Acrylic-ink, like most pigment-based inks, has highly saturated color, and the class will demonstrate how to take advantage of this  by painting the bright turquoise of crow eggs. I will demonstrate  texture-building and distressing techniques to illustrate the eggs inside a ragged nest. Unlike the first class, which focused on objects floating on a white page, this painting exercise is designed to expand students’ skills to render overlapping forms.

Class format
 

1. 5 min - Introduction, review of materials, and show-and-tell of various eggs and nests I’ve painted to showcase acrylic ink’s range and capabilities
2. 5 min - Sketch a crow’s nest and eggs in pencil
3. 5 min - Create a transparent underpainting
4. 25 min - Establish major shadow shapes and build texture of the nest with a first pass of opaque color
5. 35 min - Paint the eggs using wet-into-wet blending and dry brush techniques
6. 35 min - Refine the painting and add final details
7. 10 min - Q&A and review of key techniques