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Landscape Splendor Acrylic Painting

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Do you love to paint with Acrylics, do you love to paint colorful landscapes with tree's, rivers, rocks, grass, beautiful skies with fluffy clouds, if so, you will love this tutorials by Allison Prior, you will use easy techniques and the correct brushes to help you learn fast and have fun...click on the link to go to the playlist..

Painting clouds, The Best Kept Secret, Acrylic Painting for beginners

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Are you having a hard time painting clouds?, use this easy technique and you will be able to make beautiful fluffy clouds in no time... You won't believe what I used to make clouds, you will be very supprised... Happy Painting!!

The "Secret" to perfect mountains every time Step by Step Acrylic Painti...

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Mountains are one of the hardest subjects to paint, but with my easy "secret" you will make beautiful mountains, fast, easy and have fun painting, you can use any colors to suit your mood of the painting, You will see how easy it is to paint mountains, any shape, any color....Happy painting!!

"Best Kept Secret" to a Perfect Blend for Acrylic Painting!!

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The hardest part of painting with acrylics is Blending, Acrylic paints dry really fast, and don't give you time to blend, so I came up with the perfect secret way to blend your acrylics so you can have time to work and blend your colors, and work wet on wet... Have a look at my video and it will change the way you paint with acrylics forever..

Allison Prior Art

Allison Prior Art : The latest Tweets from Allison Prior (@allisonpriorart). YouTube creator of Acrylic painting tutorials, children's book illustrator, caricature artist, portrait artists,...

Allison Prior Art

Allison Prior Art : My Acrylic Painting youtube video tutorials are fun and easy to learn fast for beginners and all levels.. Happy Painting!!...

How to Make Magic White for Acrylic Paint for easy blending. using the wet on wet technique like Bob Ross..

The hardest part of Painting with Acrylic paint is short drying time and blending, now I have come up with a solution. Just like Bob Ross we will make Magic White or Liquid White for the wet on wet painting technique, and to make painting with Acrylics easy. This will change the way you paint with Acrylics forever, you will now have the freedom to paint for up to 1 hour, perfect for blending, Shading, and highlighting your colors for a beautiful and amazing painting. Acrylics don't yellow, but oils do over time... How it works: Magic White is a base coat made by Bill Alexander, Bob Ross's Teacher, then when Bob Ross starting painting on PBS, he painted the wet on wet technique he learned using the Magic white, but he called it Liquid White.. The Magic White is a mixture of White oil Paint and Linseed oil, and Thinner basically, but Bill Alexander had his own secret ingredients, and it was never made for Acrylic paint, you put the magic white on your canvas as a bas

How to paint Dandelions Fast and Easy, From Black and White to Color Art...

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Dandelions are fun to paint and with easy techniques you will want to paint a lot of them, we will do this painting in Black and White and then this Technique to turn your black and white painting into color with just one step.. Painting in black and white is very enjoyable because you don't have to worry about color mixing, and  I have come up with a technique to turn your black and white painting into color with out color mixing, you also don't have to worry about highlights, shadows, or shape it's all done when you did your black and white painting, you will love this technique ,you can even use it in all your paintings..Happy Painting!!

Step by Step Acrylic Painting for Beginners Real Time Moon Lit Tree of f...

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 Learning to paint with Acrylics? You will love this easy Step by Step Lesson with Allison Prior, A Bright Moon with a Tree of Flowers, colorful, and easy blending techniques. All you need are your Primary Colors: Red Yellow Blue Black White Brushes: Flat Synthetic brush Medium size or size it to your canvas. Fan Brush Filbert Brush Liner Brush Blending Gel Optional Misting Bottle with water

6 strategies for Making Money with your Art

Are you Struggling to make a living with your Art, here are only a few Strategies to help you get started, the more you do the following the better chance you will make a living doing what you love the most.. 6 Strategies for Making Money with your ARt Tip 1.  Join as Many groups on Facebook about art, for eg: "art for sale", "promote your art" you can search for groups don't have to be the exact name, they will come up on facebook.. Tip 2: Sell your art at Art Fairs, Crafts fairs, online, such as "Etsy",  search the web for best places to sell art, there are lots, I will send more more links soon. Tips 3: Have a website or Blog and share your link on social media, like Facebook, instagram, Pinterest; Tips 4:  Put your art on Tee Shirts, I use Tee Public, I sold 5 shirts so far, commission is low, but I enjoy selling, Tee Spring is another one but I didn't sell many there. You art will also go on their mugs, posters, etc. Tip

Step by step How to paint an easy HORSE Acrylic Painting for Beginners

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Easy Lesson for beginners to all levels, great tips and techniques to paint this beautiful horse using a limited palette..

Step by Step Under the Sea Easy Acrylic Painting for Beginners

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Learn how to paint a shark under the sea and coral reef with easy techniques, learn how to glaze to give dept to your painting, how to transfer your drawing to your canvas, and blending a beautiful underwater with the light shinning through..if you have any questions or need help email allisonprior@yahoo.com or leave a comment, .Happy painting!!

How to paint on FABRIC Easy Acrylic Painting for Beginners Step by Step

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Learn how to paint on Fabric the easy way, no mess, just a fun project for you and your family.. All you need is a T shirt, Apron, Jeans, Jacket, pillow case, etc, a few bottles of craft acrylic paint, a couple of brushes and chalk, a ruler, maybe a pattern if you have one that you would like to use..and paint on your fabric let dry and voila your finished..See video for instructions...

How to paint WATER, with acrylic paint lesson 4 easy technique for the b...

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If you are trying to find an easy way to paint water with Acrylic or even oils, here is the fist step to an easy technique, just a few strokes of your fan brush you will create nice still water, then when you get the basic water done you can add waves, sparkles, reflections on top .

Secrets to amazing Paintings: (Acrylic and Oil)

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Do you struggle with colors that fade, paintings that are dull, are you trying to get your paintings to look vibrant, full of life, colorful, and interesting, Here are a few Secrets that will help you create amazing paintings, oil or acrylic, watercolor, you can apply these techniques to any medium in most cases.. Question:   I tried to highlight in white but it just seems to fade-away. Is it because I’m using cheaper acrylic paint? It is called Titanium white but is fairly cheap. Advice please. Answer   Allison Prior   If this is acrylic paint, the colors fade even the white, if you want a really bright white you can use white oil paint over the dry acrylic paint where you want the highlights, or use masking fluid to keep the white of the canvas as your highlights. Question:   If your hired to do a painting  are your customers able to make prints? Answer: The printing shop is suppose to ask for proof that they have permission to make copies, Staples called me when one of

Autumn Splendor Easy Acrylic Painting for Beginners Step by Step Part 1

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FREE easy step by step Painting lessons with Allison Prior. Learn how to paint this beautiful Autumn Splendor landscape with easy techniques. In this lesson you will learn how to paint and blend a beautiful sky, Mountains, ocean water, beach, and colors to mix...what brushes to use and how to use them... Follow along and have fun learning...Part 2 June 19th..

How to Paint a Backround for your Cardinal Painting Acrylic Painting for...

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How to Paint a Backround for your Cardinal Painting Acrylic Painting for...

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Here is a video on how to paint a backround for your acrylic or oil paintings, it's easy great for beginners..

How to Become a Patreon of Allison Prior and what are your rewards....

Become a Patron! If you would like to support Allison Prior so she can keep creating new FREE Acrylic Painting Tutorials for you, and get rewards for you pledge, all you have to do is go to Allison's Patreon page and become a Patreon: Here are just some of the rewards: I have been creating free painting and drawing lessons on youtube since 2008, my video's will help the beginning artist learn simple to follow techniques to create beautiful landscapes, seascapes, wildlife, and so much more, if you pledge I can create many more video's, .This is my passion to create better and more free painting and drawing lessons, and you as my Patreon will help me do just that..plus I will be giving back by making sure I have great rewards to show you how much I appreciate your support..with early access to my new Tutorials,Tips, and behind the scene's, Patterns to transfer to your canvas for painting, and reference photo's I used, and lots more you will see in the rewa

10 tips to stay Motivated (For Artists)

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Are you having artist block here are 10 tips to stay Motivated (For Artists)

Sneak Peek at new upcoming Tutorial, How to paint a Cardinal and Daisies..

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If you would love to learn how to paint a male Cardinal and Daisies go to my Youtube channel This is a New upcoming Tutorial, How to paint a male Cardinal and Daisies..you can go to my Patreon page and get early access to all my new upcoming full tutorials for only $1.00 a month.. http://www.patreon.com/allisonpriorart or subscribe to my channel and ring my bell to get notified here: https://www.youtube.com/user/allisonprior?sub_confirmation=1

Live stream Painting a simple landscape with Acrylic paint step by step

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I will be live Monday April 22nd, 2:30pm to show you how to paint a beautiful easy landscape, and answer any questions you may have about art..See you there!!

Allison Prior Art Gallery

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Sargent Art 22-0074 Pouring Medium Kit

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Acrylic paint pouring set, great for beginner or experienced artist Includes pouring medium, acrylic paints, canvases, and more Pouring medium used to create even pouring of acrylic paint with a smooth, flow of color Kit comes with two 12 inch x 12 inch stretched canvases Paint made in the USA, non-toxic and AP certified Go here to get yours: https://amzn.to/2I7VnSl

FULL Moon Tropical Sunset tutorial with Acrylic Painting

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If you love to paint and your a beginner this is an easy tutorial to start learning, all you need is red, yellow, and black paint, a couple of brushes something to paint on , and your on your way... Happy Painting!!

How do you find your own painting Style?

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How do you find your own  painting style? Allison Prior , Art Instructor, Youtube Creator, Freelance artist (2000-present) Answered just now That is a question even I have to ask myself, how did I find my style of painting, or do I even have one, I love to paint everything, my favorite painting medium is Acrylic, I started painting with Bob Ross Video’s because I loved his style, and I watched other artists video’s that had that similar style also, so I guess I picked up his style in my paintings, I love realism, I don’t like abstract, when I see a landscape, seascape, portrait, I want to paint them as realistic as I can, I use the same colors and brushes, that helps create your style also, if you look at different famous artists, you can tell they have their own style of painting, like Leonardo Da Vinci, you know his paintings when you see them, Claude Monet has his own style, you will find they use the same techniques, colors and b

3 Great Tips on using a PALETTE Knife with Acrylic Paint for beginners

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Don't be afraid to use your Palette Knife, 3 great tips on how to make your palette knife work for you..

Patterns and Traceables for your Paintings.

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Pattern for Lion Painting https://youtu.be/ODGmMY3TtF4 Pattern for drawing a Gorgous Rose Pattern for drawing a female Face Lesson Skater Pattern Pattern for Underwater Tropical Fish Pattern for the Tropical Parrot Lesson Silhouette Girl with Violin Traceable Fantasy Forest and Unicorn 3 Dory Boats painting Happy Easter Painting Here is a link to my youtube channel for all the below Painting Lessons: http://www.youtube.com/allisonprior Cardinal 2 Cardinal 1 Puffin Girl on Swing "Childhood Memories" lesson, just print this off and trace the outline.. The Weathered Boat Coffee Time https://youtu.be/Y1cZWwv12VM Pattern for Chickadee in a Field of Flowers Kitten on the Fence Heron https://youtu.be/ujEGwwriG_U Pattern