Jean Pederson | Runtime (108 min)

In this video, follow along with Jean Pederson to paint a portrait rich in color and texture step by step, from a playful underpainting to the detailed final features. Painting with acrylic, gels, pastel, pencil and more, Jean guides you through brushwork, layering, edge control, color mixing, and wet-into-wet painting techniques to help you understand and take advantage of your acrylic paints and how they interact with other mediums for exciting results!

This Acrylic Painting Demonstration Includes

Painting tips for brushwork, layering, edges, color mixing and texturing
Fun acrylic painting techniques to manipulate your paint with more than just a brush–scratch at the paint with a stick, push it around with your fingers, stamp it on with patterned paper, or wipe it to a transparent glaze with a paper towel
Step-by-step instruction for how to paint a portrait with expression and accuracy
Confidence-boosting lessons that give you the freedom to ask yourself “What If I do that?!”… and then do it and see what new results you can achieve

Preview Acrylic Painting: Mixed Media Portraits now to create an exciting underpainting with acrylic paint and acrylic mediums such as gesso and gel for a great ground of transparency and opacity. Then learn value, color and texture painting tips to develop the ground and the portrait for expression and style in your portrait painting.

MATERIALS

Acrylic Mediums

Gels: self-leveling, glass bead gel
Soft Gloss
Fiber Paste
Gesso: white & black

Fluid Acrylic Paints

(Variety of colors and transparencies/opacities)

Blues
Reds
Yellows

Surfaces

140-lb. Arches medium-press paper

Brushes

Hoghair or Nylon
Flats and rounds in a variety of sizes

Other

Board for support
Clips to hold paper to board
Mark-making tools (old cut credit cards, palette knives, sticks, pencils, colored pencils,
watercolor crayons, pastels)
Palette (white, non stick)
Paper towels
Rubbing alcohol
Spray bottle
Water buckets

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Gena 11/19/2018

Enjoyed watching her process in mixed media with Jean Pederson very much.

Mika 4/9/2018

perfect!

Angelica 1/27/2018

Angie 12/2/2017

Candy 10/11/2017

Jean is a great teacher. Clearly explains everything she is doing. I am not sure I quite get her portraits. The other teachers I've been watching are into realistic portraits and I want to watch another of hers to understand her style. I work in mixed media also, but I will have to get used to it in portraits.

Pierre 9/18/2017

Kent 9/1/2017

I love how she explored different media colour combos layering and balance.

Fran 8/6/2017

S 8/3/2017

Rebecca 4/26/2017

SHIRLEY 4/25/2017

Rebecca 3/30/2017

Lynn 1/2/2017

Amye 12/27/2016

Patricia 10/14/2016

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I have a new inner drive to try something new and this is it!

Kate 10/9/2016

very good

Rita 9/24/2016

Franky 9/1/2014

I just LOOoooOOooOooved Jean, and this painting process!! She is such a beautiful and patient person, as she explains each step extremely clearly. You know, there is something I always say, which is, most artists who teach on videos (I've seen sooo many) do not actually want to give away their secrets. So, they end up telling the viewers disjointed instructions, or they skip over important details --especially neglecting to tell us *why* they make certain marks in order for us to actually *learn* the technique, so we can apply it to future projects. ---Jean calmly explains it all!! I really, really learned form this beautiful video! So wonderful!! I recommend her fully. I have one of her books and it is done very well, too. I always thought that it would be great to see her teach in person. -- Now, I have!! THANK YOU for this truly wonderful gem!!! â€¦Jean Pederson, you are truly one of the best!! ~

Roseanne 6/22/2014

Fantastic video on how to incorporate a mixed media background with portrait making. Something to watch again and again!!

Randi B 6/7/2014

Great inspirational video which can truly be recommended to the artist who needs a new and freer approach to the portrait in a calm and rational manner.

Tara 2/22/2014

I really enjoyed this video. I found Jean to be very calming and easy to follow, but her techniques and painting style were informative and inspiring. Can't wait for the next one!

Donna 2/17/2014

I found Jeans video to be informative and inspirational. She really explains everything and takes you through the process step by step in creating her beautiful works. I have a WIP and have already incorporated some of her techniques. I stopped and bought more gesso today:) Thank you Jean for a wonderful video!

Wendy 1/15/2014

Really enjoyed watching her work. I even put some of her methods into practice already. She freed me up and inspired me to play and have fun with some great results!

Corinne 1/13/2014

Great demonstration of layering, adjusting, balancing, and working with color and texture.

Monique 1/12/2014

jean gave me some great tips for making my paintings more exciting! I always struggle with backgrounds and her demonstration gave me wonderful ideas. she is very precise and this video was one of the best

Eva 1/10/2014

I loved this video from start to finish! It was wonderful watching the entire painting evolve and I must say that Jean has a beautiful unique style. She explains each step very clearly and is also very encouraging. Looking forward to trying something similar to this piece and also hoping there will be more from Jean.

Barb 1/9/2014

I enjoyed this video very much. It is very inspiring to see how Jean incorporates her mixed media to produce a wonderful piece of art. I would love to see more video's of Jean's incredible work. I love mixed media and can't wait to try some of her techniques.

Sheila 1/4/2014

This is a great video. I am a watercolorist at heart. Loved seeing that as a foundation then it was amazing to watch how her process of layering upon layering. I will be exploring this technique in my work. Her delivery is clean and professional as well.

Lynn 1/4/2014