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Build the depth
Once the initial glazing is complete, the painting
moves to my desktop easel since I don’t need to worry
about gravity as much. Using the same transparent fluid
acrylics, I’m now building up the tangled snake hair to
create depth. Taping my colour study above the piece is
a great reference point!
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Lay down acryla gouache base layers
I’m satisfied with the glazing and will now move onto working with the acryla
gouache. In order to build up the most luminous areas of my painting, I need to
create an opaque base layer by using a combination of fluid titanium white acrylic
and a pale pink acryla gouache.14
Continue rendering
After my base whites have been added, I’m
painting over some areas with the luminescent acryla
gouache to add pops of saturated colour, and continue to
render other areas with the acryla gouache including the
facial features and scaly gleams on the snake bodies. I’m
also mixing a deep violet to work those darks back into
the snakes after so much glazing.
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Adding magic glowy bits!
To pull the rest of the composition together and create a little extra magic,
I’m adding “glowy bits” by creating white spots with the fluid acrylic and lifting the
paint gently with a paper towel about 30 seconds into drying. This leaves behind a
semi-transparent, textured circle. Glazing on top with the lumi red mixed with matte
medium creates the saturated glow.In depth Mixed media