Acrylic Animal Portrait Technique Video 1 of 2 

Really helps you make better tones and use less blending which for me adds more interest.

Thanks so much ! 😊 Part 2 is ready to upload. We will have it on the channel in the morning. Thank you again!

@@JansenArtEducation Awesome!

You are so welcome Sue!

Thank you so much! Had a great Fathers and Grandfathers day yesterday. Understanding the chemistry helps, especially if your developing your own techniques. Have a great day!

My pleasure Sheila. Love the one you posted in the group this morning! 😀

Thank you so much 😀

Thank you so much Lorelei! It is uploading now. Be about 1 hour.

Thank Pamela. Yes, I find myself using less and less numbers of brushes and working more on techniques and various marks.

Coming soon! Actually this morning. It is uploading now. We render these as huge HD media files. Takes 3 hours to upload a video like this to youtube even with our ultra fast connections. You will like part 2. :)

Thanks Kelly!!! Before you start part 2, Turn off the bath.... put away dinner, change the laundry. That should help you enjoy part 2 more... LOL...

Thank you so much Cathena😀

Thank you so much 😀

Awesome, thank you! There is a lot in that video for sure!!

You are so welcome! Glad your enjoying them. 😀

Wonderful! Thanks so much! 😊

Thanks you very much!

my pleasure.

Glad it was helpful! I think since we all see things a little different it is nice for the viewer to see what I am looking at. Especially helpful if I decide to alter a tone etc. Thanks so much!

Awesome. Thank you DeAnn! Time for you to do some more. Your German Shepherd was amazing!

Yes. I have a Black Shepherd to paint next month for commission. Got to work out those colors. 😀

My pleasure Sylvia. Nice to see you here and in the classroom.😊 !

Hi Patti, Drop the studio an email at jansenartstudio@aol.com they will walk you through it. Let me know how it goes.

Thank you so much❤. I’ll do that.

Yes! Thank you! He does look really good at several points. Depending on the client you could stop anytime. 😊

Yes it is!

Thank you so much. Part 2 is coming tomorrow.

My pleasure Tina. Thank you so much 😀

You’re welcome 😊

Thanks so much 😊

Thank you so much 😀

Thanks so much Rose!😀

Thank you. 😀

You're very welcome! Part 2 will be posted tomorrow. Thanks Sue,

My pleasure. You can do this!

Haha..... 🤗... I have a request will u make a video on how to make more colours... By mixing colours..

Wow, thank you!

He was a lot of fun to paint.

Thank you so much!!

Long time!! LOL. I started as a decorative painter then switched to fine art in 2008.

Thank you Nora! Cheers! 😀

You got it! Thanks!

Glad to hear that Rene.!

Thank you! 😃

No they are in-between a thicker and thin paint. I control with the mediums. They are heavily pigmented though.

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Email our studio at JansenArtStudio@aol.com and they will help you with the colors and best prices.

Yes it is part of our online classes at JansenArtOnline.com

Hi, That painting is part of my S202 Art of Seeing online class. I paint a couple of retrievers in that class. Thanks so much. 😀

LOL.. Thank you! 😀

Yes, that was so sweetly said

Hi, no I don't. I normally go right to the painting because that is what most want to see. There are wonderful videos on youtube about sketching. Look up the graph method. It is the best way to start.

@@JansenArtEducation ok will do. thank you so much

Heritage MultiMedia Extender. It slows down the drying time. Does not work with all acrylics. Has to be a glycol based acrylic like Heritage.

No they are not open. You can make them open with a mixing process with call "global". You can reconstitute them for a couple hours depending on the humidity.

I like the feel of the colors on the glass. It cleans off easily and doesn't waste paper palettes.

Pine Green. Thanks.

I don't use oils any longer because of health reasons. You would be best to find an oil artist on youtube that you can learn from if you want to use oils. Thank you.

Thanks

They are shown at the beginning of the video.

Depends on the technique. Water is the solvent for acrylics. I don't use water to keep them wet. I use it as a solvent. You shouldn't use water to keep acrylics wet.

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If not water, how do you keep your acrylics wet on your palette? Mine drys so fast, unless you are using a slow drying acrylic?

Yes I do in my online classes. I am limited on youtube what I can show. Most only want to watch a video for a few minutes.

I have 2 Yellow Labs and a Tennessee Treeing Hound. I have always love the Golden Retriever. I painted this one as request from RU-vid viewer.

I talk about all them and name them at 6 minutes into the video.

The brush movement and the marks you leave. In alla prima it is called "caligraphy".

Hansa Yellow, Diarylide Yellow, Yellow Oxide.

Thank you very much! 😀

I was an old oil painter. I got heavy metal poisoning from oils when I was 25, that is what really turned me into being a paint chemist for 30 years. 2 of my Granddaughters have a gene that can trigger cancer if they are around oil solvents. My wife is a cancer specialist and my son a surgeon who studies cancer genes. So I run a very non-toxic studio and use only non-toxic and environmentally green products. I have fun painting and don't have to worry about over exposure to what I have in my studio. It is all safe. It also looks and paints just like oils. WHY would I take any risk? Just to say I paint in oils?

@@JansenArtEducation oh I don’t know I just like painting in oils better. Also as I re-read my comment I certainly didn’t mean to be rude, for that I apologize if it came off as such. I just recently found your channel and I just honestly wanted to know. Thank you for these in depth tutorials!