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Acrylic April 2021 Link Map and guide to  A Story of Water


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This is the pinned class schedule in the link guide for Acrylic April. I will update these links as we go. This will remain at the top of the page in the group. You can refer to this anytime to locate Acrylic April 2021 Resources, and Videos for each day.



2021 Schedule : Each class we'll have a Prep live stream on Facebook at 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Those videos can be watched later. You do not need to watch them to do acrylic April. This is extra help for those that would like it. Each prep class will cover the mini book, go over resources, and a brief discussion of what the video will be covering and the techniques will be used.



Each day at 11 Am EST The full lesson video will be on YouTube as a premiere. A premier allows a live chat during a video. I will be in the live chat to answer questions and help students in any way I can.




Minibooks will be released the day before a class  and  given a walk through on the preshows 




#1 Day

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#2 Day

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#3 Day

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#4 Day

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#5 Day

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#6 Day

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#7 Day

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#8 Day

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#9 Day


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#11 Day



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Preshow : No Preshow

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#12 day Video page



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Preshow : No preshow

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#13 Day Video page



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Preshow : No preshow

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#14 Day Video page



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Preshow : No preshow

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#15 Day


Video page ✏️    Mini  book, traceable, resources  on the website. -  

https://theartsherpa.com/videos/1253/lily-pond-beginners-learn-to-paint-acrylic-tutorial-step-by-step-day-15-acrylicapril2021

Video :

Preshow :  No preshow


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#16 Day


Video page ✏️    Mini  book, traceable, resources  on the website. -  

https://theartsherpa.com/.../catamaran-beach-beginners" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://theartsherpa.com/.../catamaran-beach-beginners...

Video :

Preshow :  https://www.facebook.com/TheArtSherpa/videos/403457777484949

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#17 Day 

Video page ✏️    Mini  book, traceable, resources  on the website. -   

https://theartsherpa.com/videos/1255/crashing-wave-beginners-learn-to-paint-acrylic-tutorial-step-by-step-day-acrylicapril2021

Video :

Preshow :  https://www.facebook.com/TheArtSherpa/videos/242837577592425

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#18 Day 

Video page ✏️    Mini  book, traceable, resources  on the website. -   https://theartsherpa.com/videos/1256/easy-sunset-ocean-beginners-learn-to-paint-acrylic-tutorial-step-by-step-day-18-acrylicapril2021

Video :

Preshow :  No preshow for 18 

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#19 Day 

Video page ✏️    Mini  book, traceable, resources  on the website. -   https://theartsherpa.com/videos/1257/sunset-beach-girl-beginners-learn-to-paint-acrylic-tutorial-step-by-step-day-19-acrylicapril2021

Video :

Preshow for  is here : 6 pm est https://fb.me/e/23up0JieR: 

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#20 Day 

Video page ✏️    Mini  book, traceable, resources  on the website. -  

https://theartsherpa.com/videos/1258/seashore-beach-beginners-learn-to-paint-acrylic-tutorial-step-by-step-day-201-acrylicapril2021

Video :

Preshow for  is here : No preshow for this one 

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#21 Day 

Video page ✏️    Mini  book, traceable, resources  on the website. -  

https://theartsherpa.com/videos/1259/sunset-ocean-beginners-learn-to-paint-acrylic-tutorial-step-by-step-day-21-acrylicapril2021

Video :

Preshow for  is here : https://www.facebook.com/TheArtSherpa/videos/916091595834735



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#22 Day 

Video page ✏️    Mini  book, traceable, resources  on the website. -   

https://theartsherpa.com/videos/1261/hammock-seascape-moonlight-beginners-learn-to-paint-acrylic-tutorial-day-22-acrylicapril2021

Video :

Preshow for  is here : https://www.facebook.com/TheArtSherpa/videos/916091595834735

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#23 Day 

Video page ✏️    Mini  book, traceable, resources  on the website. -   

https://theartsherpa.com/videos/1263/seafoam-blue-sea-beginners-learn-to-paint-acrylic-tutorial-step-by-step-day-23-acrylicapril2021

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Mental Health Talk Preshow for  is here : https://www.facebook.com/TheArtSherpa/videos/368880741087403

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#24 Day 

Video page ✏️    Mini  book, traceable, resources  on the website. -   

https://theartsherpa.com/videos/1264/flowers-by-the-sea-beginners-learn-to-paint-acrylic-tutorial-step-by-step-day-24-acrylicapril2021

Video :

Preshow for  Cancelled for Allergies 

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#25 Day 

Video page ✏️    Mini  book, traceable, resources  on the website. -   https://theartsherpa.com/videos/1265/colorful-crab-beginners-learn-to-paint-acrylic-tutorial-step-by-step-day-25-acrylicapril2021

 

Video :

Preshow : https://www.facebook.com/TheArtSherpa/videos/1254834921653248

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#26 Day

Video page ✏️    Mini  book, traceable, resources  on the website. -   https://theartsherpa.com/videos/1266/surfer-in-a-wave-beginners-learn-to-paint-acrylic-tutorial-step-by-step-day-26-acrylicapril2021

 

Video :

HOW TO DRAW the Surfer  Preshow : https://www.facebook.com/TheArtSherpa/videos/829307324334433



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#27 Day

Video page ✏️    Mini  book, traceable, resources  on the website. -   https://theartsherpa.com/videos/1267/seahorse-beginners-learn-to-paint-acrylic-tutorial-step-by-step-day-27-acrylicapril2021

 

Video :

HOW TO DRAW Preshow : https://www.facebook.com/TheArtSherpa/videos/1729859850520257

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#28 day 

Video page ✏️    Mini  book, traceable, resources  on the website. -   https://theartsherpa.com/videos/1268/ocean-waves-crashing-on-rocks-beginners-acrylic-tutorial-step-by-step-day-28-acrylicapril2021

 

Video :

NO Preshow

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#29 Day 

Video page ✏️    Mini  book, traceable, resources  on the website. -   https://theartsherpa.com/videos/1269/coastal-ocean-view-beginners-learn-to-paint-acrylic-tutorial-step-by-step-day-29-acrylicapril2021

 

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NO Preshow 

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#30 Day 

Lookback and goodbye 

Preshow : https://fb.me/e/2eKB1vTfC  

 

#30 Day 

Video page ✏️    Mini  book, traceable, resources  on the website. -  https://theartsherpa.com/videos/1271/hat-girls-beach-beginners-learn-to-paint-acrylic-tutorial-step-by-step-day-30-acrylicapril2021

 

Video :

THE BIG PRESHOW: https://www.facebook.com/TheArtSherpa/videos/451837302556991




If you need our help email support@theartsherpa.com




How to Paint Acrylic April by The Art Sherpa
“Acrylic April is HERE”

March 31, 2021


This is our third year of daily painting because nothing transforms an artist more than daily painting.  Now, I teach 30 days, but for you, you make the program work for you.  I do not have an Acrylic April Officer who will show up at your house if you miss one.


My husband is John, aka Stunt Hands, and, yes, he will be in all the lives and he will heckle me and he will speak.  That is his job; he is non negotiable.  We created the two person format and we talk a lot.  I use my ipad because I need assets and resources from time to time; you won’t have my passwords.


This year has a theme:   A Story of Water, a New Beginning.  


How do you find AA?


Facebook - did you join the Acrylic April Challenge Group; come find us, we are a cool group.  Facebook is not just for chatting and making friends, at least not in the Art Sherpa World.  There are resources.  Look at the top, you see “About, Discussion, Announcements, Rooms, Topics, Members, Events, Media and Files”.  Have you ever clicked off of “discussion” before?  Announcements are my posts that have information that you will care about.  There is one for every day in Acrylic April that we have done so far.  The first post is a calendar of what we are doing every day.  If you click the “see more”, there are links for traceables, the mini books, files, everything that you need.  

  • Events show all the pre-shows, just click them.  Albums are each day’s resources reference grid worksheet traceable and word prompts for the month.  
  • Files are another important thing.  The mini book is there with color mixing legend and the brushes and even a description of each individual step.  There are pictures that accompany every single step in the book.  You don’t even have to print it out.
  • Look in the Pre-Show File for that day.  TONS OF STUFF!!!

  • The most important post is the sunflower picture that says “TRUST THE PROCESS, ENJOY THE JOURNEY”. You probably feel overwhelmed and do not know what to expect.  Read the posts from people who have done this before.  

  • Make The Color Chart


The Art Sherpa website is www.theartsherpa.com .


  • Traceables Tab on the front page will take you to all my traceables.
  • Look in the Acrylic April Tab for all my previous challenges.
  • Go to the Calendar and select April, there are this year’s paintings.  Click one to go to it’s event page which has everything on it.
  • If you go back to April 2019, it will take you to that program and you can go directly to the painting you want from previous years.

  • Patron - Ignore more of what’s up there now.  We are transitioning to a new website and right now, the Patrons are getting to preview and prepaint Acrylic April videos and see mini books and get naming rights to my tutorials.  If you sign up for even the $5.00 level, you are going to get most of what you need.  We will be changing the Patron Program when we go to the new website so there is just one level of Patron; much easier.
  • Big Art Quest will take you to our new website if you’d like to start looking at it.  
  • If you are interested in being a volunteer for The Art Sherpa, or if you have any kind of a question about our program or our products, send an email to support@theartsherpa.com and we will respond.
  • LABs is our licensing and business support program where teaching artists subscribe in order to have permission to use The Art Sherpa developed intellectual property in their business (like teaching at a “paint and sip” party). 

The basics broken down:


  • Go to Facebook and ask to join the Acrylic April Challenge.
  • Show up on April 1 at 11 am EST on YouTube to paint Acrylic April Day 1.  Show up subsequent days at the same time to paint other days.
  • Show up on April 1 at 4 pm EST on Facebook to attend the preshow for Acrylic April Day 2.  If you don’t want to attend, visit either the website or the Facebook group to get your mini book if you want to review the tutorial in advance and be prepared.
  • Post your paintings in the Acrylic April Challenge group.
  • Watercolor Wednesdays will be on YouTube, on the new channel, “How To Paint Watercolor Live with The Art Sherpa”, at 1 pm EST on Wednesday during April.



Follow The Art Sherpa 

share your painting from this class with me. 

#theartsherpa #acrylicapril2021 


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  1. Where Dancing Light 
  2. Turns Colors Dimmed  
  3. Cool Mist Rising 
  4. Clear Blue  
  5. A light on water
  6. A Gathering   
  7. Around the Bend 
  8. Patience
  9. The lookout 
  10. Bubbling 
  11. Still Power 
  12. Quiet song 
  13. Seeking Shelter 
  14. Falling down 
  15. Color Choir 
  16. Keel 
  17. Defying gravity 
  18. Calm 
  19. The fading 
  20. Spectacular 
  21. Before the ride 
  22. Restful 
  23. Clarity of mind 
  24. Unexpected Beauty 
  25. A Guardian Emerges 
  26. Breaking Through 
  27. The steed 
  28. Between Opposing Natures 
  29. Along  Wildling Shores 
  30. True Connections 


Acrylic April 2021 A Story of Water

Acrylic April IS Coming 


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April is coming !! Welcome to Acrylic April, a yearly 30 day painting challenge started by The Art Sherpa. The goal of Acrylic April is to help all artists of any skill level transform their painting experience in just 30 days. The challenge can be completed in two ways. 

Word Prompts - Released March 25th 

Video classes - Begin April 1 11 am EST on youtube https://www.youtube.com/theartsherpa 

How to participate for 2021 

Buy materials , come to the video class and share the Art. 


Acrylic April Painting Challenge begins April 1st 2021- no joke

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30 Days, 30 Powerful Little Paintings

We hope that Every April, artists from all over the world take on the all Acrylic, all April painting challenge by doing one small acrylic painting every day for the entire month.

I am creating the #AcrylicApril challenge as a way to introduce painters to the gifts of daily painting with Acrylic.This monthly challenge will help every acrylic artist unlock the true potential of the acrylic medium and their own art voice.

Anyone can do Acrylic April,

Just grab your paint, your brush and hit the studio (even if it’s your kitchen table).

#AcrylicApril rules:

1) Make a painting on a surface 12x12 or smaller. ( sorry for the confusion)

My live classes use an 8x8 

2) Share it online

3) Hashtag it with #AcrylicArpril #AcrylicApril202

#AcrylicAprilItsNoJoke   #TheArtSherpa   and be sure to add the day of the challenge, or word prompt, etc

4) Repeat Daily from April 1 ( no fooling) to April 30th

How to do the Challenge:

Do your best to paint daily. Some Days may be artwork you are excited about, some days you may scribble out an abstract, but under no circumstances should your be hard on yourself. If you make 30 little paintings you are a winner. If you make less than 30 you are a winner. Do your best, paint anything you want using the prompts and/or the daily tutorials with The Art Sherpa

Wait there are daily tutorials not just prompts ?? THAT'S right!!!

This is an Art Sherpa painting challenge so it’s extra awesome.. This challenge comes with a daily live video lesson you can follow along with. So you can use the prompts, follow the lesson, or do your own thing. Either way you are going to succeed. This is going to change your art world.

I will be teaching my lessons on an 8x8 art panel.

That's it! Now go make something beautiful.

Anyone, from Anywhere in the world, no matter who you are or how much painting experience you have can Join in.

You are invited to paint along!!

How much does it cost?  -

IT'S FREE

( so you can buy more art supplies )

Join the group and meet the community who is traveling on the Journey with you.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/AcrylicApril

Materials


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Acrylic April 2021 

#AcrylicArpril #AcrylicApril202

#AcrylicAprilItsNoJoke   #TheArtSherpa  

  Below are a list of RECOMMENDED MATERIALS. 

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Suggested  3 options but you may source  your own - only one from each color 

*** Acrylic Paint Colors ***

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My Paint brands of choice are  Sennelier’s Acrylique, Golden Artist Color,  or Sennelier Abstract Acrylic. I also like Holbein, Artist loft level 3 and M Graham. 

 The links lead to the listed color in all 3 brands 

These products were hand picked by me. First two links are professional grade and economy Abstract Acrylic is the brant that I personally recommend for student grade. 

***Cadmium Yellow Medium : PY 35

SENNELIER   

GOLDEN        

ABSTRACT    

***Cadmium Red medium   : PR 108 

SENNELIER  

GOLDEN       

ABSTRACT     

***Phthalo  Green Blue shade : PG 7 - 

SENNELIER  

GOLDEN -   

ABSTRACT   

***Phthalo Blue Green shade :PB 15:3 

SENNELIER  

GOLDEN      

ABSTRACT  

***Dioxazine Purple: PV 23 - 

SENNELIER 

GOLDEN     

ABSTRACT  

***Ultramarine blue: PB 29 - 

SENNELIER 

GOLDEN       

ABSTRACT 

***Quinacridone Magenta (fuschia) : PR 122

SENNELIER  

GOLDEN       

ABSTRACT   ***Titanium white: PW 6

 SENNELIER  

GOLDEN        

ABSTRACT   

***Mars black: PBk 11 

SENNELIER   

GOLDEN        

ABSTRACT    

*Naples Yellow light   : py 53 

SENNELIER  

GOLDEN        

ABSTRACT     

Naples Yellow Blog http://bit.ly/NaplesYellowLightTAS  

Burnt Sienna PB7   - 

SENNELIER  

GOLDEN        

ABSTRACT   

We have removed the links to products temporarily due to Amazon changing the links out if a product sells out/becomes unavailable, to links to different products. This is causing some confusion within the community and we need to look into what is happening. 

CANVAS 

8x8 -     


OTHER TOOLS  


Dritz 3095 Chalk Cartridge Set : 

CretaColor pencil White :  

T Square Ruler -  

Golden Glazing Liquid For Blending -  

Saral Paper:  

Artist Tape : 

The Pioneer Woman Turning table : 

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Brushes - are not final until the last video is filmed. Please use these as a guide of what I am planning to use. These are brushes I use very often.






Try Micheals online and The Brush Guys too



Brights in firm synthetic



Brights in Bristles



Rounds with Good point



Blenders



Details



Filbert or Cats Tongue for Acrylic






For Acrylic April will be using a few more brushes so that we can accomplish and learn some new techniques. You do not need to have the exact brand of brushes. When it comes to Bright you might be able to use a single bright there are a lot of ways to save money. my students often paint with different tools and that's not something that I mind at all. This list of brushes and information should be used as a guide and I highly recommend you make this work within your own personal budget or painting process.



I like Raphael Textura Brushes, Simply Simmons Extra firm filament and Hog brushes. Silver brushes and Princeton brushes for firm try catalyst and Creative mark pro-stroke . Just to name a few. I will do a studio set up for AA april video that should release before the event begins.






Below are a list of RECOMMENDED MATERIALS.



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Princeton Round Blender Size 12 : 



1” oval mop ( Called ultimate varnish) : 



CAMBRIDGE bright size 8 : 



Ruby Satin Angle, Size 1/2 



Monogram liner : 



The Art Sherpa Cats Tongue :



The Art Sherpa round #4



Ruby Satin bright #20 



Cambridge Round #6



Ruby satin bright #26 



 





How to prep 


Upcoming 2021 Live streams 

Set you your studio and materials 

How to Mix Color Easy 

VOD

Get ready for a Daily painting 

Create Color chart

Split Primary Color Wheel

How to use a Traceable   

Practice Techniques 

Playlist 

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXUkNk1HRolEOlkfz6w9T9FNlkJpwRqcp  

PAST years here 


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Acrylic April 2019 - 

 

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXUkNk1HRolGPD9oyuDpBR8JsXUUYMDU-

 

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Acrylic April 2020 - 

 

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXUkNk1HRolHj3z9B2nFDCI9RGVuGpsH2