Quick Tip with Mark Waller - 7. Scars in tree trunks @ExploreAcrylics

Uploaded May 2019 | Updated September 2026, 45 minutes ago

Welcome to our new segment - Quick Tips! Quick acrylic painting tips to help improve your painting process is what it's all about. Short bites of easy to digest info to help you along your painting journey.

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Mark uses Atelier Interactive and Atelier Free Flow Artists Acrylics by Chroma Australia.

Mark uses Micador for Artists Roymac Future Flats brushes by Micador Australia.

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$Paint this pebbly beachscape | Full tutorial Join Mark Waller in studio and learn to paint this gorgeous shallow pebbly beach tutorial from start to finish. Discover techniques to create realistic shine in your water as well as depth and dynamic movement! Use Marks unique technique of painting the not-waves in order to paint your waves :D For this project you will need: Canvas: 45cm x 61cm - portrait orientation Brushes: 7cm across house painting brush smaller flat for later on Paints: Atelier Interactive Artists Acrylics Titanium White Pthalo Blue French Ultramarine Blue Cadmium Yellow Medium Cadmium Yellow Light Dioxazine Purple Burnt Umber Permanent Alizarine 00:00 - Materials needed 01:00 - Mixing and painting background sand colour 02:00 - Mixing and painting second background colour 02:26 - Mixing and painting third background colour 03:00 - Mixing and painting fourth background colour 03:36 - Mixing and painting fifth background colour 04:09 - Mixing and painting last background colour 05:10 - Mixing and painting the sand and pebble flecks 11:58 - Bit of wave theory the not-waves 12:27 - Chalk in your waves 12:54 - Mixing and painting reflection colour 18:54 - Mixing and painting the face of the waves colour 20:13 - Mixing and painting the shallower colour in the face of the waves 22:00 - Creating the shadow cast by the waves 23:40 - Mixing the colour and painting the refraction patterns 28:00 - Mixing the sky colour and re-establishing reflections 31:45 - Establishing the shallow wavelets, ripples and sudsy swirls 35:49 - Establishing the breaking waves 36:30 - Establish the reflections 38:24 - Mixing and painting the whitewash shadow colours 44:00 - Establishing the lip of the waves 46:00 - Re-establishing highlights and shine on the water 50:56 - How to win this original painting by Mark Waller Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIzzJZa8_Obui-WGHgdUnng/join For more great acrylic painting tips, techniques and tutorials to improve your painting processes, make sure you check out Marks tutorial website at: https://www.explore-acrylic-painting.com For Marks tutorial products including his Beachscapes Paint Recipe Book, downloadable and streamable DVDs on painting water and waves, painting start to finish downloadable tutorials (the V-Logs) and ebooklets, go to his shop here: https://www.explore-acrylic-painting.com/shop.html Want to look at Marks available works? For limited edition prints and original paintings go to his art website at https://www.markwaller.com.au In 2016 artist Mark Waller experienced a profound spiritual awakening driven by a near death experience. Having never really written before, he was suddenly and completely compelled to record his story by a force outside his experience and understanding. His compelling journey of discovering universal “truths”, revelling in the divine mundane and the shocking reality of living with cancer is truly emotive, enlightening and poignant. To order Marks book Its All About The Light: https://www.markwaller.com.au/mark-waller-books/its-all-about-the-light/its-all-about-the-light-shipping-now For more info on upcoming workshops (or digital one-on-one lessons), go to: https://www.explore-acrylic-painting.com/workshops.html Thanks so much for watching! Make sure your subscribed for more videos, and hit that notification bell to get all the latest clips :D Annnnnd, check out our stories via mobile or tablet too! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/exploreacrylicpaintingcom https://www.facebook.com/MarkWallerArtist/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explore.acrylic.painting/ Tikky Tokky: https://www.tiktok.com/@explore.acrylics$

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Quick Tip with Mark Waller - 7. Scars in tree trunks