"Koi Serenity" Part 2 of 2 Acrylic Painting Demo Daubism Texture Painting #UnderWaterArtChallenge

Hello Art Family! Welcome to the Under Water Art Challenge. I hope you will participate in this fun art collaboration I am hosting on my channel as a way to bring artists together in a fun way. All artists are welcome to participate, all art styles, all art mediums. I will be placing all participants of the #UnderWaterArtChallenge in a group playlist here on my channel    • Under Water Art Challenge Official Playlist   and I hope you will watch all the other participant's videos. If you haven't already subscribed to my channel, please do so you will be notified when new art challenges are announced. Today I am painting for you "Koi Serenity" part 2 of 2 a landscape featuring koi swimming in a lily pond, where I demonstrate how to add texture to a smooth painting. I am using Golden Heavy Bodied Acrylics in the following colors: Titanium White Mars Black Pyrrole Orange Phthalo Blue Red Shade French Ultramarine Blue Primary Yellow Yellow Ochre Diarylide Yellow Dioxazine Purple Permanent Violet Dark I am painting for you on a stretched gallery wrapped acrylic primed cotton canvas 48" x 24" x 1.5" and using palette knives and spoons in an art technique I developed in 2000 called Daubism. I will demonstrate for you how to layer your acrylic paint layers, and will discuss the importance of following the "fat over lean" painting principle so that your paintings will be fully archival and last for decades and even centuries. I hope you enjoy this relaxing painting video. #UnderWaterArtChallenge Are you a beginner artist or mid career artist who would like to market your artwork? I am here to help. I provide you art marketing and art career guidance for beginning artists and mid career artists who would like to have gallery representation, need help with juried exhibits, or if you want to increase your social media reach. In addition to helping you with art career coaching, I have videos for you about how to paint, painting tips and techniques, art supply unboxings, and fun and engaging Live streams. My name is Dena Tollefson and I am a professional, full time artist from Iowa USA. I provide painting tutorials in watercolor, acrylic, and oil paint every Friday. I hope you will subscribe and come back again. I am known for deep, vibrant colors in my signature painting technique called Daubism. Looking to find the art supplies I am using? Find my art supplies here https://www.amazon.com/shop/dena_toll... As an Amazon Influencer, I receive compensation at no additional cost to you. My Equipment used in today's video: Camera Nikon D850 and lens https://www.amazon.com/shop/dena_toll... Daylight LED Light https://www.amazon.com/shop/dena_toll... Music is "Lifting Dreams" by Aakash Gandhi from the YouTube music library Be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel Learn more at my website https://www.denatollefson.com I am a Christian and my artwork is positive message, uplifting and healing. Collectors use my paintings for meditation, calming, and healing thought. Artist’s Statement: I am a Colorist and am known for contemporary realism focusing on botanicals and landscapes, especially ponds, flowers and skies. My sky paintings are my idea of how God created Earth with one breath. Every morning and every evening He creates a new sky for us. I employ vigorous brushwork and texture through the palette knife in my work so that people may experience along with me the "feel" of the painting. I find mosaics fascinating how the individual pieces all contribute to the whole- I want my paintings to have a similar idea where overlapping petals of paint all stand on their own and then contribute to the total. My work known as "Daubism" is created using a palette knife where each stroke of color is isolated from the others. Most paintings will have hundreds of different colors, these colors are all individually hand-mixed from a limited set of colors creating unique colors which relate to one another. I am striving for a sensual, tactile surface in paint." "I am always excited when someone connects with my artwork- I am delighted to share a vision of color and beauty with my collectors"- Dena Tollefson I am an American artist whose bold contemporary paintings focus on joyful use of color, texture and movement, creating a low relief effect in paint- a hybrid between low relief sculpture, mosaic, and traditional painting. Two of my paintings are in the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art's permanent collection. My originals and commissioned work are available exclusively through the fine art galleries across the US who represent my original and commissioned work. Find the list of galleries and licensed merchandise here www.denatollefson.com