Glowing Mushrooms - Step by Step Acrylic Painting on Canvas

Let's paint some glowing, magical mushrooms (of the non-illicit kind) on a mystical bokeh background with acrylic paint!
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• #12, 8, 2 Filberts
• #3 Round
I'm painting on a Fredrix 16x20in canvas, but any size/shape will work - amzn.to/33zC4yf
All colors used in this painting are part of my standard color palette
• Alizarin Crimson - amzn.to/3JDAg6T
• Cadmium Yellow Light - amzn.to/3h2JsVX
• Indian Yellow - amzn.to/3s2QiBa
• Ultramarine Blue - amzn.to/3I4I9BO
• Cerulean Blue - amzn.to/3gYaI88
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• Sap Green - amzn.to/3Id3CZC
• Titanium White - amzn.to/3v0uXdC
• Liquitex Matte Medium - amzn.to/3s3TJYh (gloss medium or glazing medium will also work)
For this painting, I'll also be using:
• Phthalo Blue - amzn.to/3KHbFho
• A chalk or watercolor pencil (any brand, any kind, any color)
• A ruler
• Black gesso (black paint or a black canvas will also work)
Colors in my standard palette NOT used in this painting
• Cadmium Red Medium - amzn.to/3h2hQR2
• Pigment PR101 (Transparent Red Iron Oxide) - amzn.to/3I70iz2
• Yellow Ocher/Oxide - amzn.to/3h7kvbT
• Titan Green - amzn.to/3sY5hfb
• Titan Violet - amzn.to/3LKcxUl
• Naples Yellow - amzn.to/35cZ7PL
• I keep all of my paints in a 12x16 in Masterson Sta-Wet palette - amzn.to/3H5M2Fx
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I love your acrilic paintings! Listening to you voice is so relaxing and you always explain everything perfectly! Thank you so much!🤗

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My granddaughter and I are painting these with you today Jane!! Thank you and have an incredible day!

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Looking forward to this one, thumbnail looks awesome 😎

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WEEEEE! I´m so happy to have you back! :) Absolute WONDERFUL mushrooms :D and a wonderful break from the real world :)

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Absolutely LOVE this! Definitely going to try a similar rendition. Thank you for sharing your incredible talent! ❤

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Welcome back. So excited to watch you again.

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First time watcher. You are not only very talented, but so calm and soothing, and a joy to watch. Thank you for sharing your art and your process.

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I have never seen a mushroom come to life quit like these. Awesome!!

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That finishing touch of the lighter line made such a difference.. Little touches do mean so much in art..Thanks for sharing your skills with us.

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Thank you for your gorgeous painting. I’m a new painter and I’m doing pretty good. Not great. I’ve been painting for 3months with no prior experience. I’m going to try this. Your teaching skills are awesome.👍

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[@Brezzy369]

Beautiful 😍. Thanks!!! I just love mushrooms 🍄

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Thank you Jane, another great video!

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Thank you Jane for this awesome tutorial! I love it! The mushrooms are beautiful and calming.

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[@gwenbassett8842]

I just love the GLOWING MUSHROOMS! So great that you are teaching on KZbin again. I have placed an order for your new line of brushes. I still have my old fuzz-bert brush I'm going to use on this one until my new brushes arrive! I'm super excited.

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Hi🙂...you are an excellent teacher and your painting is beautiful, vibrant with lots of soothing, positive energy. Thank you for the lesson ❤.

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Wow Jane only just seen your tutorial I'm amazed at how well you explain everything I've only started to paint and I know I will be watching your tutorials please keep up the good work jane brilliant thank you so much

[@Sheamarie]

Magical and awesome painting. Thank you so much for sharing.

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Absolutely loved it. Going to try to paint this for my son for Christmas.

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Totally awesome Jane 💙

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Excited to see this ❤️ i am also one artist i have taken inspiration from you

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This is such a cool painting!

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I love this painting

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Amazing, I have enjoyed your voice ánd painting. Thank you for sharing your art 💜🙏

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Beautiful 😍

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just discovered you! I am amazed we paint so much alike. Two paintings are never the same lol. I also like that you spend time on the mixing. Abstract, impressionist, meditative art Lovely!

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love this painting.

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I am new to your channel. This is so pretty. I will be trying this just because I love your background. I must try it so I can use this technique in other paintings.

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Missed the live, but can’t wait to try this!

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More Acrylic tutorials plssss...big fan of your work!

[@dh7217]

This is the closest to magic I cam think of...💜💜💜💜💜💜💔

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Nice work👍

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[@manicangel7796]

Hi. If I learned anything from this (oil painter) is that omg.. ultramarine on black is awesome! Who woulda knew? Fantastic job. You make me want to break out what's left of my acrylics again lol.. Thank you for this. Pleasure to watch.

[@PaintingwithJane]

I looooove oil paint too! But acrylic for sure has its magical abilities. I hope you do decide to give acrylics another shot!

[@manicangel7796]

@@PaintingwithJane Hi. First let me thank you for taking the time to respond. Acrylics hate me. They do nothing I want and no matter if I use an extending medium, they still don't work for me. You make it look so easy lol...

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I'm wondering what the "medium" is, that you use...? I love your style and watch lots of your stuff... I appreciate you helping so many of us "aspiring artists" TY 🌹✌️

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Спасибо огромное за подробные уроки.❤

[@lisavineyard348]

I love this and I'm trying to paint it but it's looking more like a bunch of baby blue mushrooms 😫 I have the same colors you are using well I do have the cerulean hue , I didn't notice until you said something and I thought how does she know what I have 😊 I need HELP please 🥺

[@danielletunnissen9721]

GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK..BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER IDEAS OF COLOUR I LOVE IT THO BUT I WANT TO MAKE IT IN LIKE EMERAL GREENISH.. THOUGHTS???

[@libelle8124]

I love this painting. I have recently bought a ukulele. Very cheap, yet very enjoyable to play (says the total newbie to the world of music), but it looks so boooooring. So I decided to paint it. Not sure if glowing mushrooms go with a ukulele, but why not? :-) If I get bored by a ukulele with glowing shrooms, I just buy another cheap uke and paint something different on it :-)

[@frannthaler9226]

😊

[@minnahumble2294]

Minute 52:50: It’s amazing how the cerulean on the stems seems to glow against the background.

[@PaintingwithJane]

Thank you so much 💛🙏

[@minnahumble2294]

I wish you had showed the reference image. I have no idea what boka lights are.

[@MrMalcovic]

Great painting! how come the paint on your pallet isn't drying?

[@lisavineyard348]

Right? Because mine dries within minutes.

[@minnahumble2294]

She is using open acrylics and she added medium. I’m not sure if it’s slow drying medium but open paints alone extend the drying time.

[@minnahumble2294]

Correction: it does not say she’s using open acrylics.

[@PaintingwithJane]

I'm using a wet palette. You can find a link to all of my materials, including my wet palette, in the video description 😊

[@GypsyArt]

Can you tell me the music you are playing in the background please?

[@PaintingwithJane]

I don't remember offhand, but I always made a note of it in the video description and tell you where you can also download it 😊

[@GypsyArt]

Hi Jane, thank you for your reply. I’m sorry I can’t seem to see it (old person here) I clicked the down arrow where I thought you meant but obviously I have the wrong place. I’ll listen out for it again on any future video you do 😊☕️

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🇨🇦😃

[@jordanasbury4183]

Jane you haven't posted anything in awhile I hope all is well with you... I cant wait for your next video

[@minnahumble2294]

It’s beautiful and it was fascinating to watch you progress,but it’s not finished. The mushroom cap all the way right needs more work.

[@PaintingwithJane]

Thanks! It's not the focus of the painting so I'm happy with where I left it.

[@minnahumble2294]

PS - You have room on the left side to put up the reference photo.

[@PaintingwithJane]

It's available to download for free in the video description too 😉