Paint a Colorful Portrait FAST Using Acrylic

Today I'm painting a picture of my son sitting in a helicopter. Watch me dissect my painting into layers so that you can see & understand how to use this technique for yourself.
00:00 My new fun & fast style
00:35 The most SIMPLE color pallette
00:43 Brush sizes & the order of using them
00:50 Last step: Details in BLACK
01:25 Details in WHITE
01:52 Working with mid tones
02:09 Skin tone details
02:35 Mid tone washes
03:23 Underpainting shapes & lines using YELLOW, RED, and BLUE
03:57 Using reference pictures (my cut & trace method!)
04:39 Underpainting base layer using YELLOW, RED, and BLUE
05:49 Why I use this technique
07:16 Painting reveal to my two-year-old son
Comment below: What do you think of my technique? What video would you want to see next?
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[@craftybirdwoman]

❤thank you for sharing your process. I live your style. What a great model you used❤

[@danicatheartist]

You are so welcome! And he’s pretty cute huh? ;)