If you are looking to paint semi-realistic flowers with acrylic paint here is an easy step by step guide to getting the perfect shape and color.
Instructions
1. The first thing that you need to do when painting anything is figure out what color you want it to be. Let's go with pink since we are talking about flowers.
2. Grab a palate. If you do not have one aluminum foil is a great spread for paints. If your paints are runny, bend the sides of the aluminum foil to create walls around your paint so that they do not run off the foil or into other colors.
3. For pink flowers you will need to mix red and white until you reach the desired color. It is best to have your flower drawn on your canvas before you paint it. That way you know exactly where to paint.
4. Using a paintbrush that is smaller than the area you are painting, dab the tip into your mixed paint and rub the excess off of the sides of your brush. Paint the entire flower this color, except for the stem and any pollen areas.
5. You will want to add shadows to your flower as well as light sources. Figure out where you want the light to come from. Add a litte bit of red to your existing pink color and mix it. Then paint the edges of each petal on your flower, only where the shaded areas will be. On the opposite side you will use a lighter pink color, which you can make by adding white to your already mixed pink.
6. After you have Blended the dark pink and the light pink into the base color it is time to add light. You will need yellow. There is two ways to do this. You can blend bits of yellow into the light pink or you can dab dots of yellow sporadically over the light pink color. This depends on what style you want. For the stem and pollen areas, use the same technique. Start with a base color, then add dark and light colors from the base color. Then add your light source (yellow). This should get you on the right track to a great looking acrylic flower.
