Painting Grass: Tools and Tips
Below are links to the tools I used to create this grassy scene in ‘Links’ memorial pet portrait.
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Brushes
Silver Silk 88 Synthetic Brush - Flat Shader 4 - https://tidd.ly/45BiGhT
Silver Silk 88 Synthetic Brush - Flat Shader 6 - https://tidd.ly/45yUug8
Silver Silk 88 Synthetic Brush - Flat Shader 8 - https://tidd.ly/43FQw2C
Silver Silk 88 Synthetic Brush - Flat Shader 10 - https://tidd.ly/45zhZWp
Willow Wolfe Callia Brush - Fine Round 6 - https://tidd.ly/4oUDQPa
Acrylic Paints
(These are my favourite colours to use for painting grass)
Sap Green: Daler Rowney System 3 - https://tidd.ly/4lHPcUA
Leaf Green: Daler Rowney System 3 - https://tidd.ly/4mHG57C
Oxide of Chromium Green: Daler Rowney System 3 - https://tidd.ly/44XInZT
Hookers Green: Liquitex - https://tidd.ly/4mGpMI0
Alpine Green: Matisse - https://tidd.ly/3FiaRmP
Green Earth: Pebeo Studio - https://tidd.ly/451Zv0H
Australian Olive Green: Matisse Flow - https://tidd.ly/3HxVRBK
Naples Yellow: Daler Rowney System 3 - https://tidd.ly/3Zap0Jq
Cadmium Free Yellow Medium: Liquitex - https://tidd.ly/3Sv8bFq
Yellow Ochre: Daler Rowney System 3 - https://tidd.ly/4jmGgCh
Raw Sienna: Daler Rowney System 3 - https://tidd.ly/4kkak2H
Violet Oxide: Golden - https://tidd.ly/4mG8jPX
Titanium White: Liquitex - https://tidd.ly/3HkNEkh
Unbleached Titanium: Matisse Structure - https://tidd.ly/4dHLfMQ
Painting Tips!
To paint the deep pockets of shadows, mix some of the Golden Violet Oxide and the Liquitex Hookers Green or Matisse Alpine Green and it makes the most beautiful deep green shade.
Daler Rowneys Sap Green is the perfect grassy shade and can be lightened with Liquitex Titanium White, Matisse Unbleached Titanium or Daler Rowney Naples Yellow, or darkened with Liquitex Hookers Green, Matisse Alpine Green or Matisse Australian Olive Green.
Keep your old flat shader brushes that are a bit worn out and bristly, they come in handy for creating texture in grass!