Spring Painting Tutorial

Here are some spring painting tutorials you might have missed from my YouTube Channel -Jackie Partridge Art. See photos and descriptions below and click on the spring painting tutorial you would like to try painting.

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The nice thing about YouTube is all of the painting tutorials are free! You can adjust the speed in the settings and pause anytime you need or rewind if necessary! Take a look at my spring painting tutorials below!

How to Paint a Sunset- Easy

Description: In this spring painting tutorial, I show you step by step how to paint a simple sunset that is easy to do for beginners and anyone new to acrylic painting. In this acrylic painting tutorial, I explain colour mixing and how to paint water and reflections.

Time Length: 19 min. and 2 sec.

Click here to watch how to paint a sunset-easy!

How to Paint a Simple Bee

Description: In this acrylic painting lesson, I show you how to paint an abstract beehive and a simple bee. This spring painting tutorial is ideal for children or art students ages 8 and up! You will learn colour mixing, how to create abstract texture and how to paint fine details like a bumble bee!

Time Length: 16 min. and 39 sec.

Click here to watch how to paint a simple bee!

Cactus Painting Tutorial

Description: In this spring painting tutorial, I show you how to paint cacti and paint details like their prickles. This painting lesson is for beginners and is intended for children or art students ages 8 and up!

Time Length: 40 min and 20 sec.

Click here to watch the cactus painting tutorial!

Night Sky Painting Tutorial

Description: In this night sky painting tutorial I show you with step by step instruction how to paint a galaxy sky and stars. You will also learn how to paint an abstract tree line at the bottom of the canvas. This spring painting tutorial is great for beginner or intermediate acrylic painters. You can also learn how to paint the moon here!

Time Length: 29 min and 15 sec.

Click here to watch the night sky painting tutorial!

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How to Paint a River with a Palette Knife

Description: In this spring painting tutorial, I show you how to use a palette knife to paint this river scene. This painting lesson is challenging for beginners and is intended for a more intermediate painter. You can gain palette knife painting experience by checking out my palette knife painting playlist on YouTube.

Time Length: 23 min and 7 sec.

Click here to watch how to paint a river with a palette knife!

Here are some other helpful palette knife painting videos:

Choosing the right palette knife for you/how to use a palette knife

Palette knife painted clouds

How to Paint an Easy Sunset with a Palette Knife

Description: Learn how to paint an easy sunset painting with a palette knife. You can check out other palette knife painting tutorials in my palette knife painting playlist on YouTube! In this tutorial, I show you how to mix colours, how to create an abstract texture with a palette knife, how to paint clouds and how to paint water/reflections. This acrylic painting lesson is intended for intermediate painters. Please watch my other palette knife painting videos - before trying this!

Time Length: 22 min and 20 sec.

Click here to watch how to paint an easy sunset with a palette knife!

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Palette Knife Painting Tutorial

A  Palette Knife Painting Tutorial is the best way to learn palette knife painting quickly. You can watch my palette knife painting playlist on YouTube to see my palette knife painting tips! 

Check out these palette knife painting tutorials on my YouTube channel below: 

Palette Knife Painting Tips - In this short video I show you the difference between plastic and metal palette knives. I show you the basics of painting with palette knives and share my palette knife painting tips with you! 

 Palette Knife Painting Clouds- In this painting tutorial I show you how to paint a sky and clouds with a palette knife. This is an essential step to painting a successful landscape with a palette knife! 

Palette Knife Painting Farmhouse Pumpkin- Paint this cute farmhouse style pumpkin painting is perfect to hang in your home for fall! Learn how to paint a textured background with a palette knife! 

Abstract pumpkin painting by Jackie Partridge. Watch this palette knife painting tutorial!

Palette Knife Painting Winter Landscape (EASY)- Learn to paint snow with a palette knife and create wonderful texture - check out this easy landscape painting to try painting with both a brush and a palette knife! 

Palette Knife River Landscape Painting - Learn how to paint a sky, a river and some grass all with a palette knife!

Palette Knife Sunset Painting Easy- Learn to paint a sunset, clouds and water reflection by painting with a palette knife!

Here are some Palette Knife Painting Tips!

• Invest in different sizes and shapes of palette knives. I love my Liquitex painting knives and metal palette knives! 

• Experiment and practice first - try painting with a palette knife on a canvas board or thick paper to practice before starting on a canvas 

• Watch my palette knife painting tips video if you are completely new to palette knife painting - It’s a lot easier to learn by watching! 

• Try dabbing, scraping and dragging the palette knife on different edges to create different marks 

• Wash and dry your palette knife after use to keep it in great condition for years to come! 

Try this palette knife painting tutorial of an abstract sunset by Jackie Partridge -here!

I love palette knife painting because it creates such a fun abstract texture with the paint. I love the look of abstract painting and the freedom it gives me to paint in a more relaxed manner!

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Hope these tips are helpful! Happy Painting!

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Winter YouTube Painting Lessons Recap

Practice your acrylic painting for beginners. In my free youtube painting lessons learn my acrylic painting tips and tricks. See step by step painting tutorials to improve your acrylic painting! Learn from artist Jackie Partridge and see acrylic painting tutorials from my YouTube -Jackie Partridge Art channel!

Here is the Winter YouTube Painting Lessons Recap. These are some beginner acrylic painting videos you might have missed from January and February 2021 on my YouTube channel - Jackie Partridge Art. Click the links below to check them out and be sure to subscribe to my channel to see new painting tutorials!

Check the the videos from part one in November and December here!

Reduce the Mess Painting With Kids

Learn how to paint with kids and reduce the mess while painting with children. Learn about aprons and how to avoid the mess in your clean house!

Watch How to Reduce the Mess Painting with Kids- HERE

Video Length: 5 min. 18 sec.

Painting with Stencils (Helpful Tips)

Ever wondered how to paint with stencils? In this video I will show you the technique of painting with stencils and share all of my helpful tips with you!

Watch Painting with Stencils (Helpful Tips)- HERE

Video Length: 15 min. 16 sec.

Love You to the Moon and Back Stencil Painting

Learn how to paint a full moon, stars and the night sky with the stencil Love You to the Moon and Back. In this Love You to the Moon and Back Stencil painting tutorial.

Watch Love You to the Moon and Back Stencil Painting- HERE

Video Length: 18 min. 32 sec.

5 Tips for Painting Snow

Learn how to paint snow in this video! I will show you five tips for painting snow. (It’s more than adding white paint!)

Watch 5 Tips for Painting Snow- HERE

Video Length: 14 min. 25 sec.

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August 2020 YouTube Painting Tutorials Recap!

I started an acrylic painting YouTube channel >> Jackie Partridge Art << on Sunday July 5, 2020. Here is a list of YouTube videos that were posted to my channel this month as a little recap. In case you might’ve missed some of these painting tutorials on my YouTube acrylic painting channel!

You can read the descriptions of the videos before clicking the link to see the video.

You can watch these videos for free at anytime. If you have a YouTube account you can click the clock in the top right corner of the video to save it to your “Watch List” to watch it for later.

Be sure to subscribe to my channel —you can click the bell beside the subscribe button on YouTube to receive notifications of when new videos are added! - I release NEW videos every month!

If you like a video be sure to hit the “thumbs up” to like it or share it with a friend!

Let’s take a look at the videos for this month!

Painting with Posca Pens - watch here!

Painting With Posca Pens -The Basics!

In this acrylic painting tutorial for beginner artists I show you the basics of working with Posca Pens and incorporating them in your acrylic paintings! This video is perfect for people of all ages - I recommend age 9 and up for this video as having coordination with drawing, fine motor skills will be helpful for this art material. Learn how to use a Posca Pen, What are Posca Pens?, Ideas for using Posca Pens in your painting and more. This is video is for people who have never used a Posca Pen before and to provide them with a basic introduction.

Watch the Painting with Posca Pens Video Here!

Video Length: 12 min. 14 sec.

Palette Knife Basics

How do you use Palette Knives? What are Palette Knives? What Palette Knife is right for you? I will help you answer these questions in this quick video paint lesson. Learn about the difference between plastic and wooden palette knives and find the one right for you. Gain confidence in learning about palette knives to be able to create beautiful and textured abstract acrylic paintings! Fall in love with palette knives and explore the possibilities of palette knife painting.

Watch the Palette Knife Basics Video Here!

Video Length: 5 min. 8 sec.

Palette Knife Cloud Painting

This painting lesson is perfect for beginners with no experience using a palette knife before! Recommended age is 9 and up! This is an easy art technique and painting lesson to try --- learn a new simple acrylic painting technique to add to your skill development today! In this video art lesson -learn how to paint a cloudy sky with a palette knife. Learn about colour mixing with a palette knife, painting layers, creating texture, palette knife technique and how to paint clouds.

Watch the Palette Knife Cloud Painting Video Here!

Video Length: 27 min. 40 sec.

3 Acrylic Painting Tips To Save You MONEY!

3 Tips for Saving Money on Acrylic Painting! Check out this video and learn three tips for saving money on acrylic painting. Perfect tips for a beginner painter or intermediate painter of all ages.

Watch the 3 Tips for Saving Money on Acrylic Painting Video Here!

Video Length: 7 min. 53 sec.

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Flower Printing is a great technique to create an abstract painting and is a fun project to try with kids!

Flower Printing

Flower Printing is a fun painting technique for any age! You could even try this technique with toddlers. This is a great technique to add to your painting. You can create a beautiful texture and layer your designs. Flower printing is great for abstract painting, fun experiments, collage or mixed media art.

Watch the Flower Printing Video Here!

Video Length: 16 min. 26 sec.

If you have an idea of a video you would like me to do- let me know in the comments. I appreciate every subscribe, like and comment on my channel - it helps me to make money as an artist!

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Happy Painting!

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5 Tips for Still Life Painting - Paint a Better Still Life!

5 Tips for how to paint a better still life will help improve your still life painting! Painting a still life as a beginner painter can be difficult.

Especially when you are trying to make the painting realistic! I have written a collection of tips to help make this process easier!

There is also an assortment of videos on painting still lives from lemons to eggs and everything in between. You can check out those painting lessons on my acrylic painting for beginners YouTube channel

How to Paint a Lemon- watch this video to learn more: click here to watch!

Here Are Some Tips to Paint a Better Still Life:

1. It helps to have your still life set up and arranged in front of you to paint, alternatively you can paint from a colour photograph -however having a real still life like a bowl of fruit or a vase of flowers right there will allow you to see all the tiny details.

2. Map out your painting in a coloured stick of chalk. A still life is all about painting/drawing what you see. Draw your still life in a stick of chalk. If you make a mistake it will easily rub off -saving you paint and time! Using something like a pencil to draw on the canvas might still show through layers of paint and can be hard to erase.

3. Exaggerate the highlights and shadows! Shadows and highlights on an object is what makes it look three-dimensional in a painting. You have the creative freedom to express what you see and convince someone that what you are painting is life-like. So darken the shadows and brighten the highlights to make them pop and stand out! A way of doing this is shining a light from a lamp on your still life which will make it more obvious where the highlights and shadows are making it easier to paint!

Bird’s nest still life painting - watch how to paint the eggs- here!

4. Paint in the direction of your object. This sounds obvious but a lot of beginner painters make the mistake of painting all objects with long flat straight brushstrokes. This ends up making round objects like lemons, apples and vases look flat and lack having a form. I have created a great short YouTube video to help with this- click here!

5. Remember to paint in layers and take your time! You don’t need to finish your painting in one sitting, taking your time allows you to add more details which helps make the painting more realistic. If you don’t like something you can paint over it -this is why I love acrylic painting!

Bonus tip:

If you are painting a still life over a day take a photo of it to ensure you are capturing the same lighting and that objects haven’t moved!

You can learn more about acrylic painting by checking out my FREE 16 Page Guide - 10 Mistakes Beginner Painters Make and How to Avoid Them!

I would love to see your still life paintings and give you feedback! tag me on instagram @jackiepartridgeart and use the #jackiepartridgeartclasses

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Practice Painting a Still Life

How to Paint a Lemon

How to Paint Round Forms like Eggs

How to Paint a Pumpkin

How to Paint a Poppy

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Fall Exclusive Painting Video

Twice a year, I send my email list an exclusive acrylic painting video lesson to your inbox! Be sure to join my mailing list by filling out the grey form so you don’t miss the next exclusive painting tutorial!

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You will learn how to paint an acrylic painting from start to finish with valuable tips. I am a trained artist in acrylic painting and I am a certified teacher. I have my Master of Fine Arts degree and loads of teaching experience to make painting for beginners a simple process where you can feel confident and have fun! I send an email to my list each season where I give you a private link to the video tutorial. You will have lifetime access to the video lesson.

These videos are perfect for you if:

1. You love art or painting

2. You want more time to yourself to be creative! 

3. You are interested in learning more about acrylic painting and developing your skills

4. You want a fun project to do by yourself or with friends or family (recommended age is 7 and up!)

5. You are a painter or want to give it a try!

6. You are beginner or experienced painter

7. You want to relax and enjoy the therapeutic benefits of painting

8. You want fun, simple and creative ideas to paint

Enter your email below to get access each season -so you don’t miss the next video!

The videos that I send are exclusive videos only for my email list - they will not be shared to Youtube or social media. These videos are special gifts to those who have signed up!

You might be asking what supplies do I need to get started? You can read about the art materials needed in this blog post!

Here is the Fall 2020 Painting Video Lesson for my Email Subscribers!

Interested in Painting and Continuing to Learn and Develop?

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I am always open to suggestions and ideas. If there is something you would like to learn how to paint- you can leave a comment below or send me a DM on my NEW painting instagram account @jackiepartridgeart

If you make a painting from one of my lessons be sure to tag me on Instagram @jackiepartridgeart and use the hashtag #jackiepartridgeartclasses - I would love to see what you create and give you feedback and virtual hugs!

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July 2020 YouTube Painting Tutorials Recap!

Check out my Jackie Partridge Art YouTube Channel. Here is a list of YouTube videos that were posted to my channel this month as a little recap. To see some acrylic painting tutorials you might’ve missed!

You can read the descriptions of the videos before clicking the link to see the video.

Read this blog post about what supplies you need to get started with acrylic painting! Click here to read!

You can watch these videos for free at anytime. If you have a YouTube account you can click the clock in the top right corner of the video to save it to your “Watch List” to watch it for later.

Be sure to subscribe to my channel —you can click the bell beside the subscribe button on YouTube to receive notifications of when new videos are added! - I release NEW videos every month!

If you like a video be sure to hit the “thumbs up” to like it or share it with a friend!

Let’s take a look at the videos for this month!

Art Supplies

I recommend watching this video first! It is a great introduction to acrylic painting and I will show you and explain the different acrylic painting supplies you need to get started. It’s nice to visually see the supplies you need. Buying art supplies can be a bit overwhelming at first but I help guide you to make this process easier!

Watch the Art Supplies Video- HERE

Video Length: 11 min. 40 sec.

In this video I go over basic supplies needed for acrylic painting to get you started! Check it out here:

https://youtu.be/r3LPp25h9mI

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Colour Wheel and Value Scale

If you haven’t painted before and don’t know much about mixing colours - I recommend watching this video. I explain the basics of colour theory. You will learn about primary, secondary and tertiary colours and how to mix them. You will also learn about making a tint or shade with a colour. This is a great educational video perfect for beginners, teachers, parents homeschooling and daycare providers. Colour mixing is the foundation of acrylic painting!

Watch the Colour Wheel and Value Scale Video- HERE

Video Length: 25 min. 9 sec.

Grab a FREE Guide to Mixing Green/Grey here!

Mixing Green

This video is great for developing your skills. Mixing green is not as simple as mixing yellow and blue paint. If you are great at mixing greens then you will be able to mix a variety of greens and will be able to paint more realistic landscape paintings.

Watch the Mixing Greens Video- HERE

Video Length: 13 min. 20 sec.

Mixing Grey

Mixing grey is not as simple as black + white. The more variety you have in your colours the more interesting your paintings will be! This video is a quick way to develop your colour mixing skills and make more professional looking paintings!

Watch the Mixing Greys Video- HERE

Video Length: 8 min. 15 sec.

Mixing Brown

You have probably made brown before when mixing a bunch of colours together on your palette. Maybe it was even on accident! There is such a difference between mixing your own brown and using brown straight from the tube. Learn more about colour mixing and improve your paintings with this video!

Watch the Mixing Browns Video- HERE

Video Length: 6 min. 15 sec.

How to Paint a Campfire

Learn how to paint a campfire! This video is a workshop I have ran with kids as young as 7 and adults. This video tutorial is recommended for kids age 7 and up! (it can be challenging for the younger ones but if a child is creative and loves learning -this is for them) Learn how to paint trees, paint a night sky and of course a campfire. This is a great introductory painting for a beginner to try!

Watch the Campfire Painting Video- HERE

Video Length: 40 min. 41 sec.

Painting a Mermaid Tail

This is the perfect video lesson for age 7+ an amazing painting for beginners to try! This fun painting will explore mixing greens, printing with household objects to create texture and more! Learn how to paint this fun underwater mermaid tail!

Watch the Mermaid Tail Painting Video- HERE

Video Length: 28 min. 38 sec.

Painting Clouds

This video is a bit more challenging than some of the other videos. I recommend trying some other painting tutorials first. This video is great for an intermediate painter but of course beginner painters are welcome to give this a try! Painting clouds can be hard! In this video you will learn to paint more realistic clouds, how to paint a sky and creating highlights and shadows.

Watch the Painting Clouds Video- HERE

Video Length: 16 min. 46 sec.

This is a Painting Tutorial all about painting Skies and Clouds - Perfect for an intermediate acrylic painter! Check it out here: https://youtu.be/RNGKfQ2B20k

Painting Round Realistic Forms

In this video I show how to paint round forms and use the example of eggs in a nest. You will learn about brushstrokes and direction of shading. Learn about colour mixing, shadows and highlights to create a realistic round form. This is the perfect video for beginners or youth to try!

Watch the Painting Round Realistic Forms Video- HERE

Video Length: 15 min. 5 sec.

Painting a Lemon

This video is about painting a still life or a lemon in this case. Learn colour mixing, painting texture, highlights and shadows, choosing a background colour and more. This is a great video for beginners or intermediate painters.

Watch the Painting a Lemon Video- HERE

Video Length: 29 min. 41 sec.

If you have an idea of a video you would like me to do- let me know in the comments.

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Happy Painting!

Bachelorette Paint Night - Blue Hydrangeas

Blue Hydrangeas Paint Night was a hit! In the summer of 2019 I had the pleasure of instructing an acrylic paint night for a bachelorette party. We painted blue hydrangeas! This is one of my favourite acrylic painting tutorials!

Blue Hydrangeas are my favourite flower, I even had some in my wedding bouquet when I got married. Blue Hydrangeas  are also really fun to paint because there are so many colours in the petals and details of the veins, shadows, highlights and lines. You can create such a nice abstract texture and even if you have never painted before you easily complete this painting and have success with it. 

If you look closely at blue hydrangeas they have so many colours and layers to them. Purples, blue, whites, greens, yellows, pinks, light and dark tones. There is such a variety of colours which makes it such an enjoyable flower to paint! 

You can host a virtual paint night by using one of my painting tutorials or you can contact me to have a private paint night over Zoom or locally in the Waterloo Region, ON. I would love to host another paint night if you have an idea for a painting please contact me @jackiepartridgeart just send me a message.

You can see my acrylic painting tutorials and tips in the link below! Be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel Jackie Partridge Art so that you don’t miss new free acrylic painting tutorials that come out! 

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They did such an amazing job painting! Here are the student works below:

Everyone did an amazing job for beginner acrylic painters most had never painted before!

Want to Try Painting with Me?

Try painting an abstract poppy here!

Paint a Galaxy Sky here!

Paint a sunset palette knife painting!

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Interested in having a paint night with your friends? - Email me for pricing options- I can do virtual paint nights where you supply materials as well!

Email me at jackiepartridgeart@gmail.com

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