FLUID THOUGHTS

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Discover Fluid Thoughts , an atmospheric and intuitive portrait lesson, broken down into five beautifully paced videos. You’ll follow one painting from flowy beginnings to expressive finishing touches, bringing emotion and movement into every layer.

What’s Inside This Lesson

Each video gently guides you through a different phase of building one expressive portrait:

  1. Part 1: Flowy Beginnings
    Create a dreamy, abstract background using acrylic inks and spraypaint, letting intuition lead the way.
  2. Part 2: Finding Form
    Use a scaling tool to guide the portrait’s proportions, gently building the face with intention and ease.
  3. Part 3: Layering Light
    Begin painting with thin, transparant layers, starting from dark and working up to light, bringing the portrait to life.
  4. Part 4: Colour Conversations
    Explore colour mixing and skin tones, not just lifelike hues, but tones that flow from the background into the portrait for harmony and connection.
  5. Part 5: Final Details
    Refine the eyes, nose, mouth, and skin with care, then add the final touches that make the portrait glow from within.

This Lesson Is For You If You:

  • Want to paint a portrait from start to finish with intuitive guidance.
  • Love working in layers and exploring how background and subject can dance together.
  • Prefer learning through process, watching the painting evolve over time.

What You’ll Need

Acrylics, inks, spraypaint, brushes, paper or canvas, and a scaling tool. Plus a willingness to let go and follow your creative flow.

   

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What Will You Learn?

  • Start your painting with loose, abstract acrylic ink and spraypaint to create flow and mood.
  • Use a scaling tool to gently build proportion and structure in the face.
  • Apply thin layers of acrylic paint from dark to light for depth and softness.
  • Mix colours with intention, blending background tones into skin tones.
  • Focus on facial features to refine expression and character.
  • Add final touches and highlights to bring the portrait to life.
  • Slow down during the finishing stages and let the painting speak.

Course Content

Part 1 Intro, art supplies and painting the abstract expessive background
Fluid Thoughts – Part 1: The Flow Begins Dive into the dreamy first steps of our expressive portrait journey. In this opening chapter, we explore the art supplies that bring magic to fluid acrylic work and create a vibrant, abstract background that sets the emotional tone. Watch inks dance, colors bloom, and thoughts take shape on paper, like feelings flowing in motion.

  • Part 1 Fluid Thoughts
    19:10

Part 2 Drawing the Portrait
Fluid Thoughts: Part 2 — With our flowy, expressive ink background setting the mood, we now bring the portrait to life! In this session, we use a scaling tool to carefully map out proportions and sculpt the face with intention and balance. It’s where abstract freedom meets structured form, letting intuition and precision dance on the paper.

Part 3 Painting the portrait 1/3
With our proportions in place and a dreamy background beneath, we begin gently painting the portrait, layer by transparant layer. Starting from the deep shadows, we build upward toward light. It’s a quiet process of unveiling, where depth and softness unfold with patience and care.

Part 4 Painting the portrait 2/3
Fluid Thoughts: Part 4 . In this part, we continue painting with thin, translucent layers that gradually shape the portrait. We will look at the values, the subtle shifts between light and dark, and start turning those into colour. It’s not only about creating lifelike skin tones, but also about blending the portrait into its surroundings. The colours in the background flow into the face and vice versa, helping everything feel connected. We’ll explore intuitive mixing, play with tones, and find balance between contrast and harmony.

Part 5 Painting the portrait 3/3
Fluid Thoughts: Part 5 — Finishing Touches We’re in the final stretch! In this part, we’ll keep building up the portrait, working gently on the eye, nose, and mouth to bring out expression and character. We’ll refine the skin tones, adding subtle shifts and connecting colours from the background. Then come the last details—the little highlights and accents that make the painting come alive. It’s all about slowing down, noticing what wants attention, and letting the portrait speak.