Portrait painting in neon colours

Instructions No. 2849

Instructions No. 2849

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If you love bright colors 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 colors. If you prefer softer shades, you also have a great Selection of up to 26 opaque colors. The acrylic range consists of four different products, which you can use to paint large areas as well as create subtle 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 colors. This set contains five edding 5000 acrylic marker wide in traffic white, neon yellow, neon orange, neon pink and black. You can also use a 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 template with a pencil.

Step 3:

Before you start painting, activate the acrylic marker as follows: Shake the marker with the cap on until you hear the mixing ball inside the pen, then carefully 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 so that the chisel tip is not damaged. Mark the pen on a piece of Paper .

Step 4:

Now paint separate areas of color here and there on the front of the portrait using the acrylic marker in neon pink, neon orange and neon yellow. Emphasize the cheekbones with bright neon yellow, you can add contrast with neon pink to create parts. Remember to create a balance between the colors, 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 wide side of the chisel tip .

Step 6:

For the fine contours such as eyes and nose, use the fine tip of the chisel tip.

Step 7:

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

Step 8:

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

Step 9:

As an additional step, we recommend using a acrylic 3D double liner in high-contrast opulent turquoise. You can use the acrylic paste to create exciting effects and structures on the background. This gives the texture more than depth and the neon colors stand out even more.