Brushstrokes: Acrylic

LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

Red Poppies

For this project, we will paint a more complex still life of red poppies in a blue vase. Fluid paints come in bottles instead of tubes and are runnier. If you cannot find them, water down your tubes of black and crimson paint on the palette.

TOOLS & PALETTE

• Stretched canvas, size 8" × 10"

• Flat bristle brush, size 14 or 16

• Flat bristle brush, size 2 or 4

• Palette knife

• Titanium white

• Cadmium yellow medium

• Cadmium red light

• Cobalt blue

• Ultramarine blue

• Transparent brown iron oxide

• Carbon black fluid

• Alizarin crimson fluid

STEP ONE

For the underpainting, mix up some red, blue, and white to create a soft violet wash to cover the canvas.

STEP TWO

Once the wash of paint is completely dry, ...