Learn How to Paint "FLY AWAY LIPS" with Acrylic - Paint and Sip at Home - Fun Step by Step Tutorial

VIDEO DESCRIPTION - This painting tutorial will take you through easy to follow, step-by-step instructions on how to draw and paint this surreal image of "FLY AWAY LIPS" with acrylic paint. You'll learn simple drawing and painting techniques that will help you to create this exciting painting with a plump set of realistic lips having blue bird lipstick applied to them with a flock of silhouetted birds flying off and out of the skin. With part of the bottom lip unpainted and in its natural color, and the rest of the lips being completely painted, the story will come alive as the birds begin to fly away into the abstract sky background. This exciting image is full of motion and can be seen as a symbol of fashion, beauty, freedom and self-care. Surrounded by the foggy, misty, smoke like atmosphere, the lips will shine from the fresh make-up. You'll learn how to draw the shape of the mouth, lipstick and its container in an easy connect the dot way that will provide proper proportions allowing them to have believable shape. You'll learn how to paint a natural skin tone on the lip and how to create dimension in the form of the objects with a simple layering and blending technique to create contour highlights and shadows that will define the small details, which will give the image a realistic 3d quality like a photograph. You'll also learn how to create a dramatic shine on the lipstick using translucent, or transparent, colors with a progressive approach creating a kaleidoscope of natural illuminated hues with soft gradients and reflective colors creating texture and dimension. Use your imagination and customize this to resemble your favorite lipstick color, type of birds, or you could paint butterflies or dragonflies instead of birds coming out of the mouth. The point is to just have fun with it! With the look and feel of a real mouth in the process of receiving a stunning glossy make-up application, you'll be able to paint this image that will be in a surrealistic style with whimsy, imagination and inspiration, making for a beautiful painting to decorate your home, salon, bathroom or bedroom with. You'll have fun painting it and will learn some valuable lessons along the way that you can utilize in future work. Using only 3 brushes and 5 colors we'll create this conversational masterpiece with an inviting atmosphere and a beautifully captivating narrative. So, let's get painting and let's get sipping!

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MATERIALS:
Canvas: 16x20 stretched primed canvas
Brushes: 1/2 inch flat bristle (large), #10 round synthetic (medium), #3 round synthetic (small)
Acrylic Paint: titanium white, mars black, burnt umber, fire red, cobalt blue
Other: white chalk, palette, cup of water for washing brushes, paper towel for drying brushes

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STEPS:
1. 1/2 inch bristle brush - Paint background with brown and white
2. chalk - Draw outline of lips and lipstick
3. #10 round brush - Paint base coat of lips and lipstick with blue, white, red, brown and black
4. #10 round brush – Finish lips with light blue (made in step 3), red, black, brown and white
5. #3 round brush – Finish lipstick with black, white, cobalt blue, light blue and brown
6. 1/2 inch bristle brush – Finish background with black, brown, tan (made in step 1), light blue and white
7. #3 round brush - Paint birds with black
8. #3 round brush - Sign with black

LINKS AND CONTACT INFO:
Michelle's Patreon Page:   / michellethepainter  
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Email: [email protected]

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