The KEY to Blending Acrylic Paint on Canvas

The key to blending acrylic paint on canvas is to water down the paint to a creamy consistency and then use multiple dry wash brushes to smooth out the brushstrokes. This acrylic paint blending tutorial demonstrates and explains the complete process in detail.
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  • @GregLowmanArt
    @GregLowmanArt8 ай бұрын

    Subscribe: bit.ly/2FOsrPI Join Channel: kzread.info/dron/qlKpHhdQkxegbgg9vA0Zzg.htmljoin MATERIALS: S Easel: amzn.to/44q44OG 8”x8” Canvas Panel: amzn.to/3sUfE7r Primary Red: amzn.to/45RxOoG Primary Yellow: amzn.to/3Jg8mPz Wash Brushes: amzn.to/3uEei1G Blender Mop Brush: amzn.to/3I5xW9Y (The Amazon Associates program requires disclosure that I earn a commission when the above links are used. Thank you for supporting the channel.)

  • @lauraborgmann8285

    @lauraborgmann8285

    7 ай бұрын

    Good tip for beginners Unless you are mixing up large cups of paint suggest to new painters to use small plastic cups

  • @tom-lq7dw

    @tom-lq7dw

    3 ай бұрын

    Hey Greg, just wanted to tell you THANKS for the recommendation for the rechargeable airbrush sprayer. TEMU has a nice green one for 21$! I didn't even realize such a critter even existed!---No noisy air compressor nor aggravating lengthy hose to work around. A huge bonus to my work! Thanks Tons!🤠👍 (edit: Wouldn't mind seeing you do a tutorial on how you mix your non airbrush acrylic paint for different artistic effects)

  • @marleneblackburn6659

    @marleneblackburn6659

    2 ай бұрын

    .bob ross

  • @kimberlythomas2490
    @kimberlythomas24902 ай бұрын

    Total newbie here...i clearly do not have enough brushes! STUNNING!

  • @bostonbutterfly4473

    @bostonbutterfly4473

    Ай бұрын

    Little tip, cheap makeup brushes are Amazing for blending. The foundation ones work great.

  • @zeanian

    @zeanian

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you for this! ​@@bostonbutterfly4473

  • @valeryalexis1568

    @valeryalexis1568

    19 күн бұрын

    I was not expecting him to get to 5 brushes 😂

  • @kimberlysoto3490
    @kimberlysoto349029 күн бұрын

    You treated my OCD with kindness. As I watched the video I kept thinking to myself, “Okay I still see a harsh demarcation line between the yellow and what has become orange. Blend a little more here.” And it’s as we were communicating across space and time, because there you went! Absolutely beautiful! Probably not much of a compliment coming from me as I’m not even an artist. But my eyes are happy. 😂 Thank you, thank you!

  • @lyn2569akaLynette
    @lyn2569akaLynette3 ай бұрын

    I kept wondering when you were going to stop blending already but every time you did it got better and better. Thank you for that beautiful lesson 🥰✌️

  • @Jroc150
    @Jroc1508 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this tutorial as I find this the hardest to do without muddying the colours.👍🏻

  • @tedpatriot2963
    @tedpatriot29633 ай бұрын

    The music is fantastic and so is the technique! Thank you for the training!

  • @JRMorris
    @JRMorris15 сағат бұрын

    Nice. This is a skill I've struggled with for a while now

  • @glorious880
    @glorious880Ай бұрын

    Thank you for th tutorial. It was plain and simple to follow.

  • @salonitripathi3762
    @salonitripathi37623 ай бұрын

    It looks so soothing...

  • @MaeBelleArt
    @MaeBelleArt2 ай бұрын

    All the hard work you put into this piece really shows🎉

  • @pinapple60
    @pinapple603 ай бұрын

    So simple but so stunning what looks just like a big beautiful ball and sunshine is absolutely hypnotic!

  • @hestergreen2031

    @hestergreen2031

    3 ай бұрын

    You are memorizing my thoughts as I watch your video on this topic. Absolutely beautiful and inspiring. Thank you

  • @marial.g.8446
    @marial.g.84463 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing with us🙏🏼

  • @deborahthompson5041
    @deborahthompson50413 ай бұрын

    I have to try this tomorrow. Simply beautiful. Stunning. Thank you for sharing.

  • @wendynorris8094
    @wendynorris80943 ай бұрын

    You do it so effortless thank you for sharing.

  • @barbarabarb.manolache4376
    @barbarabarb.manolache43763 ай бұрын

    You are an amazing artist and for me a great teacher! Thank you!!!

  • @rossanodembech5738
    @rossanodembech57388 ай бұрын

    Thanks for this great tutorial!!! ❤

  • @mehrnazs.7134
    @mehrnazs.71343 ай бұрын

    Wowwww, it turned so smooth. It teaches patience ❤

  • @rodneysmith8565
    @rodneysmith85653 ай бұрын

    Anyone ever thought of using what's called a beauty blender sponge in situations like this? I've found that they can cut the blending time way down. I am still working on the technique but it seems promising.

  • @cvanscho

    @cvanscho

    3 ай бұрын

    Yes, they work well!

  • @Susan.Burns63
    @Susan.Burns633 ай бұрын

    Never mind about the brush dear 😅. I realise now I'd never been using enough paint and it was too dry to get that perfect effect ❤This is very very helpful, many thanks. What type of brush is that?

  • @GregLowmanArt

    @GregLowmanArt

    3 ай бұрын

    Glad that it helped and I added the paint with a mop brush and blended it all out with dry wash brushes

  • @azadehshalgooni8919
    @azadehshalgooni891923 күн бұрын

    Very Beautiful Paint Acrylic with Colorful, Thanks.🙏🏼🙏🏼👌👌😍😍

  • @user-rh6hw7ez4u
    @user-rh6hw7ez4u3 ай бұрын

    So easy and so beautiful 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @lisapais4869
    @lisapais48692 ай бұрын

    Great tutorial. This came out amazing. Can't wait to try.

  • @rosanneducharme5486
    @rosanneducharme5486Ай бұрын

    Thank you for this tutorial. I really needed to learn this.

  • @ladauphine2837
    @ladauphine28372 ай бұрын

    Beautiful ❤ i am going to try this. 👍 Thank you for the video 🙏

  • @AliOmar-tt9wk
    @AliOmar-tt9wk3 ай бұрын

    Great job ❤

  • @barbm7175
    @barbm71753 ай бұрын

    Perfect

  • @bordermail-gy6dx
    @bordermail-gy6dxАй бұрын

    Thanks for the lesson

  • @Amah-Lady
    @Amah-Lady3 ай бұрын

    AMAZING, THANK YOU FROM HEART

  • @mdc8702
    @mdc87023 ай бұрын

    Excellent ❤

  • @talk2birds128
    @talk2birds12819 күн бұрын

    Omg this hypnotised me. Your blending is so perfect. 💯 ✨

  • @aliarts_2024
    @aliarts_2024Ай бұрын

    Wow super blending 😍

  • @sophiepaquetteartistepeintre
    @sophiepaquetteartistepeintre16 күн бұрын

    Great blending!

  • @karenmusa3052
    @karenmusa30523 ай бұрын

    Beautiful..thanku

  • @anouk..
    @anouk..7 ай бұрын

    Super 👍🏽 thanks for you tuto

  • @JayAdyantArt
    @JayAdyantArt2 ай бұрын

    Wow ! It's So Good👍

  • @LilY-xu5tg
    @LilY-xu5tg3 ай бұрын

    Thank you. This is exactly what i have been looking for

  • @Budh...
    @Budh...3 ай бұрын

    Too good..loved it

  • @theresafelix9382
    @theresafelix93827 ай бұрын

    Thank you - now I know what to do!!

  • @jesusreynoso6918
    @jesusreynoso6918Ай бұрын

    Excelente técnica felicidades

  • @Abonicreativecanvas8954
    @Abonicreativecanvas89543 ай бұрын

    Amazing 🤩

  • @cm9859
    @cm98592 ай бұрын

    Just so beautiful and amazing to watch you. 😊

  • @user-be2xb5gj9y
    @user-be2xb5gj9yАй бұрын

    Великолепно!!! 👍

  • @martinelambert744
    @martinelambert7442 ай бұрын

    ❤ magnifique !!! se fond de couleur, j'adore , merci pour cette démonstration

  • @Urban_Piggy
    @Urban_PiggyАй бұрын

    I need to try to do this on a significantly smaller scale.

  • @manomoneysubramaniam254
    @manomoneysubramaniam2542 ай бұрын

    Interesting way of doing a piece of art! I ❤it n tks for sharing with us n keep up your amazing work and god bless u with healthy n joy in your life🎉❤😊

  • @magorzatazaremba6656
    @magorzatazaremba66562 ай бұрын

    Bravo 💖👏👏👏

  • @nirateller5603
    @nirateller5603Ай бұрын

    great tutorial. Thank you so very much

  • @bhartinagarkatti7064
    @bhartinagarkatti70642 ай бұрын

    Very nice tips Thank u

  • @aidasoto2936
    @aidasoto29363 ай бұрын

    THANKS

  • @cvanscho
    @cvanscho3 ай бұрын

    I'm surprised by how much water is used. Word on the street is that too much water may affect the paint binding, so I have always mixed some medium plus water (I do see your opinion in the video that the amount of water you use doesn't affect the binding).

  • @hrr222

    @hrr222

    3 ай бұрын

    Exactly. What is the problem to people to just use medium?

  • @afanaobeba7876

    @afanaobeba7876

    3 ай бұрын

    That anti-water lie came from some KZread video some lady made. She blocked all comments so that people can’t correct her. You can literally use acrylic as a watercolor and the paint will work just fine. You can thin, glaze etc acrylics using water only and it will be JUST FINE

  • @cvanscho

    @cvanscho

    3 ай бұрын

    That's very interesting, thanks!@@afanaobeba7876

  • @jefferythum9445

    @jefferythum9445

    3 ай бұрын

    Too much water will affect the integrity of the paint though😢

  • @cvanscho

    @cvanscho

    3 ай бұрын

    ...and so we go around in little circles...

  • @user-iw1no9hh5q
    @user-iw1no9hh5q2 ай бұрын

    Awesome sir

  • @samanthashaw6264
    @samanthashaw6264Ай бұрын

    Thanks❤

  • @stephennguyen1064
    @stephennguyen10643 ай бұрын

    Thanks 🙏!!.

  • @deeyaagrawal4818
    @deeyaagrawal48182 ай бұрын

    Thankyou the video was very useful

  • @albatorres1122
    @albatorres11224 ай бұрын

    VERY NICE

  • @tonimlentner1255
    @tonimlentner12558 ай бұрын

    Beautiful. Great job.

  • @1girl515
    @1girl515Ай бұрын

    Amazing

  • @therisingphoenixlovedbynat121
    @therisingphoenixlovedbynat121Күн бұрын

    Beautiful but clearly I need to up my brush game😂 I’ve never seen so much water used with acrylics. I’ve always heard too much water breaks them down but ig that’s what’s needed first a good blend. Great video thanks❤

  • @mohammedadnan3949
    @mohammedadnan394917 күн бұрын

    😮very nice

  • @elenanechifor5274
    @elenanechifor52744 ай бұрын

    Minunat lucrați și aveți o muzică di fond excelentā !

  • @mohammedadnan3949
    @mohammedadnan394917 күн бұрын

    It's very nice

  • @yasminfathima5276
    @yasminfathima5276Ай бұрын

    Awesome

  • @alanpreston3111
    @alanpreston31113 ай бұрын

    Very soothing 👍🏻

  • @SaraKhan-gt2wn
    @SaraKhan-gt2wn6 күн бұрын

    Blending is very tricky you make it look easy 😍 I still struggle with blending 🥲🥺

  • @nia_111
    @nia_1112 ай бұрын

    wow!! its so goood🤩😍 ... also felt like a satisfying video

  • @renaylunsford6941
    @renaylunsford69413 ай бұрын

    Very nice

  • @bordermail-gy6dx
    @bordermail-gy6dxАй бұрын

    We'll like more on blue sky

  • @aisha52
    @aisha522 ай бұрын

    Wow…..brilliant…..so…beautiful 😅

  • @yaghobshojaei
    @yaghobshojaei8 ай бұрын

    Perfect ❤❤❤❤ I subscribed to your channel

  • @florencecoliac5866
    @florencecoliac58662 ай бұрын

    ❤ merci

  • @kilroyart
    @kilroyart3 ай бұрын

    wonderful video! thank you so very much! but why would someone get mad because you used a towel?

  • @alisoncreighton7300
    @alisoncreighton73003 ай бұрын

    Hi Mr Lowman 😊 only just seen your really good blending video , an area I struggle with being a newbie painter . Do you have a similar tutorial showing the blending technique , but using a larger canvas , say 40 x 50 cms and how to keep the paint wet on a larger canvas . It's just that it is easier for me to see on a larger canvas , but can not keep the paint wet . Thanks very much 😊

  • @GregLowmanArt

    @GregLowmanArt

    3 ай бұрын

    hi there, this one covers blending on a large canvas: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oZmXmbFuaLWznJc.htmlsi=Aq-42H-9GbEf_K_u

  • @alisoncreighton7300

    @alisoncreighton7300

    3 ай бұрын

    Brilliant 😊 thank you so much Mr Lowman 😊

  • @MsEmily229
    @MsEmily22918 күн бұрын

    This music made me start to fall asleep 💤

  • @grain9640
    @grain96407 күн бұрын

    Something that has become very useful to me is a spray bottle that is mostly water, with a few drizzles of vegetable glycerin, and about 1/4 full of arcylic paint thinner medium. The liquid is transparently milky white. I can mist it over my palette, I spray it directly into cups, sometimes on to my brush, and rarely, I spray my whole canvas with it. This stops the "dusty" effect when I use too much water on my acrylic paint without me noticing. It keeps the pigments bound, extends the working time, is cheaper than using mediums directly, and somehow ends up working more smooth than water. I tend to do 100 glazes so overwatering arcylic could be a big problem for me. In fact, I would have made this gradient by glazing, and it would have been very frustrating and taken longer. 🤔I should buy a soft large brush, because all my really big brushes are rather stiff and meant for latex wall paint

  • @antoniomaisano6205
    @antoniomaisano62053 ай бұрын

    Bellooo marisa😊

  • @shakunpunjabi7399
    @shakunpunjabi73993 ай бұрын

    Beautiful ❤️ best wishes from your new subscriber

  • @ColorinkFun
    @ColorinkFun3 ай бұрын

    Interisting

  • @steveo726
    @steveo726Ай бұрын

    Always best in silent movies

  • @forelinaforelia4408
    @forelinaforelia44083 ай бұрын

    Гипнотизирует. Спасибо.

  • @user-vw7du7vw1m
    @user-vw7du7vw1m17 күн бұрын

    روعة❤

  • @MAsifAbbasiMAsifAbbasi
    @MAsifAbbasiMAsifAbbasi3 ай бұрын

    Good

  • @RuthTierraResonante
    @RuthTierraResonante3 ай бұрын

    nice

  • @azadehshalgooni8919
    @azadehshalgooni89192 ай бұрын

    WoW, Colors and Art are So Very Beautiful and Fantastic Art, Thanks for Sharing. 🙏 🙏🙏😋😍🤩🤩👌👌👌🧡🧡🧡💫💫💫

  • @coolinva
    @coolinva2 ай бұрын

    Very nice and beautiful and well done. In my painting, the sun is about half an inch, how i blend the sun that looks better? or how i can blend a small area in a painting? Thanks.

  • @GregLowmanArt

    @GregLowmanArt

    2 ай бұрын

    To blend small you can use a smaller brush like a round or filbert, get the bristles just wet enough to break up the paint, do circles on the color changes, and continuously wipe the bristles off when they fill w/ paint. Skip the last step and don't go over the area with a dry brush to avoid smearing/streaking. You can blend pretty much anything doing this, even smooth skin tones - kzread.info/dash/bejne/pnhnuqeAkbTdp8o.html

  • @deeptigagoria6010
    @deeptigagoria6010Ай бұрын

    Excellent ❤❤❤

  • @spencerthu2956
    @spencerthu29562 ай бұрын

    How do you know when you used to much water? I'm guessing the quality of the paint helps because they probably have better binding than the cheaper ones...idk. I tried painting couple years ago and my pictures kept cracking

  • @GregLowmanArt

    @GregLowmanArt

    2 ай бұрын

    Your paint should never crack, even after many years - applying it too thick or using a cheap brand is usually what causes that. A good paint will even allow for watered-down glazes and washes without cracking/peeling. You may want to try one of the paints below and shoot for a creamy consistency like shown in the video: Liquitex - amzn.to/3UX6XVz Winsor & Newton - amzn.to/3Telf2P Golden - amzn.to/3UW5HC4

  • @spencerthu2956

    @spencerthu2956

    2 ай бұрын

    @@GregLowmanArt thank you for the advice I appreciate that

  • @user-wl8bh8zi8e
    @user-wl8bh8zi8e2 ай бұрын

    good 🌹

  • @matth7605
    @matth76053 ай бұрын

    Some good info. Were the acrylics or canvas pre coated or mixed with titanium white paint? I know it can kill the vibrancy in colors but have also learned without it colors can also lose some brightness when dried

  • @GregLowmanArt

    @GregLowmanArt

    3 ай бұрын

    No titanium white was added, just primary yellow + red

  • @user-fw7kg9gm7s
    @user-fw7kg9gm7s3 күн бұрын

    Beautiful. Do you use the same technique if you are painting a sky for example? (Ie not circular)

  • @GregLowmanArt

    @GregLowmanArt

    Күн бұрын

    For a basic sky background I would probably do something like this with lighter blues at the bottom and a darker blues at the top: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mqSiuK-PqKSZqtI.html

  • @ArtEasyfs
    @ArtEasyfsАй бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @barbiebrowny7003
    @barbiebrowny700315 күн бұрын

    ❤️ My basic technical problem is the blending technical procedure If you use a little bit of linseed oil will that help instead of waty? I've just subscribed , actually I've been working with watercolors Thanks for the video ✅

  • @GregLowmanArt

    @GregLowmanArt

    13 күн бұрын

    Water is going to be best. If your paint is drying too quickly, you can add some slow-dri amzn.to/3GhL5gc to it, but linseed oil is used with oil paints & will not help you here.

  • @Chassmariem
    @ChassmariemАй бұрын

    Are you starting with heavy body acrylic?

  • @GregLowmanArt

    @GregLowmanArt

    Ай бұрын

    These were the exact paints used: Primary Red: amzn.to/45RxOoG Primary Yellow: amzn.to/3Jg8mPz

  • @user-tm1sy1by6z
    @user-tm1sy1by6zАй бұрын

  • @samcolt1079
    @samcolt10792 ай бұрын

    JUST GREAT?????

  • @ArtEasyfs
    @ArtEasyfsАй бұрын

    Please like and subscribe thank you ❤️😊❤️😊

  • @LupitaMorales-qp5vu
    @LupitaMorales-qp5vu2 ай бұрын

    Cómo pintar pájaros enacrilico.

  • @tonymotola6
    @tonymotola6Ай бұрын

    👍

  • @patilsapana1
    @patilsapana112 күн бұрын

    beautiful! how is it that the wash brush does not spread the color out of shape?

  • @GregLowmanArt

    @GregLowmanArt

    2 күн бұрын

    Thank you and it will if the bristles are too stiff. It needs to have soft bristles for this to work

  • @patilsapana1

    @patilsapana1

    Күн бұрын

    @@GregLowmanArt will try 🤩

  • @sarge9164
    @sarge91642 ай бұрын

    Legit

  • @lagunamangano
    @lagunamangano8 ай бұрын

    Excellent job, but where do you get the dry wash brushes to do this dry blending work?. FIVE brushes can be very costly, right?

  • @GregLowmanArt

    @GregLowmanArt

    8 ай бұрын

    They're ~$1-$2 each so not bad: amzn.to/45HNPhf or amzn.to/3xk1sn1

  • @Mostlycreativeartistry

    @Mostlycreativeartistry

    4 ай бұрын

    I get them at lowes or home depot pretty cheap. For dry blending brushes. About $3.50 a piece.