There was once a girl named Trista. I met her with her master at a local event in Michigan. She had amazing hair. She didn’t speak much, but I had the opportunity to draw her. See the original drawings here.

Later, I created a large painting of the drawing. Here are the basic steps.

For this project I used the following supplies:

• Free newspaper
• Blue masking tape
• White acrylic paint
• Purple acrylic paint
• Red acrylic paint
• Light grey acrylic paint
• Dark grey acrylic paint
• Light blue acrylic paint
• Cheap craft paint brush with medium/large tip
• Disposable cup with water to rinse brush between colors
• Papertowel (or napkin or cloth rag) to dry brush on after rinsing
• Black acrylic paint marker or permanent marker

Step 1: Tape newspaper to the wall (not shown)

Step 2: Paint white shape of drawing

Step 3: Paint rough outlines of the drawing with purple paint

Step 4: Paint red hair and any other red details

Step 5: Paint shirt light blue (not shown)

Step 6: Add light grey paint for shading (not shown)

Step 7: Add dark grey paint to add depth

Step 8: Draw simple lines to define the shape and maybe call out some details with black acrylic marker

Step 9: Live with it on your wall for a few months

Step 10: Remove from wall to put in storage, give away, or do like I did and wad it up into a trash ball and set on fire in a safe place (not shown). Safety first. Don’t burn anything down :p

I’ve never seen Trista since that day. She doesn’t even know about the painting or the aftermath. :p

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Filed under: tutorial - @ 4 October 2013 16:39

Tags: art, tutorial