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Description: A textured background can complement and add interest to your painting's main subject. Here, Alika Bhatt shares how to achieve a watercolor effect with acrylic paint, combining wet and dry brush techniques for a beautiful blended result you can build on. For more painting tips, join Alika on Skillshare: skl.sh/3JVyNZ8 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABSTRACT BACKGROUND QUICK JUMP MENU 00:00 Choosing Your Colors 00:41 Achieving a Watercolor Effect 01:49 Using Complementary Colors to Make Your Subject Stand Out 02:04 Second Layer: Using a Wet on Dry Technique 03:07 Fixing Mistakes 03:43 Next Steps --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT SKILLSHARE Skillshare is an online education platform with thousands of classes taught by the world’s best practitioners. Come take a class on illustration, design, photography, video, freelancing, crafts, and more. To get started, sign up for a free trial here: skillshare.com/signup Subscribe to Skillshare on Youtube: skl.sh/yt-subscribe​ Skillshare on Instagram: instagram.com/skillshare​ Skillshare on Facebook: facebook.com/skillshare​ Skillshare on Twitter: twitter.com/skillshare --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT ALIKA BHATT Alika Bhatt is an abstract realistic artist, teacher, YouTuber, and entrepreneur from India. She loves working with mixed media and her artworks are deeply influenced by photography, nature, and emotions. Her portraits usually have the themes of self-love, embrace, freedom, and power. She believes that the most beautiful thing about art is how it unites us: We might not have the same language or belong to the same region but we can all understand the language of art. In Painting with Acrylics: Create an Abstract Portrait, a Skillshare Original, join Alika for step-by-step instruction and create an abstract portrait of your own: skl.sh/3rBcX75 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MORE PAINTING RESOURCES Find new sources of inspiration and learn multiple acrylic painting techniques with artist and illustrator Amber Vittoria, who shares a peek at her process in Acrylic Painting: Playing with Inspiration, Color, and Form, a Skillshare Original: skl.sh/3iTP6L1 In Find Your Creative Voice: Mix Illustration & Painting in a Powerful Portrait, artist Osheen Siva shares how to share your unique perspective by unlocking your passion, exploring ideas through sketch, and ultimately connecting with others through a colorful final piece: skl.sh/3J2zL5s Try your hand at gouache painting with a simple piece of fruit as your subject in Beyond Watercolor: Learn to Paint with Gouache, a Skillshare Original from Leah Goren: skl.sh/35AksDC