How to Blend Acrylic Paint on a LARGE Canvas | Narrated Step by Step Tutorial for Beginners

[@GregLowmanArt]

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[@nancycrisco5503]

This is awesome! I just started working on a large canvas and I ran into every problem you mentioned! How timely to come across your video!!! Thank you!

[@theresadockery6943]

Thank you! I have always felt like a hot mess rushing to get my blend done and thank you for making it real! Chaotic is part of it! Great doing real time and taking time to go through all the supplies and processes.

[@xRiv3rx]

thanks man, still helping people out two years after the upload

[@misstomrs]

This is the single most helpful blending tutorial I have seen! THANK YOU.

[@ThanksThanks-cm4ce]

Thank you for your answer-- letting a blended background DRY COMPLETLY BEFORE adding a SECOND LAYER OF BLENDING!! Works beautifully!!👍

[@Jjr-w5d]

How long for the background layer to dry? :)

[@bellecraig]

This is a great tutorial, I especially appreciated the information regarding the different brushes and how to use them to achieve a smooth blend as well as how much easier it is to have multiples of right brush for each color and its particular task. I confess that I've been known to run out of brushes and forced to use the same brush for every color paint and what a disaster it turned into! Just a suggestion for those like me who don't own an easel and are working on a very large canvas like the one in this demonstration: I've been known to put a couple dining room chairs together side by side, covered with a painter's drop cloth of course, and then put a couple small eye hooks in the back inside edge of the canvas wood frame on either side, one set at the very bottom of the wood frame and a second set about a foot or so above the others, then used paracord or other thin rope threaded through the eye hooks and wrap around the chair backs so I can pull my canvas snug to keep it in place. It's not a perfect solution, especially because you need slip something under the bottom of the canvas to bring it a couple inches up off the chairs so you can paint to the very bottom edge, plus it's still kind of hard on your back, but I find it provides better access to my work and I can move from one side to the other without worrying about losing my balance and stepping on my work as I maneuver around it while it's laying on the floor. It also keeps my work from being walked on by my little jack russell terrorists (that isn't a typo). Anyway, thanks again for this tutorial, it's been a great help!

[@arich20]

This is a really smart idea, thank you for sharing! 💡

[@johnpope1473]

First time painting for me in decades and started quickly running into blending problems. This is exactly guidance I was looking for - thanks for sharing.

[@trevormorris858]

Excellent video. I had problems with my blending. Clearly was underprepared, not enough moisture, to few brushes and not enough patience. I learnt heaps

[@iancaldeian]

Impressive! Thanks for sharing your technique in real-time. I’m going to use acrylic grisaille foundations in the future.

[@AdrianaNoDos]

Love that you explained all those details at the begining🎉

[@teresapresley1835]

I have wasted so much paint trying to get the color I wanted…but came upon your video. What is in my head never turns out the same on the canvas. I was totally doing everything wrong…rather than trying to use different colors to get that gradient look, I should’ve “blended” 🤦🏼‍♀️. Not everyone explains…thank you so much!

[@anne-mariedohne6098]

Thank you for this video. I just had to giggle most of the time as I'm doing a big canvas with sky blending from purple to blue to light yellow orange to deep orange and the amount of brushes, water, extender medium just everything you explained made me feel so much better that I wasn't the idiot that I thought I was!!! It feels as if the paint, canvas brushes is having fun with me grrrr! It's not an easy task and lots of frustration and wasting paint Ok now I know it's not as easy as I thought it should've/could've been and I now have the courage to tackle the blending task again!! Bless you for sharing this video.

[@tayaprince5316]

Ah, finally my background came out how I intended it to. Thank you a lot!

[@maryellenrichards391]

This is a beautiful blend. The technique looks so easy, but I have tried blending on much smaller canvases and it isn’t nearly so easy. Thanks for the tips!

[@crk5657]

I had so many problems with large blends and you addressed all of the perfectly! Thank you for the video Greg

[@lorrietavares1669]

I’m so happy that I have found your channel Greg. You explain things so perfectly for me to understand and appreciate all the different ways to paint with acrylics. I been watching and learning how to pour acrylics for a couple years. Now this blending background technique is really interesting and can’t wait to attempt one. You’re so amazing at what you do. I can’t even believe how gorgeous your paintings are and the fact you’re teaching other people is sooo amazing and kind of you ❤ thank you so much

[@kameliat7704]

That was so good, thanks Greg! No wonder I was struggling using only two not very big brushes on a big canvas 😄

[@DianneJ.B]

Thank you!! Exactly what I needed. 😊

[@TicTOTOtv]

every youtuber is talking and talking about blending and they wanna only sell his s... to you. but you teaching me how to blend and now, i can blend :D thank you so much greg LIKE

[@annleonard6180]

Thank you so much for doing this video, I really appreciate it, this is exactly what I’ve been searching for for the last 6 months. I’m looking to do two like this with just a horizon across the middle for my living room, the colours are stunning. I loved that you explained everything from brushes to flow medium, you’re fantastic, thanks so much 😊

[@mareklutz]

Thanks!

[@Kimberblue8]

You are very pleasant to watch😊 Thanks for the lesson

[@nikkiwhite1845]

Very great demonstration! Thanks for helping!

[@LSinclair]

Thank you so much for keeping in your ‘oopsies’ which happen to all of us, so that we can know how to deal with them, and also that will help us not feel so bad when they happens! Very kind of you and a very helpful, teaching video! 🙏

[@santiagohardy2728]

Such a BEAUTIFUL soft blend and end result.

[@ChefND]

This is amazing. I feel like I should have known this but no one ever explained

[@dereklopez245]

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing dude

[@rachelsremedies2602]

He’s not only good looking, he’s talented too! Thank you ! ❤❤❤

[@chichipotter4487]

BEST painting tutorial ever. I have always struggled with blending - ruining many a canvas. The set up and tools are so important and the energy one must put into the technique Thank you so much for this video. I cant wait to have a crack!!! Subscribed!!

[@bethriggs9197]

Wow. Exactly what I needed. Starting my first large canvas soon where I’ll be blending like this and I’m nervous about it. So thankful for this video!

[@desilivingcanada3668]

Good tutorial. Thanks for teaching

[@AnonimAdres]

I am going to use this technique next week on a big canvas 100cm x 100cm. Thank you so much.

[@ChapmanGriffith]

Like others I also encountered every problem you mentioned. Your instructions and demonstration is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[@missdgreat9322]

This was an AMAZING tutorial!!!!

[@susanburg118]

Thank you so much for showing this tutorial on blending. You’ve given me the knowledge and tutorial techniques that will absolutely help me in my art. So glad I found your channel and will be following you to see what’s next.

[@debbyt250]

i've watched a bizillion acrylic tutorials and yours are by far the most helpful to me. Thanks so much for these ;)

[@DebR57]

Great informative video. I love the colors you used.

[@glendacox3254]

Thank you Greg, I put these tips into action and had great success with the water and sky landscape I was working on. I can’t wait to see what else you can teach this very inexperience painter.

[@veritas6335]

Well done. Please do one on an easel. As a senior citizen, getting down on one's knees is a non-starter, alas. Is the paint going to run if the canvas is upright?

[@TanjaSwahn]

Thank you so much for sharing, Greg🤗 For me who is relatively new to this, it was incredibly helpful! 😁 You are also very good at explaining, so I got it right on the first try, without even a slow medium 😁 A canvas of 150#150 cm. Thank you very much! 😍 From Norway 🥰

[@getitdonegirl6849]

Thank you! Wish I found this before I started this commission. It’s completely different from my normal style and I was struggling with a big blended sky! I really appreciate you✨

[@M_Arts11]

Thanks for showing us the real fun and struggles😊

[@pamclausen2740]

Thanks Greg. I’m a little older then you and have a bad lower back. I’m thinking your technique is going to work great but I’m going to try and do technique by laying it on a large table so that I can walk around the whole canvas. Can’t wait to try this!

[@GregLowmanArt]

No problem at all! That’s great good luck

[@paigeturner4455]

that's what I did! 8 ft long-- on saw horses!

[@youlightupmylife9646]

Most helpful video for such a big canvas I have seen. Thanks a lot Greg.

[@GregLowmanArt]

That's great! Thanks and np at all

[@dormaettu302]

I can only say thanks greg. Great insights

[@aprilking8092]

Thank you for the video. I needed to see this. Very pretty.

[@charpnatl]

Greg, it’s nice to see I’m not the only one who gets some cardio in while doing blending.

[@GregLowmanArt]

😆

[@arich20]

LOL I felt this comment 😂

[@lissaclark8510]

Great video! I’m planning to start my first large canvas. This helps a lot!

[@reray8904]

Very informative... pitfalls and all. Thank you!!!

[@kristylancasterhirst7915]

Exactly what I've been looking for. Thank you so much!

[@GregLowmanArt]

np :)

[@lauramaples5686]

Great tutorial! Your voice is easy on the ear and you give the right amount of information to grasp what needs to happen. Thank you!😊

[@chandrikathapa1551]

Simple but effective demonstration. I sure will practice this. Thank you.

[@UIV7096]

Great Tips before investing in art supplies and possibly ruining a paint project Ty !

[@chimgeo4779]

thank you for your great inspiration! God bless your talent and your heart! My teacher! Super Thanks!

[@MsBirdy1962]

Thank you so much Greg. Brilliant video and just what I’ve needed. 🥰

[@miketiscia265]

Thank you very much for this. I only painted with water colors up until now. And I am going to work on a 40 x 50 canvas with acrylics. This was very helpful and can’t wait to try it out. I think I will start with a few small canvases for practice first. Can’t wait to watch your other videos.

[@karinfurman1004]

Thank you so much! I am an oil painter but I have a huge canvas I added Gesso too so I have to work with acrylic paints! This video really helped me begin the process!

[@scottlondon8382]

Thank you so much for your in depth videos man much appreciated

[@do.4294]

thank you!! useful, friendly, natural, active but relaxing and most of all ...at normal speed instead of those hysterically quick tutorial videos/reels where after five seconds you stop understanding what happens - on the screen and in your brain!

[@zoyanasir5091]

Hi Greg , I just watched your video it was truly inspiring!! You are such a genius!! I am stuck in a painting that I wanna gift my boss who is resigning. I haven’t painted for past 8years ! Your video and tricks and tips are so helpful!! Thank you so much. Please keep up the incredible work you are doing !!

[@brenda33181bs]

I so wish I would have found you sooner. You are a good teacher.. I've wa😅a lot of tutorials and yours is the best I've ever seen. 😊

[@katewalton6350]

Holy Mackeral that was quite a work out! Thx so much it blended beautifuly.

[@stevensacks6869]

Very nice and smooth work.

[@evalyngareza7065]

Hey, I did not skip ads to at least pay you for this great vid. Thank you so much.

[@luisvalero2169]

Queda bellísimo ! Algo que parece tan simple , lo cual lleva infinidades de secretos ,gracias por la explicación👍🇦🇷

[@yousefaldusari3644]

Thank you from Kuwait 🇰🇼 that’s really helpful ❤️

[@lubadrahosz7003]

Great job and you are an awesome teacher!

[@georgepoutine6843]

Thank you. Great video. Helps immensely

[@lauratherriault8097]

Loved this, so helpful having you really walk through this process step by step. Thank you so much!! :)! You're so calming!

[@teresademarco3368]

Thank you so much, I learned really important things!!!!!!

[@msargeantful]

Thank you! You’re a great teacher!

[@TheOriginalDeeJay]

Made it look easy

[@bonnyandclyde10]

I spray the back of the canvas with a water spray first then lesser on the front and it blends very well . Then blow dry and repeat the method again then blow dry then repeat again

[@murilocenovicz4946]

Thank you so much it was very helpful, a great great class you did there!

[@Jenny-yl2hw]

Thank you for sharing, I appreciate your hard work..

[@rnow2682]

Great demo , I think I will try the slow drying product you use over the one I have been using

[@RogerQuesnel-turner1]

Artist from Toronto. Great demo video.

[@alipedlow2708]

Brilliant tutorial videos, this is the best video I have see, gives the full story.

[@GregLowmanArt]

Thanks Ali! Glad it helped out

[@alipedlow2708]

I am relatively new to art and it really did. Many thanks Greg.

[@rose3411]

Thanks for the tips!

[@mywifetheartist]

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@SomethingImpromptu]

I’m still pretty new to acrylics (other than pouring), & haven’t tried blending on such a large scale, but in my experience it seems like using either the right amount of glycerin (very cheap, works like a charm for both acrylics or mixed with iso as a homemade blending solution for alcohol inks), or something like Artist Loft’s or Golden’s Slow Dry Blending Gel Mediums make a BIG difference to the drying time. Flow Aid does extend drying time, but it’s primarily intended to increase its flow, like floetrol (a paint leveler & fluid medium we use a lot in pouring); the slowing of drying times that it provides is secondary & incidental, so not what it’s designed for. Whereas these Slow Dry blending mediums really do give you a nice long time to blend before they dry, more similar to oils. Using enough floetrol does also extend drying times DRASTICALLY (enough that if it’s fairly fluid, you really need a leveling table to set the painting on while it dries so that your design doesn’t just slide right off the canvas/surface or become super distorted… In fact, I just ruined a new pour I really loved because it had been almost 48 hours & it looked dry, but it wasn’t, & I put some nice big dents into it. 😩 In a smaller ratio the drying time wouldn’t be that dramatically long, but it depends on what consistency you’re looking for; any more than a tiny dab of floetrol (as with pouring medium) will pretty quickly turn even heavy bodied paints into a fluid, or at least a very soft, thinned paint, so if you want heavy body paint, it’s not the move (Slow Dry gel medium would be better, or just adding a couple drops of glycerin). Others who like fluid acrylics, high flow acrylics, etc., might be fine with it (experiment at your own risk, don’t waste expensive materials starting out). But anyway, I think all of these options will extend drying time a lot more than Flow Aid will. So if anyone is struggling with this & finds the pace required too frantic, using a medium like that might make it a lot more tolerable. I’ve only used it for smaller scale blending, as I said, but I’ve definitely painted a sizable patch & found that it takes quite a while for it to fully dry. Definitely plan ahead & have a safe, level, dust/hair free area for it to dry when you’re ready, so that things don’t fall in it while it’s still wet. Besides floetrol, I don’t know that any of these will actually extend the drying to oil painting lengths (upwards of 12 hours), but err on the side of caution. God knows, it was depressing to ruin one of my favorite pours. 🥲 Hopefully I can cover up the imperfections, because a lot of paint & medium went into it, & I still like the rest… At least I got a photo… But these things happen. A costly lesson, but one well learned.

[@clanreid2556]

Than you for this wonderful tutorial, 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🤗

[@karenvandersluis4809]

This is fantastic, thank you for doing this video. I mainly a watercolor painter, but want to get into Acrylic. I have dabbled in a little mixed media, so using watercolor, acrylic and experiment has been fun. I want to start getting more serious about acrylic and watching these videos you do is great training... Can you do a XL canvas, like a 4 x 6 foot!!! So I can see what that is going to look like blended ..🙏🏻😃

[@GregLowmanArt]

You're welcome glad it helped & sure, planning on doing some XL paintings & murals in the future

[@michelleperry1042]

Great video, very informative.

[@1798davis]

Thanks for the info, I needed this

[@EricaHughesArt]

Great video! I wish I watched this before I tried to blend my acrylics! I got there in the end...eventually 😂😂

[@darlenebaker908]

Beautiful

[@SoBashfulSoChi]

very cool, thanks for sharing and explaining!

[@pe702]

Great…. So helpful. Many thanks. Greetings from Germany with best wishes😇

[@lcclark1307]

Thank you so much! Painting o keeffe clouds 1. Really helped for sunset sky.

[@kristigarland9567]

I'm in love . For real

[@hydraflora1342]

Thanks, this was really helpful. Can i get away with not having a mop style blending brush for smaller canvases. Not tiny canvases but smaller. Can I just use smaller versions of the brushes you used here?

[@GregLowmanArt]

Yes you don’t have to use a mop brush

[@hydraflora1342]

@@GregLowmanArt thx! can't wait to try

[@RelaxwithJamesAlesch]

Awesome video, I needed help! Thanks so much! I subscribed

[@FergusonArt]

Would be neat to try and paint sand dune ripples like the sahara desert. But I can't get it right

[@vidhyaari4669]

Wonderful tutorial

[@TheBabayaga321]

Thanks for this. I found it as I'm intending to do a large acrylic triptych for our living room, (the first large canvases I've worked on), and wanted to check out the methods available. I'm intending to get some practice in before starting the main piece, but I was wondering if this is possible to do all three canvases at the same time, or whether to work on each one in turn. Watching your video I think the former would be a bit optimistic to achieve in one go, but can I ask how you would approach it? Cheers - Graham.

[@GregLowmanArt]

Hi you can do multiple canvases at the same time if you push the edges together tight and tape the back

[@msbeanfrick]

Thank you! Is there a way to avoid bristles falling out?

[@GregLowmanArt]

Yes just give the bristles a tug before you buy. Most rarely shed, these were just cheap disposable ones for the video.

[@eexpandingawayy]

This was super helpful thank you!

[@DanielaHaddad]

Parabéns por suas pinturas São lindas Muito obrigada pelas suas aulas com dicas que fazem a diferença para muita gente Que o Senhor Jesus Cristo abençoe sua vida grandemente 👏👏👏👏👏