Canvas Board Acrylic Painting

Canvas Board Painting

Create a layered canvas painting based on one of your photos

Choose your image

Sketch your image lightly on the canvas board as a large composition

Do the colour blocking

Add the layers of colours/ tonal detail

Add the finer detail with a smaller brush

Still Life Painting

Step 1-Decide on your composition

Step 2- Draw the composition lightly in grey lead pencil. Remember fill the page

Step 3- Start with the white areas and light colours

Step 4- add the darkers tones. Remember 4 tones- black/very dark, dark grey/dark tones, light grey/pale tones & white

Step 5- Do not have your fruit floating on the canvas

Learning Intention

I am learning to use acrylic paint and understand the layers of a painting

I am continuing to learn to draw from observation

I am learning how to mix primary colours to make secondary & tertiary colours

Success Criteria

My composition fills the canvas board

I have completed the acrylic painting both of my fruit and the background

My fruit does not float around the canvas board

I can demonstrate an understanding of colour mixing techniques