How to Paint a Peony Flower in Acrylic - Full Length Tutorial

In this full-length tutorial, I walk you through each step of my process to paint a layered and textural peony flower in acrylics. In my paintings, I aim to capture the personality of the flower through expressive strokes and to develop an intuitive and harmonious color palette. In the video, we walk through: - Sketching the peony - Establishing the first layers of color - Building up layers through textural mark-making - Creating a harmonious feel throughout the piece - Finding a balance between warm and cool colors ✷ Colors used in this painting: Phthalo Green Cobalt Blue Titanium White Light Pink Cadmium Yellow Medium Quinacridone Red Quinacridone Magenta Teal Green Gold Ultramarine Blue Yellow Ochre ✷ Paint brands used: Nova Color Acrylics Windsor & Newton Galeria Acrylics Liquitex Professional Acrylics Golden Acrylics ✷ Canvas used: Dick Blick Premier Stretched Cotton Canvas ✷
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