green, depending on the look you're going for. Either wait for it to dry or paint the grass wet on wet.
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If painting grass wet on wet against the underpainting, make sure your brush has only a little paint. Use a clean spot on your palette to dab out excess paint from your brush. Dab the color onto the underpainting using soft, subtle strokes.
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Put paint on a rigger brush and paint in quick, light, short, upward strokes. Use the rigger brush for tall grasses. Try various shades of green and yellow, so long as you have more than just one shade of green. Use a thinner paint. Use a bristle brush to flick short lines of grass.
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Use an old, unused credit card or piece of thin plastic for drawing cocktail sticks. Use this method especially if the underpainting is of a thicker paint. Scrape upwards with the edge of the credit card against the wet underpainting.
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References
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