How To Make Your Acrylic Paintings POP! (Bright and Saturated Colour)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- One thing I always struggled with using acrylics is making them vibrant and bright. It can be hard to layer acrylics over the top of each other to achieve bright, saturated colours. I am going to show you one simple trick that you can use to make your paintings pop!
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Those birds turned out gorgeous!
Thank you, I just started a painting and was getting frustrated that I couldn't get the vibrancy I wanted for this golden hour piece. Your a life saver man!
There is a simple way to make color vibrant even on dark colors , the trick is to put white paint on the places where you want your colors to be bright and when the white is dry you simply put the desired color on the top of it.
Thanx
That's literally what he is doing right now...
Summary of the video
These masterful tips are exactly what i look for. Its the knowledge in the details. Been fallowing your channel a long time and am a happy Patreon supporter. Fabulous video, thank you!
I was just struggling last night to make yellow spashes on blue irises pop. I tried underpainting with orange and that helped but I will do it again with your technique. Thank you!
I hope it helps ! Let me know how it goes
This is awesome info on acrylic paint!🎨Beautiful painting wow!!!!!!
So happy to meet you, I didn't know I missed anyone, lol. I have watched so many different artists and here you are, my lucky 🌙 night, thx🤭😅
Unbelievably beautiful, that edge with the blurred background makes it so lifelike...it's so 3d......i used your blurred background for my kingfisher painting but didn't know about this video till i finished.
So.......
I'm going to do another and compare, thanQ for sharing your talent, you really are a fantastic artist....💙🏴
Hi dear friend , awesome painting, you deserve more subscriptions. love from India
Aesthetically beautiful painting. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you very much and no problem 😁
Gorgeous painting!!! ❤
Thank you so much for this advice. I have been making the mistake of mixing in white and getting frustrated with the lacklustre results in so many paintings. Your channel has really helped improve my work
Looks like a photo. Amazing
So realistic, so beautiful.
Beautiful painting!! And one of the most helpful tips ever!!!👍
Wow! This piece is absolutely magical. Thanks for sharing your hard-earned tips :)
Great great tips thanks!And super beautiful painting!
Wow soooooo much to learn. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!! I'm trying to learn how to paint birds; have been binge watching. :)
Incredible painting!
I so damn needed this. Being a self trained artist I have been struggling to get the dark objects pop out from a dark backdrop . And mixing white was simply muddying up each time . Each time I thought it’s finished all I noticed was the dark objects completely merged in the dark backdrop . Just today it struck me to check on TH-cam reg the same to find an answer.. and wola! I get to see your video .
The object I am painting is an old rusted lock with a dark turquoise backdrop , they just ended up looking the same .
As I viewer I was finding it hard to see why the lock is merged in the backdrop . Atleast I have an answer through your video. Thank you so much 🙏
Brilliant! I am going to use this technique when painting my white irises.
Beautiful, absolutely beautiful...
Hi, I just found you on TH-cam and thank you so much for teaching me new trick to paint with the white. I'm just starting to paint as many birds as I can. Plus I love cougars/pumas. I will definitely keep following you!!
Thanks for pointing this out, very helpful.
I might try using this with my watercolors as I tend to use a white opaque at times.
Great work mate 👏👏👏
Me encanta, está espectacular! ❤❤❤
So beautiful
this video was extremely helpful and your genuine enthusiasm was refreshing. thanks a ton!
Glad it was helpful!
This was more a king fish documentary than a lesson
Thank you for this informative video, I always struggled with achieving vibrancy, I am excited to try this.
No problem 😁 Let me know how it goes!
beautiful
Wow very helpful... applicable in wall painting too...nice ...thank you for this technique, 💖🙏🇵🇭
Amazing painting! 😱
Amazing tutorial and gem of a tip. Subscribed! Can't wait for more. Thanks
Great work
The bird is very realistic feathers and all
Excellent lesson!
Nice, I'ma give that technique a try.
That is an amazing, help for us learners 😄
Thank you! I am gonna Soak this Up!
Thank you for this video. Straight to the point. New subscriber here.
Thank you very much for that tip, I'm learning how to paint and was really struggling with colors 😅
95% of the instruction is missing, but I appreciate the ability. Regardless of he money artists have made selling their paintings, nothing is free. At the end, it all comes down to money, regardless of the painter's already established income. Because nothing is shared, does the artist's paintings sell enough for him or her to live on?
What type of brush are you using for those great lines and details.
You're really good!
Thanks a lot 🌹
Thank you so much!
fabulous
Very very nice ❤❤
I didn’t realize the white at first… I thought it was bc of the contrasting colors beside each other. But your technique makes sense. So are you saying not to do an underpainting? And if you do what color would you use, a bluish or a contrasting?
Hey Daniel! loved this video! The format was nice, and the video was short and to the point. I typically do my wildlife pieces in colored pencil and I've been thinking of going back to acrylics. Definitely going to try this tip out and see how it goes!
P.S Just came back to your channel after a few months and I love the new camera work. You've stepped it up quite a bit. Keep going!
Thanks for the great comment! glad you’ve noticed a difference, it takes a bit longer to film and edit this way but I’m glad you think it’s improving the quality! you definitely need to try it out and let me know how it goes!
Thank you that helped🌻
Perfect!❤🎉😊
Would it make a significant difference if you used white gesso vs. white paint?
I can't recall specifically what the issue was but I recall white acrylic paint causing issues (difficult to work with), but its possible I wasn't letting it dry completely. I heard him emphasize the drying in this vid, so maybe ill try again and make sure its dried this time.
Thanks for making these videos. They're informative, easy on the ears (!😉) and a good length (not to cursory, not dragged out). Well done!
Thanks for tip mate i would be apply this technique to my paintings🥸
Thanks ❤
I thank you for your tip sir I just started painting again after 30 years and this really inspired me if you have time can you get more into the products that you use
Watching you Painting is The Most Joyful thing to do for Me! Thanks Handsome! May Allah Bless You!
Thank you sooo very much ❤❤❤
Great video 👌
Geee man , you are good.
Thank you great help!
Thank you so much going to watch full video and blur background
Awesome!
Thank you
Thank you ! Great tip!👍
Could one use gesso also? Excellent video you are a fine artist mate.
Can you mention what iridescent paints you're using, and how you mixed them (ratios)?
Thank you, this helps me a lot!
I too use this trick
Have you ever used gesso instead of your white paint? I’ve glazed over dried white and got an effect for fur for my animals..
Such a useful tip! 😌🙏
Really glad you’ve found it helpful!
Do you have to dry after every application of white before using red again
STUNNING BEAUTIFUL THANKS YOU GOODNESS 🌟 DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜 AWESOME
Great video thankuou.
What blues are you using for the blue feathers please?
WOW!!!!!!!!
Nice👌🏻
What acrylics for realism do you recommend
So if I want all my painting to be vibrant can I do a white coat first on the whole canvas?
What are the names of the paints that you used?
Yes, great tip. Did I see that you did 2-3 rounds of white and red? Is that necessary rather than just painting red over white once?
It’s not necessary but I do it to build up a little bit more variation in the colours
Hi Daniel ! Greetings from Costa Rica! Can you share with us what is the first cooor you use as based ? Isn’t just pure black 🥴
I m going to paint a bird that comes to my trees all the time her name is Toh or momoto ceja turquesa (Eumomota superciliosa) ! I thought to paint the based white and from there, add the turquoise and other colors, but watching this video makes more sense dark based? 😢 help please 🙏🏼
He forgot to mention that you also need to add a darker base tone / shadows to then use the the brighter colour ontop.
What color you use? please tell me the brand name of this color
Hermoso trabajo ,me gustaría 🎉ver como pinto el fondo tambien
Buy and use professional grade opaque paints... 😊
Hi thanks for the tips. I paint a lot of football paintings and would love to see how you would go about painting a deep/shiny Cardinal color of a USC Trojan football helmet when the night lights bounce off of it.... (p.s. I have a custom painting Ruth Mayer did of me playing football... she's sooo talented...if u don't know her, please Google her paintings... someone was moving the large painting awhile back and she dropped it and the center of the canvas ripped right through... do you have any tips to repair it?? Or am i going to have to break it up into smaller paintings?? It's a collage of different scenes similar to her famous Rose Bowl painting. Please 🙏 let me know your thoughts..tyvvm)
What kid of paint brand did u use?
And what kind if brushes
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Loved it 😊 please mention patreon link in the about section 👍
It’s in the description already but here it is just in case 😁 www.patreon.com/StudioWildlife
@@StudioWildlife thank you, yes i checked your patreon it says 1/3 of kingfisher. Will it be on patreon on three parts ?
Loved it 😊 keep it up 😊
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I don't see the link for the background video.
Here it is 😁 How to Paint a Blurry Bokeh Background with Acrylic Paints
th-cam.com/video/bcIjtdByVAQ/w-d-xo.html
Having muddy results for too long. Wasting my time. You just saved me!
I wish there was caption to what he was trying to impart. I had a hard time understanding and only got half of what was said.
can you do a video about painting white birds ? lol
Maybe I'm mistaken, but it lools like you are using lower-quality (student-quality) paints. High quality / more expensive paints have both higher pigment loads and higher-quality pigment choices.
killer
"When you add white to a colour, you aren't making it brighter." That's false - you ARE making it brighter, but also desaturating it.
There are several ways to make colours really pop. One is to just use a more saturated pigment. The red that you use in the video is not the most saturated to begin with. Something like a light cadmium red is much more intense and vibrant, and would produce the saturated look even without underpainting.
Many pigments, particularly organic (as in organic chemistry, not organic food) pigments, are partly or wholly transparent. These are particularly well-suited for applying over a white underpainting. Phthalo blue or green, Quinacridone reds and magentas, Dioxazine violet. Alizarin red is a particularly great one but only exists as oil paint (and imitations in acrylic, since the acrylic medium destroys the alizarin pigment). Prussian blue is the same; only available as an oil or watercolour paint. What these all have in common is a very strong staining power and a low opacity.
If your starting point is already highly saturated, like phthalo blue or cadmium red, then you can better afford to mix white into them. The loss in saturation is made up for by gain in brightness. But for less saturated pigments, like dioxazine violet, chromium oxide green, cobalt colours, and many others too, mixing white into them will kill the saturation. Cobalt colours and dioxazine violet are good for underpainting techniques, but something like chromium oxide green will never ever be bright, no matter what you do to it.