Portrait painting in neon colours

Instructions No. 2849

Instructions No. 2849

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If you love bright colours and high-contrast artwork, you'll love this portrait. We'll show you how easy it is to create a portrait on canvas with edding acrylic markers in bright neon colours. If you prefer softer shades, you also have a great choice of up to 26 opaque colours. The acrylic range consists of four different products with which you can paint large areas as well as set fine accents. For an individual portrait, we recommend our template generator, with which you can easily create an individual template from a photo.

Step 1:

For the design, you need the acrylic marker set wide in neon colours. This set contains five edding 5000 Acrylic Markers Wide in Traffic White, Neon Yellow, Neon Orange, Neon Pink and Black. You can also use an acrylic 3D double liner in opulent turquoise. Print out the two-sided template and glue both parts together. You can also use our template generator to create a template from your own portrait photos.

Step 2:

Place the motif behind the canvas and place both together in front of a light source. Then you can easily trace the pattern with the pencil.

Step 3:

Before you start painting, activate the acrylic markers as follows: Shake the marker with the cap on until you hear the mixing ball inside the pen, then gently pump up and down until the ink appears in the tip. When pumping, it is very important to hold the marker at a slight angle to avoid damaging the wedge tip. Write on the pen on a piece of paper.

Step 4:

Now paint separate areas of colour here and there on the front of the portrait with the acrylic marker in neon pink, neon orange and neon yellow. Emphasise the cheekbones with bright neon yellow, add contrast with neon pink to create parts. Remember to create a balance between the colours as if you are playing with light and shadow.

Step 5:

Draw the contours and facial features with the black acrylic marker. The outer lines and strong contours are best drawn with the broad side of the wedge tip.

Step 6:

For fine contours like eyes and nose, use the fine tip of the wedge tip.

Step 7:

Now fill in the gaps with the neon colours you just used until the portrait is completely painted.

Step 8:

The eyes and lips can be highlighted with the fine point of the wedge tip of the white acrylic marker.

Step 9:

Als zusätzlichen Schritt empfehlen wir die Verwendung eines Acryl 3D Double Liners in kontrastreichem Opulent Türkis. Mit der Acrylpaste kannst Du für spannende Effekte und Strukturen auf dem Hintergrund sorgen. Dadurch verleihst Du der Textur mehr als Tiefe und die Neonfarben treten noch stärker hervor.