Next, try some green (very lightly on the bottom of the tree mass) this will show some shadow under the trees. Next is a paper towel (moistened) dipped into the red acrylic paint and dabbed around the yellow on your tree do not cover up all the yellow, the idea is to show the light yellow is sunshine on the top of the trees. The idea is to create texture and to experience painting without a brush! Create Acrylic Fall Trees with Paper Towels We just readjusted the paper towel to a cleaner side (still slightly wadded up, and moist with water) dipped the paper towel into the bright yellow acrylic and dabbed or pounced on the yellow paint. Then working quickly before the paint dried, we moistened a kitchen paper towel, wadded up just slightly, and dabbed away an area in the middle of the toned canvas for the two or three trees. To start the painting, we “toned” our canvas with a mixture of yellow and a touch of red to make a good orange color and covered the entire canvas with this vibrant orange. (use what you have! No special trips to the store!) We tried to pare down the paint colors with our acrylics to a basic palette of Liquitex brand: Red, green, bright yellow, blue and white.It is sold as a pad of paper and is available from Michael’s Art Store. We did use Canson’s multi-purpose painting canvas.This post contains affiliate links to art supplies we love. This lesson is called “Trees at Kennesaw Mountain” art (with a twist!) and the painting pictured above is one I painted in my art class. This painting is one my students and I so enjoyed! The trees here in Georgia are about at their peak of beauty, and we could not pass up the opportunity to get a likeness of Mother Nature’s art down on canvas. The hardest lesson is this: you cannot paint exactly like someone else. This tutorial is such a fun way to paint! I hope you enjoy this acrylic fall trees tutorial. I am a firm believer that each of us can paint – especially children, who possess an innate ability to create art.
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