Trista – Painting Tutorial

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