Level: Easy- Intermediate

Prepping

Who hasn't started a project without first having everything you need in your reach? But having everything set up and accessible makes creating even easier and hassle free. First, get all of your supplies and surfaces you need. Lay the surfaces out on the groung to plan how your aesthetic wall will look! Decide which design to use on each surface.

Gather your paints

The Americana Pink Palette Bundle is perfect for these paintings! Using a variety of these color mixtures you can acheive the perfect pink asethetic for your art wall. Now comes the hard part...Picking which painting you want to tackle first! Work on one at a time or paint them all simultaneously. Or you could trace all of the images onto your surfaces using carbon paper to have them ready to go when you want to start painting.

Step 1- Trace the Template

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Step 2- Fill in Color

Pick a lighter color from the Pink Palette Americana Acrylic Bundle. Then using a liner brush, paint the linear pattern. Then using different Americana colors from the Pink Palette, fill in the sections! It is good to have a printed template nearby for reference, to stay on track. Once all of the section of the disco ball are painted, touch up the line work and paint around the disco ball with Titanium White or another color of your choice!

Step 1- Prep the Surface

I chose to work on wood for this one. TIP: If you are working on wood, it is alwasy good to start with a light sanding (in a well ventilated area). Next, basecoat the surface with any color in the Pink Palette, I chose white. Allow to dry and lightly sand again to remove any raised wood particles. Wipe away dust.

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Step 2- Pick Your Colors

When I get a new set of paints, I like to paint out swatches, so when I am working on a project I can hold up the swatches to my design and choose the placement. Easy peasy!

Step 3- Paint it

Work in color sections. Paint one color at a time and this will decrease the amount of times you need to rinse your brush.

Step 1: Prep Canvas for Image

Pick your surface and think about colors and their placement. Mask off the edge using painter's tape. Paint the background a solid color first and allow to dry. Remove the masking tape.

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Step 2- Create Visual Interest

Using a lighter color in the bundle, do a blended area in the center of the masked area. Allow to dry and mask areas for the outer lines. Pick the colors and paint the outer lines first. Use a hairdryer to speed the dry time. Mask again and paint the center line. Touch up any areas using a flat brush.

Step 3- Transfer Image

Now transfier the skate image onto your surface using carbon paper. Erase harse lines to reveal a faint guide to paint.

Step 4-Paint Some Skates

Using a liner brush, paint in the highlights and shadows using a light/dark color in the Pink Palette. Loosely paint raised areas in the skates using white. While paint is still wet on the surface, brush in some other colors- leaving brushstrokes for a painterly look. Pant in some midtones while leaving some of the background color showing through.

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Step 1- Big Brush is Key

Use 1"-2" brushes for this technique. First, paint the edges of canvas. I painted the edges using the Bubblegum Pink.

Step 2 - Add Drops

Next, begin placing drops of Titanium White randomly onto the canvas. Then, place dots of the different paint colors onto the canvas. It is helpful to place lighter colors next to darker ones for this technique.

Step 3 - Brush it Out

Using the large brush, drag the bristles through the paint to create wavy patterns. Continue to do this until you have reached your desired look, overlapping wavy designs. TIP: If you don't like how a stroke looks, add some more drops of paint and redo, wiping the brush off between wavy patterns.

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Step 1- Gather and Trace

Gather your materials and trace the gummy bear template onto your canvas using carbon paper.

Step 2- Fill in the Bear

Using a round brush, paint on the lightest base pink (mixed with white) color of the bear near the center. Next, paint the medium tone using the next darkest color.

Step 3- Add Dimension

Keep building up tones of pinks to add dimension. Then add white for highlights.

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Step 1- Gather and Trace

Gather your materials and trace the flamingo template onto your canvas using carbon paper.

Step 2- Fill in the Bird

Using a round brush, paint on the lightest base pink (mixed with white) color of the flamingo. Next, paint the medium tone using the next darkest color.

Step 3- Add Dimension

Keep building up tones of pinks to add dimension. Then add white for highlights.

Step 4- Color Block

Paint the background a solid color to emphasize the painterly quality of the flamingo.

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Step 1- Gather and Trace

Gather your materials and trace the eye template onto your canvas using carbon paper. Slightly erase the pattern to make lighter.

Step 2- Paint the Base

Using a flat brush, paint on the base pink around the design.

Step 3- Fill in the Design

Paint elemnts different colors. Using a liner brush outline elements to make crisper and more defined. Add hightlights using white.

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Step 1- Gather and Trace

Gather your materials and trace the floral template onto your canvas by cutting out each shape and tracing around it. Using a pink colored pencil will eliminate dark unwanted lines in your finished painting.

Step 2- Draw a Background Pattern

Draw on wavy lines in one direction. Then, draw a second set of wavy lines perpindicular to the original lines to create a checkerboard pattern.

Step 3- Fill in the Design

Paint elemnts different colors. Using a liner brush outline elements to make crisper and more defined. Mix white with some of colors to add even more colors to your palette!

Step 4- Finish

Allow to dry and then add second coats to colors that need more opacity. TIP: use a liner brush to touch up checkerboard to make lines more crisp.