
You can follow it up with multiple layers of stars applied with a stiff bristle brush, like a tooth brush, and flicking the bristles high above the painting. These can be made in a variety of ways, but blending wet on wet can create those smooth transitions you see from those bright pops of color in the space dust to the void of black. The good news is it's easy to search online for images from the Hubble space telescope as well as the new James Webb Space Telescope.Ĭheck out and be inspired by some of the most sublime examples captured by this wonder of modern technology: The bad news is that with the sheer distance and all the light pollution from artificial illumination, it can be quite hard to make out just how beautiful the night sky is. Astronomers estimate that there are at least trillions of celestial bodies contained within our field of vision each time we look up at the stars. If you want to make a truly out-of-this-world painting, then there's no better source than looking to the heavens themselves. You can think of some of the same things pop artists were thinking about celebrities or you can look at pop culture in a different way as in some ways it's changed since the 1960s, and in other ways, it's stayed the same. If you have a computer, you can create an image in adobe photoshop, or another digital art program, and add shapes on top of each other(using layers on multiply/screen mode) to create a similar image. If you don't have access to silk screening tools, you can carve stamps from wood or rubber, and use transparent paints from lightest to darkest for a similar layering effect. In creating the image again and again with the same silkscreen, one analytic reading would be that Monroe's image becomes more and more distorted and simultaneously more iconographic More seen and less understood as time goes on. These paintings use recognizable images, bright colors, innovative techniques, and mixed media combined with irony and satire.Ī great example of pop art is Andy Warhol's depiction of Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Diptych, where the artist used bright colors and a silkscreen to print the actress's face multiple times. Pop art paintings draw inspiration from mass media stars and objects of popular or commercial culture to blur the lines between "high" art and "low" culture. Once you have your templates, all you need to do is paint over them with your selection of colors. We'll leave it up to you if you want to draw them freehand or print them out. Instead of painting everything from scratch, you take each object from your landscape and make a stencil template out of them.

This painting idea uses all the principles We talk about in NINE ACRYLIC PAINTING TECHNIQUES (and 5 bonus tips) – but with a twist. Whether it's a painting of our first home, the spectacular view from a grand vista, or something we paint from our imagination, odds are we've painted, or at least thought about, a landscape scene.

Landscape paintings bring about a feeling of warmth and a positive relaxing mood that attracts viewers of all ages which is why they're a classic among artists. So grab your paintbrushes and let's dive in: 1. Outside the Box Painting Ideasįrom abstract compositions to mixed media techniques, we'll cover a range of approaches that will spark your imagination and help you create one-of-a-kind works of art. Whether you're an absolute beginner or a seasoned artist, these unique painting ideas are sure to help break you out of your creative rut and spice up your painting practice.
