Lunch Illusion

Written By Shelly Lennon

Overview:

The term illusionism is used to describe a painting that creates the illusion of a real object or scene, where the artist has shown figure in such a realistic way that they seem alive. In this case the illusion is a still life of food and place settings on newspaper. Still life paintings can be done with a number of different mediums, most commonly oil, watercolor, and acrylic paints.  In this video you will be taught step by step how to paint an acrylic illusion.

Supplies:

  • 11"x14" cardboard

  • News paper

  • glue stick

  • pencil or chalk

  • scissors

  • large flat brush

  • small round brush

  • 2 round objects one small one large

  • pallet

  • water cup

  • paper towel

  • Acrylic paint: Lemon yellow, yellow ocher, dark green, bright green,

  • Burnt sena, Burnt umber, Bright red, dark blue, black, and white.

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