How to Paint EASY Acrylic Lotus Flower | FOR BEGINNERS | Acrylic Painting on Canvas

How to Paint EASY Acrylic Lotus Flower | FOR BEGINNERS | Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Follow along to paint this whimsical acrylic lotus painting. Written instructions below! If you enjoyed this video, don't forget to give it a THUMBS UP and SUBSCRIBE for more great content. Follow us on social media and thank you for your support!
Paint colours:
Blue
Green
Brown
White
Red
Yellow
Brushes used:
Large sized round brush
Medium sized round brush
Small pointed brush
Medium flat brush
INSTRUCTIONS
(00:04) Draw outline of lotus. I used a 4H pencil to draw the outline of my lotus.
Using large sized round brush
(00:40) - Place blue and green paint onto canvas and blend. We are painting the base.
Add some brown paint on the the canvas to darken the base. Blend together.
(01:33) - Add more blue to the canvas at the edge of the already painted background and blend in. Continue to paint the base and add blue in when needed. Make sure you don’t paint the lotus, paint around the outline.
(01:58) - Add some white in to a layer of highlights for the background. The background is water, so we want it to look like the light is hitting the water.
(02:16) - Mix red with white to get pink. Paint in the edges of some of the petals, this will be one of the darker shades. Add in more white to lighten the pink a little and continue painting in the petals.
(02:53) - add in a little blue to create a light lilac colour and apply to some of the petals.
(03:31)- apply white to petals for highlights, try to blend in as much as possible. if there are hard lines, we will soften them later.
(04:35) - go back to the dark pink mix (white and red) and apply to some petals to define them.
(04:49) - Mix red and blue to create a dark purple and apply to painting. This colour is used for shadows.
(07:26) - Using a small pointed brush mix yellow with a little red to create an orange yellow. Apply to the middle of the lotus. This is the lotus’s centre.
(07:41) - wash brush and apply some white to the brush. Dab on the white in the centre.
(07:51) - Using a medium flat brush, mix in green into the orange yellow that was mixed. Apply paint on to background, the green are the lotus pads.
(08:26) - mix white and red to create pink and apply a few lines onto the canvas. Add a little yellow and white to the current mix and apply more lines onto the canvas.
(08:35) - mix red and blue to create dark purple and apply to top area of the canvas, this gives off a more whimsical look.
(08:55) - apply white paint onto a flat brush and flick the paint onto the canvas. Add a touch a white to a couple areas.
(09:03) Put in some white highlights and finishing touches.
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[@idafernandes3906]

Am trying now your lotus it's lovely 😍

[@AimansArt]

So beautiful 🌺🌺🌺 amazing skills 💥💥💥

[@arttimeanytime2210]

Thank you! Glad you liked it 💕

[@jenniperkins4260]

So pretty !

[@arttimeanytime2210]

Thank you so much!

[@rosabie5138]

Beautiful work, I just wish there was some instruction to go along with it. Even some on-screen text would have worked. As a complete beginner, I'm having trouble figuring out what it is I'm supposed to be doing, and a little more insight as to why you're doing the things you're doing the way you're doing them would be super helpful. Again, I love the finished product, but some guidance would have been welcome.

[@arttimeanytime2210]

Thank you so much for your suggestion & comments! We will definitely consider that for future tutorials!

[@NandisArt]

Beautiful ❤

[@arttimeanytime2210]

Thank you Nandi!

[@krishnacassandrahernandez9378]

I really love this tutorial! hope u do more! 💗💗💗

[@arttimeanytime2210]

Oh thank you so much! We are really busy at the moment but will try our best. We are more active on TikTok, if you like to follow our work there 💕

[@sunehariarts]

loved it! nice work

[@arttimeanytime2210]

Thank you! We have other acrylic work too if you’d like to check out.

[@creativecoloursbytwinkle]

Wow

[@arttimeanytime2210]

Awwwee thanks!

[@quero3459]

Lovely

[@arttimeanytime2210]

Misato Rei thank you!

[@laurakondrick1635]

Tracing of lotus is very lightly sketched so i can't see it.

[@bunnybunny5237]

I fucked up and did a layer of light pink before the dark pink 🤦‍♀️ guess I'll see if I can salvage it

[@arttimeanytime2210]

There are no mess ups in art - The fun thing about art is we can always change it up!

[@samckitty9891]

Your painting will not be like this persons. If this person was giving true instructions they would tell you. "it's ok that you mixed up the two colors. You did not fuck up. Your picture will turn out just as beautiful as this one. The Art Sherpa would have told you that because she and painting with Jane, the deliberate Crafter tells you that and actually talks you through each step. Hell even Bob Ross will tell you that. This video is watch me paint NOT a how to.

[@trinawilliams1395]

@@samckitty9891 delightful comments. You know the saying "if you can't say anything nice, ........" Try it on for size.

[@samckitty9891]

This is not a "how to" . This is watching someone paint. A "how to" is someone explaining how and why you do something. There are a ton of these on the internet. Not one teaches anything. "Watch me paint a learn what I am doing" is not instructing. This is like giving a student an algebra problem and not TEACHING how to solve it. Your instruction listed below; that is what you did but why? are you using light strokes or a heavy stroke, more water, less water, Are you completely blending the colors on the pallet or not mixing the colors to get the look you want. So this is a beautiful picture of you painting but this is NOT a teaching video.

[@arttimeanytime2210]

Thank you very much for your detailed feedback SaMcKitty! You are correct, there needs to be more explanations given. We are new to KZbin and are improving as we go along. We will definitely keep your comment in mind for our next tutorials. Happy painting!