I did this painting tutorial live on YouTube and immediately began receiving wonderful pictures from all over the world from people who tried it for themselves. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!
I will also be pinning the submissions from this post to my Pinterest board: Online Student Artwork
If you have tried this project and want your artwork featured here please email your photo to: angelafineart@gmail.com or share to my facebook page: AngelaAndersonFineArt. Thanks!
I released this video on how to paint a Gerbera Daisy with Acrylics back in Sept. 2013. Since then I have received dozens of pictures from all over the world from people who have tried it for themselves. They are so wonderful and each one unique. I love to see how art reaches people and I hope you enjoy seeing all the amazing artwork that came from my tutorial video.
This was an especially fun painting. I did it live on YouTube as part of the #PawgustArt (Animal Theme) event that was hosted by the Creative Arts Collaboration group I belong to. This was my first time doing a live stream painting event and it was a lot of fun. I will show links to my full length video and the shorter time lapse one below.
First I found a deer image from the internet and traced it's outline. Notice I did not include the whole neck and I thickened up parts of the antlers and adjusted the ear a little so it was not so close to the antlers. Then using graphite paper I transferred my outline to my sketch book.
I sketched out the flowers and leaves using the outline of the deer as much as possible. I also incorporated the eye and nose as parts of leaves and flowers. Fit your details inside the outline and fill all the empty spaces if possible without overlapping much. Then trace out your design leaving out the original outline. Transfer this to your mat board or other surface with graphite paper (I used white graphite for my dark grey background).
I sealed the Mat Board (just a scrap from a frame shop) with Clear Gesso and lightly sanded it to give it a distressed look. It also protected the background from water and paint drips. I used Golden Fluid Acrylic Titanium White to paint in my details. You could use a white marker or other color paint as well.
