Create an Abstract Landscape Collage with Acrylic Paint Skins

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In this art tutorial, join me in the mesmerizing world of abstract landscape painting as I create with a unique collage technique using acrylic paint skins.
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Tri-Art Paint Palette, 12 by 16-Inch - amzn.to/3qArylO
Liquitex Professional Matte Gel Medium, 237ml (8-oz) - amzn.to/3OWrlmn
Arteza Wooden Canvas Board, 8x8 Inch, Pack of 5 - amzn.to/3Yy9Z2i
Grumbacher Acrylic Fold-Over Paper Pad, 140 lb. / 300 GSM, 8 x 8 inches - amzn.to/3Y67sMS
Grumbacher 9" x 12" Acrylic Paper Pad with In & Out Pages, 140 lb. / 300 GSM - amzn.to/3pPFgkI
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To begin this artistic journey, I lay down a base layer of Prussian blue and Payne's gray, forming a backdrop for our abstract landscape. With a flat brush, I introduce bright aqua green, cadmium orange, and crimson, adding an unexpected pop of color that contrasts beautifully with the serene blues and grays.
Now, the true magic begins as I delve into the collage aspect of this abstract landscape painting. With acrylic paint skins, I embark on a layering process that adds depth and texture to the artwork. These acrylic paint skins, a technique I'll explore twice in this tutorial, introduce a fascinating dimension as they merge seamlessly with the painted background, forming intricate patterns and unexpected bursts of color.
As I continue crafting the scene, the dried acrylic paint skins come into play once again, harmonizing with the layers beneath and creating a visually captivating mountain meadow. Through this dynamic interplay of colors, textures, and dried acrylic paint, the landscape takes on a life of its own, evoking a sense of wonder and immersion.
Join me as I guide you through the steps of creating your very own abstract landscape using this innovative collage technique with acrylic paint skins. Whether you're an experienced artist or just beginning your creative journey, this tutorial offers a fresh perspective on the fusion of abstract landscape painting and collage.
In this tutorial, I've shared my passion for abstract landscape painting through the lens of collage and acrylic paint skins, allowing you to explore a world of possibilities.
And remember to keep on painting!
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@cheryldobbinson1994 3 ай бұрын

I love this idea of using acrylic skins. Hoping to see more of these 😊

@chrisloudart 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, Cheryl! I was just looking at the acrylic skins I've saved and thought I need to do another video with these.

@user-yn9kt1zt7g 11 ай бұрын

Going from impressionistic painting to abstract has been a lot of fun, your videos are helping me make that transition. Lint from the dryer is another fun thing to use in collages.

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, Sharon! I'm going to give lint a try. Is it easy to work with?

@user-yn9kt1zt7g 11 ай бұрын

I found it a learning experience,

@user-yn9kt1zt7g 11 ай бұрын

But it is worth learning how to use it.

@carolegourvellec1581 4 ай бұрын

love love love

@chrisloudart 4 ай бұрын

Thanks, Carole!

@HOWLINGMOONCREATION 2 ай бұрын

So glad I found you. Love this technique!!!

@chrisloudart 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, Diane! I was just getting ready to peel some acrylic skins off my palette to work on another piece.

@TeeBoyd88 4 ай бұрын

I enjoyed this video so much. You have inspired me. Please share more of your acrylic paint skin uses. Thank you.

@chrisloudart 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, Mrs B! Will do!

@pamelawamala6751 4 ай бұрын

What a cool process and use of your small paint skins. I have been making paint larger skins deliberately for creating collages. I love this idea of salvaging palette paint. I will be starting this practice! The final piece is delightful. Thank you for sharing. Materials I enjoy using in collage are textured handmade papers.

@chrisloudart 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, Pamela! How do you texture your collage paper?

@ginabruno3938 8 ай бұрын

I loved every minute of this! Thank you for sharing your process! I’m now inspired to run out to my studio & start playing!

@chrisloudart 8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Gina! I hope you have a great time painting!😊

@tamialecrim4794 10 ай бұрын

Soooo beautiful!!!❤

@chrisloudart 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, Tami!

@artbyamyk 10 ай бұрын

I love this! I like using fabric..

@chrisloudart 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, Amy! Any particular kind of fabric you would recommend ? I would like to give that a try.😊

@artbyamyk 10 ай бұрын

@chrisloudart I usually work with, like, a cotton material. As long as it's thin. I dip it in acrylic matte medium and then arrange it in a design that I like on my substrate, let it dry, and go from there.

@chrisloudart 10 ай бұрын

@artbyamyk Thanks, Amy! I'll give that a try😊

@carriefolger3604 11 ай бұрын

I've been waiting to watch something like this! I have saved alot of skins and needed the push to use them. I save mine in a 3 ring binder between sheets of page protectors so they don't stick to each other.

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Hey Carrie! What a great idea for storing skins! I keep mine between sheets of parchment paper. I'm going to see if I can come up with a combination of yours and mine. Love it! ❤️

@carriefolger3604 11 ай бұрын

@chrisloudart it's cool to flip through cause you can see both sides

@AliceDel 11 ай бұрын

at the point where you said you could have stopped, i was seeing a sand dune leading to the ocean. by the end it was a path through a mountain meadow which makes sense since you live in Colorado! a really beautiful landscape with a cool topographic quality from the 3-D paint skins.

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Hey Alice! Thanks so much! It really does look like dunes with the ocean in the background at that point.

@dianekhamilton 9 ай бұрын

Love this!

@chrisloudart 9 ай бұрын

Thanks, Diane!

@Jane_H 11 ай бұрын

Gorgeous! This was so much fun. I wonder how acrylic skins would work over a watercolor piece to make like a foreground that really pops. I might have to try that.

@Jane_H 11 ай бұрын

Also I think you started with some texture on your board. Did I miss hearing if you smeared on some gel medium beforehand or something? Loved that effect at the beginning.

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, Jane! Give it a try with watercolors and let me know how it goes. I think you could achieve a very unique look doing so.😊

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

The texture is gesso. I applied a layer of gesso and then applied more with a bunched up paper towel to add some random texture. It always gives me an interesting look.

@barbarasalmi3103 Ай бұрын

Chris, I loved this video. Can't wait to start building some skins myself. Actually, I love all your videos!

@chrisloudart Ай бұрын

Hey Barbara! Thank you so much! Let me know how it goes. 😊

@guiguioui7723 7 ай бұрын

WoW WoW WoW 🤩 thanks a lot for this wonderfull video this soooo nice

@chrisloudart 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, Guigui!❤️

@annfrodeberg6658 11 ай бұрын

Woaw! This I have to try! Thank you, I really appreciate your videos!

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, Ann! Let me know how it goes 😊

@ozzyheather9242 11 ай бұрын

Love the effect of the water soluble pastel at the end!

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! Those wax pastels are great for finishing touches.

@mandimarie2379 11 ай бұрын

I love this - soooo beautiful!!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, Amanda!

@nancyloomis3046 11 ай бұрын

Neat and cool look! And better than pitching those skins in the trash!

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, Nancy! I couldn't agree more - it makes more sense to use these and much more environmentally friendly.

@greeniejeannie 11 ай бұрын

I love the skins I peel off my tools.

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Aren't they so fun to use?😊

@greeniejeannie 11 ай бұрын

I've never used them for anything at all. I play with them touch them toss them LOL@@chrisloudart

@janetgoodwin9113 11 ай бұрын

Amazing and beautiful. Thank you for this unique idea.

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, Janet!

@sashadawnn1720 11 ай бұрын

Turned out beautiful, you really made the shapes come together. Besides paper I like using gauze or cheese cloth.

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Sasha! What a great idea! How do you fix them to the surface? Glue, gel medium, gesso?

@sashadawnn1720 11 ай бұрын

I'm cheap lol I just use regular white glue. The subsequent paint layers help keep them in place too I'm sure.

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

@@sashadawnn1720 That works! Whatever you have that keeps it down.

@howlingwind1937 11 ай бұрын

I will give it a go! Brilliant! Cheers!

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Howling! Let me know how it goes! 😊

@howlingwind1937 11 ай бұрын

@@chrisloudart I will, the ultrasound painting I'd done is finished, it was more difficult than I thought! Cheers!

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

I bet! What size is it? I'd love to see it.

@Sarah43627 11 ай бұрын

Very pretty. I've tried resin drippings. They were hard to work with, but watching you makes me want to try again. You did a really nice job on your landscape. I can imagine the dark blue in the background being crashing blue ocean waves too. Lots of fun!

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Madonna! I've never worked with resin drippings before. I would imagine they would be less malleable than acrylic. What type of art do you with resin?

@Sarah43627 11 ай бұрын

@@chrisloudart I've done some ocean scenes and abstract art with resin. I hate wasting all the drippings so I let them dry as is, the way they fall to the matt, then when they are dried I peel them off and save them. When I'm in the mood, I'll try to do some art with them, but like you say, they are a little stiff. I've stopped using resin and am using acrylics again, so I thought I'd it a try with that. You really did a nice job with your acrylics. Thanks for sharing.

@emmanuelpower2439 11 ай бұрын

Chris, this is not only a beautiful piece but a great demonstration of your creative vision. I loved the outcome and process... i have lots of skins too. Thank you. Great landscape, and you're right... there are some strange invisible things happening on our palettes😊

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Hey Emmanuel! Thank you so much!

@shellyclinton2995 11 ай бұрын

thanks for sharing

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Hey Shelly! My pleasure!😊

@beckybequette8212 11 ай бұрын

Love this! I started keeping the paint skins. I put them on parchment paper inside a 9x12 box

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, Becky! That's very similar to what I do. It's a great way to keep them from sticking together. I have a bunch that I didn't separate with parchment paper and they've become a big clump. I still use them, they're just really thick.

@annrubino6252 11 ай бұрын

Nice results, Chris. This is a great way to compose with limited control (abandonment) of reality. Living in the Rockies, I can attest that your painting is much more chromatic - I love it. Thanks for this inspiration.

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, Ann! I'm in the Rockies as well. What area are you in?

@annrubino6252 11 ай бұрын

Well, that blows me away! We are in Canmore, Alberta. Have you been enjoying your vistas through a haze of smoke? Between that and heat, I am now appreciating that my studio is in the basement. p.s. At 82 yrs., I am not a mountain climber. @@chrisloudart

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

@@annrubino6252 I'm lower down in Colorado so the smoke hasn't been an issue for me luckily. We've had some big fires down here over the last 10 yrs that have been a little too close for comfort.

@debbiedarby4179 6 ай бұрын

😍

@chrisloudart 6 ай бұрын

Thanks, Debbie!🙂

@InnerMagpie 11 ай бұрын

This is so incredibly brilliant. Thank you for sharing

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, Teresa!

@jenfleming9412 11 ай бұрын

Just gorgeous Chris! Very inspiring!

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much , Jen!

@bakerlisa47 11 ай бұрын

This is fantastic!

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, Lisa!

@bevmorton8725 11 ай бұрын

Especially love this piece! And I really appreciate the way you share your knowledge and process. I've been going to the same family caravan for three decades abd wanted to paint it so often but never felt I had the right approach. Think I'll definitely give this a try, perfect solution to that particular landscape. Thank you.

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, Bev! Let me know how it goes😊

@alisonkate2677 11 ай бұрын

😮 Love it. This is my first Chriis Loud video and I'm a fan! Dropping little blobs of paint onto a spare palette just might be my new favourite warm-up! Thanks Chris 😊

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, Alison! I have to say, it is pretty fun 😁

@lulukan64 11 ай бұрын

This is one of my favorites of yours. So beautiful😍

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, Lori!❤️

@user-hx5gk2fj3h 11 ай бұрын

Hey Chris, love what you did with the skins. I have a huge can of them now, thanks to you, maybe someday I’ll figure out the right composition. Love the pathway on yours, the break really added interest!

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Hey Susie! Thanks so much! Well, when you find the right composition I'm sure you'll have a great time playing with them.😊

@user-hx5gk2fj3h 11 ай бұрын

@@chrisloudart I have an idea! 😉

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

I'm excited to see what you come up with!

@grozdavranic6972 11 ай бұрын

Hi Chris...Like what you did..Thank you for sharing.

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, Grozda!

@susanorban3059 11 ай бұрын

Hi Chris I'm loving the look of using the skins. This pic is really cool! It has an ocean vibe to me with sand and bright colors etc. Thanks for sharing! I I wanted to make some skins to use would I just use a brush to apply paint or fingers? Thanks I'm new to acrylics.🥰

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Hey Susan! Thank you so much! You could really use anything you want to spread and thin the paint to create skins. I would suggest doing a thin layer, let it dry (shouldn't take long) then do a little bit thicker layer over top of that Good luck!

@susanorban3059 11 ай бұрын

@@chrisloudart Thanks Chris I'm gonna give it a go! Have a good evening!🥰

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

@@susanorban3059 Thanks, you too!

@cindylin5255 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Looks very nice! What kind of liquid did you use to stick these acrylic skins to the board? Thanks.

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, Cindy! I used Liquitex gel medium which dries clear - amzn.to/3E6UncQ

@vjhreeves 11 ай бұрын

Great piece and technique. What is the name of that gray rubber "brush" you use and where do you get it?

@chrisloudart 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Its a silicone paint brush, also known as a color shaper. I got mine from Amazon - amzn.to/44cKs07 but you should be able to get them at your local art supply store.

@vjhreeves 11 ай бұрын

@@chrisloudart a color shaper! That's the one term I did not think to search. Thank you!

@Pattymelt415 2 ай бұрын

How does one make a skin? What do you dry them on? Thanks! Also what brand of water soluble was pastel do you use? Thanks!

@chrisloudart 2 ай бұрын

I use palettes that are easy to peel the acrylic skins off of. Basically acrylic skins are just dried paint from your palette. However, it's not easy to peel them off all palettes. Here is what I use Tri-Art Paint Palette, 12 by 16-Inch - amzn.to/3qArylO. The water soluble wax pastels I use are Caran D' Ache amzn.to/3ULdbq7. Best, Chris

@kellybeale1895 3 ай бұрын

Is there a paint palette you like the best for the skins ?

@chrisloudart 3 ай бұрын

Yes, this is the one I use. They do make other sizes as well-Tri-Art Paint Palette, 12 by 16-Inch - amzn.to/3qArylO

@kellybeale1895 3 ай бұрын

@@chrisloudart Ty! Gotta love Amazon - it’s on the way :)

@chrisloudart 3 ай бұрын

@@kellybeale1895 I probably order way to much from Amazon, but it's just so easy and quick.🤣

@abbielevasseur4812 9 ай бұрын

How do you finish the edges of the board or canvas?

@chrisloudart 9 ай бұрын

Hey Abbie! I typically continue the colors of the painting around the edges. Sometimes I'll paint the edges all black or all white depending on the painting.