Coastal Landscape Depicting a Silhouette of a Family in Artistic Form
In a unique blend of traditional and modern techniques, an artist has crafted a captivating piece of art using acrylic paint and tracing paper. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to create your own family silhouette art on a table top easel.
Gather Your Materials
To begin, you'll need acrylic paints, a table top easel, a canvas or thick paper as your painting surface, tracing paper, brushes, a pencil, and any additional materials you might require for details or finishing touches.
Choose or Create a Family Photo
Select a family photo with clear, distinct outlines of the figures to serve as your silhouette reference. Alternatively, you can create your own photo with this criteria in mind.
Trace the Family Outline
Cover the photo with tracing paper and carefully trace the family members’ outlines with a pencil to capture their shapes.
Transfer the Traced Silhouette
Flip the tracing paper onto the canvas and rub the back to transfer the pencil lines as a light outline.
Paint the Background
Using acrylic paint, first paint the background on the canvas. You may want a gradient, sunset, or solid color backdrop depending on your artistic idea.
Fill in the Silhouette Shape
Once the background dries, use black or any dark acrylic paint to fill in the silhouette area traced from your paper, painting carefully within the outlines to create crisp silhouettes of the family.
Add Details or Finishing Touches
After the silhouette dries, you can add additional subtle details or highlights outside the silhouette for artistic effects.
Let the Painting Dry Fully
Allow the painting to dry fully on the table top easel before displaying.
This process combines tracing paper for accurate silhouette transfer with acrylic paint layering on canvas, ideal for table top easel display and providing clean, sharp family silhouette artwork.
The final painting is a combination of various images, formed by combining two photos from a recent trip to Norfolk in the United Kingdom. The artist, who has been dabbling with acrylic painting on canvas for over a year, found inspiration for the art from these photos and from online sources. The finished artwork now includes a silhouette of the family, glued onto the painting.
The outline of the silhouette was drawn with a pencil, and the black card with the traced silhouette was glued to the finished painting. The artist often questions their abilities when starting a new painting, but the end result of this project is a testament to their talent and dedication. In the center of the combined silhouette, a letter F was placed, adding a personal touch to this beautiful family memento.
This artistic project showcases the integration of interior-design elements, as the family silhouette art created on a table top easel could be an attractive addition to any home-and-garden space. The final piece serves as a reflection of the family's lifestyle, capturing a unique moment in time through the medium of acrylic paint.
The artist's skilful blending of traditional pencil tracing techniques with modern acrylic painting methods has resulted in a striking, contemporary interior-design piece that encapsulates the essence of family and memories.
