Video: Comparison of Techniques in Acrylic Feather Painting

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Learn how to compare techniques for acrylic painting in this free video lesson on Southwestern art.

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Okay, here's a couple of different designs and paintings that I have done in the past. I thought I'd go over with you different techniques that I used for each one because they're going to be different. For the wolf, or bear depending on what you'd like to call it. This one, unfortunately, I have a glossy coating over top of it, which I am going to spray with a matte because it's just too glossy for it. When I went back in for the detail of the fur and the eyes, I actually used a felt tip black magic marker to give it a little bit more detail and definition and just to pop out the eyes a little bit more and make the fur look more touchable. Now, with this particular one, it's another portrait of a Native American. With this, he has a lot of wrinkles and a lot of detail in him, in his hair, in this jewelry, and throughout his face. What I did is I used a very, very, very fine brush. There's probably about 10 bristles on here. Went in very lightly. Not a dark colored paint but very thin. This was the very final stage where I went in and created all the lines throughout it. It's not like a building process like we doing earlier. It's basically a shadow that you were using in color to go back in and define the wrinkles. Again, with his eyes, I didn't use a magic marker anywhere on this piece. It's all by paintbrush.

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Comparison of Techniques in Acrylic Feather Painting

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