Expressive Brushstrokes with Acrylics - Painting Loosely

Learn how to create expressive brushstrokes with acrylic paint. Loosen up and create acrylic paintings where the brushstrokes are the star. In this video, we create a loose and painterly still life in under one hour.
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[@bdml77]

I've been looking for this! Thank you!!!

[@homayounazarnoush5699]

Skillfully color mixing and brushwork, as a result high quality and effective artwork. Thank you so much for sharing your experience and talent.

[@friedricengravy6646]

One great perk with acrylic paint: u could start this painting with out an under drawing.....Since acrylics dry so fast, theres not much need to ‘paint in the lines’ start with ur dark, create a large mass & then layer mid tones as u see them in life or from a photo. Do not blend. Keep ur strong brush strokes.....mixing each mid tone separate. Less mid tones will create a more loose painting or u can add more mid tones to tighten it up.

[@williedonald7546]

InstaBlaster.

[@kerryklaassen]

Thank you so much. I paint acrylic abstracts, but I'm still learning how to paint organic, expressive shapes. I learned a lot from your video.

[@DenaTollefson]

Gorgeous, expressive brush work! Wonderful instruction.

[@ManalElmahdy-vj5yl]

Beautiful work

[@BeverlyF]

Thank you so much for this video! As a self taught oil painter i have, from the start, naturally painted realistically and could not figure out how to paint in the expressionistic style! Thank you!

[@crysallis543]

I love this style of painting, Matt! Could we please do more stuff like this in acrylic on the virtual instructor course?

[@TheArtGearGuide]

Another absolutely outstanding tutorial Matt, I’ve never tried Acrylic, Colored Pencil, Markers and Pastels are what I enjoy most, however your tutorials really make me want to try other mediums. Excellent

[@yolandalobban289]

I love your loose style of painting! Thanks for sharing!

[@user-wt5if6rx8m]

Thank you so much for all the nice content!

[@selftrue670]

So much more interesting than an infinitely blended curved surface.

[@emilys4679]

If you, like me, were having trouble keeping track of the colors used, they were: Titanium White Burnt Umber Yellow Ochre Ultramarine Blue Prussian Blue Cadmium Red Cadmium Yellow Burnt Sienna

[@helgaleifsdottir5191]

Emily thank you, for the work this teacher should have done. You solved a big problem for us.

[@yvie01]

very helpful tutorial. Thanks Matthew

[@amandairedale706]

Wonderful. My favourite colours.

[@lakshithasivanandan7289]

wow! what a beautiful piece. I will definitely be trying this out soon!

[@MCGrafite]

I love your work! Amazing!

[@daleshawn1910]

Thank you so much. This tutorial is excellent.

[@natalietankersley6340]

Fabulous!!! Thank you so much!

[@SteveL2012]

I was skeptical as the pear progressed, but it pays to wait to the end. The close-up with the background and leaf show it to full advantage. Love the leaf too!

[@conchitinabernardo4370]

This is excellent !

[@pplattee]

He has one of the best tutorials 🔥 No one explains it this fully❤️ Thank you so much🤭✨

[@thokchomjayshree8089]

This is a great painting and tutorial

[@jencoleman0504]

I know this video is crazy old, but it still has helped me so much! Gorgeous work!

[@vishwapatel3159]

loved this tutorial!

[@thevirtualinstructor]

Glad you liked it!!

[@m96920]

Wow!!! Man you are the best in the web!

[@thevirtualinstructor]

Thanks Mike!

[@dshepherd107]

@@thevirtualinstructor Why havent you responded to some of the very good questions here? Do you use a retarder to slow drying time? Do you allow each layer to dry before applying the next?

[@malcolmnicholls2893]

Old newbie here, liked this and will copy. Thanks.

[@elisabetbergstrom4653]

Fantastik!

[@belleyouuu2637]

Great video. I learned a lot on this topic.

[@robertomontero9457]

amazing painting sir☺

[@nancyertan6205]

Lovely

[@didierleprince6106]

Yesss

[@a.humphries8678]

Do you let any layers dry before adding more paint?

[@patsyjohnson3963]

Best I have seen yet. Come over and help me paint 🤗

[@DahHar117]

FANTABULOUS. Can this technique be used for other media as well?

[@AW-uo9tv]

Wooow V. Good 💋💋💞💞💕💕💖💖👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👍🏽

[@debbieseal4164]

Very nice video. This looks more like oil. If this is acrylic are you adding something to the acrylic to keep it from drying too fast?

[@Ellionart]

Good tutorial. I wouldn't call it expressive though, just normal good way of painting that is not overly blended.

[@abigailhumes4608]

different. result, though is nice.

[@cheeseface99]

Awww great info but i need to get rid of brush strokes

[@chrisames9792]

Hello! Great tips. Just had a couple of questions. Did you paint wet on wet? It would have been nice to see your inspiration piece to see how you made the shapes of light and dark.

[@helgaleifsdottir5191]

Can the teacher please answer this important question ? The teaching has great benefits, but it lacks: 1. Colors used written in the description. (Thanks to Emily we know now. 2. The process, wet on wet or wet on dry ?

[@dodalton1]

Are you mixing the acrylic paints with anything? I'm a complete newbie.

[@duckterdoland3881]

Nice aple

[@rattankaur4379]

Hey! amazing tutorial. I just wanted to know what is the style called where we just hold the brush from very far away and paint swiftly with a lot of arm movement? Is that also loose painting? I am just confused between the terms.

[@user-pf6lu3ze2n]

First like

[@AliBaba-ke5jn]

Hi. What size brush are you using please?

[@StinkersMcPoopers]

What type/brand of acrylic paints do you use here?

[@jeansiegel4128]

What is this pear painted on? Paper or canvas board?

[@vebelostotsky]

Matt, thank you very much! Do you use any medium for acrylic paint. It dry so quickly.

[@friedricengravy6646]

Vladimir Belostotsky The smooth painting surface will slow down the dry time especially where the paint is applied thick. The most useful solution is to mix your mid tones. Blending such as pulling two edges together in order to create the mid tone is frowned upon, even in oil. Light in reality just does not blend this way nor does it create color that can be achieved simply from blending a dark & light together.....Then, the more mid tones u mix & apply, the tighter the painting becomes or the opposite. A dark value, a true color, & a light will create a very loose painting. This approach will also allow u to keep strong brush strokes....without losing them to blending or over stroking. I saw it had been 8 months since ur comment, with no reply. I paint with acrylics as well. I too tried to slow down the dry time with retarders & mediums. The more I studied painting in general, mainly oil...I realized that the fast dry time in acrylic is a bonus, not a hinderance. It may seem more complicated at first, with out ‘blending’ but in time u will enjoy seeing more true color & no longer will u b frustrated with fast drying paint. Ur paintings, loose or tight, will look richer & more professional. The only time I use a medium with acrylics now is to glaze.....Use gloss to avoid cloudy darks from flattening paste. I hope this helps. Happy painting!!!

[@dagoelius]

Try making yourself a simple stay-wet palette.

[@Axiassart]

And I thought as acrylic dry fast we need to paint fast too

[@AudiobookLibrary24-7]

How long did you apprentice with Van Gogh and when did you first meet him?

[@stephengreico2810]

I seriously don’t know what the hell im doing 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@Art_y_sonConTania]

This is a beautiful tutorial but I do believe that the title is misleading. I understand the loose and expressive doesn’t have to be quick BUT when people search the term they are looking for ways to get out of their heads and paint more EXPRESSIVELY and loose hand. This painting technique is VERY intentional. It’s like saying I’m going to draw a wiggle line but draw each wiggle deliberately instead of organically.

[@vango9794]

Too refined, I was expecting it to be more painterly!

[@fez1732]

*s a v e t o m* Sorry, I mean no offense to you. This was a great tutorial. I’m just not used to the accent and found it amusing. ^-^

[@jeridsmith3890]

wrong

[@kevinstuart5105]

Are you making up terms? I'm literally googling "shape of value" and it's not producing much. Look man, if you don't know what you're talking about that's fine, just don't waste my time with a video labeled "tutorial" when all you're gonna do is paint a pear and regurgitate word salad.

[@MonkeyBall2453]

You must be joking

[@BIGBANG1917]

“Value is defined as the relative lightness or darkness of a color” so the shape... of the value

[@docdisco42]

Do you know English?

[@pianodancer6570]

Wow, thanks for showing the technique! Do you thin out the paint with water and is the brush damp?

[@sherriheitz7437]

Piano Dancer s