How to paint an easy Mottled Background - Acrylic tutorial and blending exercise

In this tutorial I’m demonstrating how to paint a mottled background. This ia a very easy tutorial but serves 2 different purposes:
1) It is a very versatile background to use for a variety of subjects like painting wildlife or still-life or portraits
2) 2) this serves as an excellent practice to improve your blending skills with acrylics
If you are interested on the Bird and nests painting I did on this background here’s the link below:
• How to paint a Weaver ...
This painting can be done in oils as well using similar techniques. As it is all done in wet a on wet technique it will be even easier to work with oil paints.
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Materials Used (The Amazon links are affiliated):
Centurion canvas panel - www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
Acrylic paint - Liquitex basics - www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
Paintbrushes - big filbert brush for applying paint and mop brush ( I use a make-up blush brush) for blending
To keep the surface wet use a fine mist spray bottle or better still an airbrush.
For a detailed acrylics painting supply list check out the video:
• Acrylic Painting Suppl...
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[@reneemeston2916]

How beautiful! Thank you for your efforts in teaching us all how to paint! You are a huge blessing to me because I can't afford art classes. Thanks again 🤣 Renee from Winchester, California. USA

[@SayantiFineArts]

glad to be of help!!

[@marmaz57]

Thank you for a wonderful video about background blending. So helpful!

[@davidwm]

Hello Sayanti, I enjoyed watching your technique. Thanks!

[@michellet204]

Very gorgeous and serene thank you

[@denisethistlewaitesuitnsne923]

Oh my goodness, using a puffy makeup brush for blending is genius!, Thank you for sharing your tip!

[@SayantiFineArts]

happy to help with ideas

[@13Moondancer]

Informative, concise tutorial. Many thanks for explaining the filbert brush, I never did understand why the filbert works best, now I do, thanks to you.

[@SayantiFineArts]

glad to be of help!

[@rneustel388]

Thanks so much for making this video!!

[@KS-xp1ij]

Thank you for this! This helps me immensely!

[@jackiemeade6599]

Thank you for the mottled background tutorial!

[@SayantiFineArts]

this is one of my favorite kind of background!!

[@mesmericarts479]

Pretty combination :) Love it the way you blend

[@wendyst.germain4482]

This was such a useful lesson. I always get stuck on backgrounds. Thank you.

[@SayantiFineArts]

I plan to do some some more background ideas in coming weeks, when I get back to the schedule

[@wendyst.germain4482]

Sayanti Fine Arts I look forward to seeing them. Can you do one adding a background to an existing picture? I painted three multicoloured horses and left the background plain, thinking they were too colourful for one, but it looks wrong and I have no idea what to do when there’s already an image on the canvas. If not, I still want to see your next background lessons (or any angels you want to do 😉😊).

[@SayantiFineArts]

I prefer doing the background first or simultaneously.... but it can be done.... I would a mottled background with pastel shades for multicolored horses!!

[@wendyst.germain4482]

Sayanti Fine Arts thank you! I will try that.

[@Soulkreed]

This designs excellent! Simply cannot hold out to check out more like this. Great job.

[@SayantiFineArts]

I have a whole playlist of different kinds of background if you are interested:kzbin.info/aero/PLZpN_-UXg1aekunQyqBZ_TvQk7Vf5AkBo

[@desireeyoung2814]

This is so helpful. Thank you! ❤

[@Eilhea]

Thank for for this easy and serene tutorial ! I can't wait to start painting now

[@SayantiFineArts]

have fun painting

[@zhulia]

Thank you so much, this video saved me in a time of need!

[@lynnlegault9297]

Thank you I needed this information

[@jagoda4182]

Thank you! ❤️

[@KarlaSiejba]

So useful! My blending skills have improved a lot 💕

[@SayantiFineArts]

glad to help

[@auriceliaoliveira7415]

Oh my God, I was looking for this. God bless you. Thank you so muchhhh!!!

[@SayantiFineArts]

awww... thank you for the kind words. happy to be of help!!

[@allynicole7256]

Thank you for taking the time to make this video! I have some unused makeup brushes lying around & I can't wait to try this background! It's much appreciated😊

[@SayantiFineArts]

happy art making!!

[@vishnuk5221]

Thank you mam, it was very useful 😍

[@shaunsart]

Very nice thank you

[@whitehuayra]

Thank you! this gave me so many ideas.

[@SayantiFineArts]

awesome!!

[@valaethartist]

Okay, your channel is so amazing and the videos you upload are great! This is such a beautiful background that I'm definitely going to have to give a shot! So happy I found your channel! :))

[@SayantiFineArts]

thank you.... it is a great feeling when you share something that you think could be useful to others, and it turns out right and gets appreciated as well

[@positivevibes-lq8qu]

Hi...easy to do

[@nadiapatel6010]

Thank you for the lovely tutorial. Did you dilute the acrylic paint with water first?

[@cryptic6306]

Your voice is so calming 🥺

[@user-mh5jr4ic3d]

thank you! I just need your lecture for my process!

[@SayantiFineArts]

I am taking that as a compliment

[@HusainZ06]

Thanks for teaching mam..😇

[@SayantiFineArts]

you're welcome

[@mariahaiderahmed]

Thankyou

[@karlalymburner9764]

Beautiful 👌👌👍😘

[@SayantiFineArts]

thank you

[@soyinkaogunbusola2215]

that was very helpful ....thanks for sharing

[@SayantiFineArts]

my pleasure entirely, thanks!

[@munnumunnu5505]

Can we use poster colours

[@sandrastahl9891]

Thx so much 4 the video.

[@SayantiFineArts]

my pleasure

[@TheGamerBoy1582]

What type of canvas is it ?

[@sunnystardust1008]

Thank you so much for this video. I have started doing videos recently and my next project may include a blurry background and explaining it can be confusing. Is it ok if I link to you when I do the video? Thank you!

[@SayantiFineArts]

sure.... you can do that!!

[@mominahazhar9233]

🙌

[@tnwaltz1]

This is great. I have a question: My acrylic painting has dried so can I go back and add some blurry places in the background after it has dried?

[@SayantiFineArts]

sure you can. and you can use a combination of opaque and translucent paint/ colors in order to cover or show as much as you want of the current painting/ background.

[@WilmaSlicer]

I just switched to artist paints from craft paint which I've been so good at but heard I shouldn't sell my paintings if I used craft paint... But this thicker artist paint is so sticky!! Ive redone this background 3 times because it dried so fast and my brush gets sticky!! I've diluted with water too! I'm so frustrated! I want to go back to my tried and true craft paint but feel like a phoney...

[@TheGamerBoy1582]

Is this canvas ?

[@positivevibes-lq8qu]

But one more thing,,,plz mention ur colors for beginners like wat color u r using,Persian blue ,aqua marine wat shade n how much quantity u r taking in a brush ......plz mention the shades ....I wanna make this background

[@normalaurent4960]

Can I use wood instead of canvas for the background? Does it need any preparation? Thank you!

[@SayantiFineArts]

you surely can use wood as the surface.but you will need to prime it first - I would recommend an acrylic primer

[@dishashah4224]

Can you share link of your make up brush used for blending

[@SayantiFineArts]

this is one I have used a lot: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EO2KP2M/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=sayantichaudh-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B01EO2KP2M&linkId=688836d9b7496399b1cc08dd80ef07ed

[@katiefelgar7377]

Can i use cardboard instead of canvas for this technique.

[@SayantiFineArts]

yes you can, but you will have to prime the surface of cardboard to make it smooth. Also, cardboard is not archival, so the work you do may not last.

[@kellybrisco880]

What did you spray the canvas with in the very beginning just before you put paint on it?

[@SayantiFineArts]

just water... to keep the surface moist

[@sdh791]

how can you go about removing the brush strokes if you don't have one of those makeup brushes?

[@SayantiFineArts]

if you dont have a mop brush/ makeup brush, that is totally cool.......any soft round brush would do

[@13Moondancer]

sdh791 Hi, it really is worth it to buy a mop brush, they are less than £5.00 and soooooo wonderful for blending out brush strokes and for softening the look of the paint. I tried for so long to be successful at this background but it never worked till I bought the mop brush.

[@acrylictales4459]

Can this be done on paper?

[@SayantiFineArts]

absolutely.... any smooth and heavyweight paper should work

[@45dior]

Can u please name the Color’s u used. 🙏

[@SayantiFineArts]

white, pthalo and cobalt blue, cadmium yellow, dark green (can't remember the name of the shade) and very tiny little black

[@capt.bansilalprothi540]

Where is Maa .is she with you or she is at Kolkatta

[@SayantiFineArts]

good to hear from you.... she is in Kolkata

[@TheMarlenaEffect]

Not a tutorial

[@garnetjohnson763]

Nope. You go WAYYY too fast.