Painting Acrylic Birds on Wooden Christmas Ornaments

Spring Lake Landscape Painting in Acrylics

 Spring Lake, Acrylics on Canvas Board

Spring Lake, acrylics on canvas board, following a tutorial by Joony Arts on Youtube

It came out great even though I followed the wrong tutorial, lol.

I'd originally planned to do a late winter scene, showing melting ice on a lake. I watched that entire tutorial, and I guess when it ended the next one (this one) queued up but I didn't notice and was half way through before i realized I was painting an entirely different painting than the one I thought I was doing, lolol

Here is the tutorial for this one, by Joony art, if you want to give it a go: Spring Lake

I did the sky and the mountains first, then added the base water color.  I really liked how the water looked real hear and was worried about continuing.

I added some darker and lighter spots to the water. I hated doing this because i really liked the water in the first section but I figured I'd better follow the tutorial.

It was at this point, adding the greens and yellows, that i FINALLY realized I was following a different tutorial and not the one I had prewatched, LOLOL.

I was terrified to add the long grasses, but they came out nicely. I used a fan brush. 

Finally added the flowers and the sun.  I didn't want to add the sun and the rays because I thought they looked strange and not sunray like at all, on the tutorial, but the tutorial is way better than mine, lol.

Finally, I added more light ripples to the water and to the mountain and more light on the flowers too. 

This is only my 3rd or 4th try at acrylics and I'm very happy with it.  So far I've done the Christmas ornaments, the sunset couple, the rose (twice) and this one.  I'm only counting the rose as one as one of those was just testing the watercolor paper at the dollar tree (not the best for acrylics but OK if you tape it down; it will warp otherwise). 

Rose Acrylic Painting

 Rose(s) in Acrylics

Roses in acrylics (left is on watercolor paper, right is on a canvas board)

So, I have been learning how to paint with acrylics...

And I am absolutely loving it.  I followed a tutorial by Aham Art on youtube, and you can find it here: Red Rose

I did these paintings with Monte Marte Acrylic paints.  It's a really nice paint, I think (but keep in mind I have nothing to compare it with other than dollar store paint, which I also like for priming the canvas, lol).

Acrylic paint on dollar store watercolor paper

I did this one (above) first, using my Monte Marte paints and dollar store watercolor paper.  It came out nice but the paint dried much more quickly than I expected so I had a hard time blending the backgrounds.  I got the hang of it better for the rose.  The leaves were my favorite part of this painting. 

Second try, acrylics on canvas board, following tutorial by Aham Art

I decided to try the painting again, this time just looking at the finished product on Aham Art's youtube channel, and my own finished painting. I added more leaves this time as I really loved doing leaves, and opted for a yellowy green background instead of yellow. I sketched the rose out first in pencil.

Red rose, acrylics on canvas board.

I did this as a belated Valentine's day card for my Mom (I was a day late because I also did a diamond painting of cute valentine gnomes for my parents and finished that on Valentine's day.). 

All in all, I'm happy with how this came out, but next time I want to do one without the dark outlines. I think the outlines give it more of a cartoon or comic book effect. I didn't outline the leaves. 

All the Acrylic Ornaments I Painted for Christmas

 Acrylic Painting: Christmas Ornaments

I decided to learn how to paint with acrylics and started with some simple landscapes painted on wooden ornaments. 

Little Acrylic Painted Christmas Ornaments. 

I used Monte Marte Acrylic Paint, plus cheap dollar store paint for the base (first coat). I sealed them with triple thick gloss from deco art, and am so pleased by how they came out.

The greens

I followed a Youtube tutorial by Jasmine,  which you can find here: Wood Slice Painting on Ornaments

The blues

The pinks and purples

The oranges

On the tree Christmas Morning 2022

My First Acrylic Painting, 8 by 10 sunset couple on Canvas Panel

 My First Time 

My first time doing an acrylic painting on a canvas panel, #Aham Art

Monte Marte Acrylic Paint on Dollar Store Canvas Panel

I am sooooo happy with the way this came out.  It is my first time painting with acrylics on a canvas panel.  

I used Monte Marte paint, and a dollar store panel.  I gessoed the panel the night before, and then today followed a great tutorial by Aham Art, which you can find here:A Romantic Couple in the Sunset by Aham Art

I started with the background, which was a yellow to orange-red Ombre for the sky, and a more orange to red ombre for the water.  Then I added the clouds and the sun and some ripples on the water, and darkened the skyline.  If I could do it over, I would do the sun before the clouds, but that's not how it was in the tutorial. I watched the tutorial several times but felt a bit anxious painting because I'd never done this before. My only experience is with the little ornaments I did for Christmas.

I seriously thought about stopping here, because I liked how it looked and was afraid I might ruin it if I kept going.

I next added the black at the bottom and the tree trunk.  Again I thought about stopping at that step because I was worried about adding the leaves.  I also added more yellow to the sky and the sun and to the lake.  Finally I did the leaves.  They were easy, once I found the right brush (I tried 10 different brushes on a tester before choosing one, lol).   Again, I considered stopping here as I liked how it looked and have never painted figures before. I was worried about painting the silhouette of the man and woman so I drew it with a chalk pencil first, then painted it in.  The finished image is at the top of the page, and I'm so happy with it, for my first try.

Here's my little art area.  I have my laptop next to me, an air conditioner under my table, and a very slanty roof that I kept hitting my head on, but I love it, lol.