Painting Impasto Waves Landscape - In 3 Easy Steps

Understand the basic techniques of impasto and learn to paint an attractive wave crashing seascape painting on canvas!

What you'll learn

My painting process to create this painting from start to finish

Basic Impasto techniques

Whether to use gloss heavy gel medium for impasto

Knife techniques to create impasto paintings

Requirements

No painting experience necessary. This class is beginner friendly.

Just the basic acrylic painting supplies, thick body acrylics preferred.

Description

Welcome to this fast-learning class where you learn to paint impasto waves in 3 easy steps.Impasto is such an easy technique to paint but u won't know it until u try it. Impasto is a painting technique where paint is laid on a surface thickly using a knife or a brush to make an object appear raised from the surface of the canvas.The easiest way to tell if a painting has impasto or not is to look at the painting from the side and see if any paint is sticking out of it.In this class, I’ll show u my gloss heavy gel medium, how to mix it with acrylic paints, what are their benefits, and the results u get.I’ll also teach u the different techniques of impasto and how to decide what technique to use in a painting.I’ll show u the different materials that u can use to create impasto effects and finally in just 3 steps, I’ll teach u to paint impasto waves. You can create this painting on a big canvas and add it to your home decor. It’s such an easy painting and it adds such a beach vibe to your room.Look forward to seeing you in the class!–––––––––––––––––––––––––-If you are new here, do check out my other classes and create masterpieces!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Art Supplies

Lecture 3 2 Types Of Impasto Techniques

Lecture 4 Acrylic Gel Mediums - Whether To Use Them?

Section 2: PAINTING STEPS

Lecture 5 Step 1 - Paint The Background Ocean Water Using Brush

Lecture 6 Step 2 - Paint The Crashing Wave Using Brush

Lecture 7 Step 3 - Add Thick Impasto textures on the Wave Using Knife

Lecture 8 Final Touch Ups

The step-by-step approach of this acrylic painting class can be followed by anyone and everyone.