Silhouette paintings are one of the easiest (end enjoyable) painting projects for beginners. Paired with sweet couples art, this step by step painting tutorial can be used for date night, craft night or even a special gift idea.
In this tutorial you’ll learn just how easy it is to create a trending “day & night” split canvas artwork, with both a sunset and a night sky. You can then zen out and trace then fill in the the silhouette couple sitting on a pier and city skyline using the FREE traceable stencil (download below).
Easy Silhouette Couples Painting
Learn how to paint this trending "day & night" silhouette painting featuring a romantic couple sitting on a pier.
Materials
- 10x10 heart or square canvas, 9x12 canvas
- White acrylic craft paint
- black paint
- neon pink paint
- yellow paint
- blue paint
- Q-tips:
- 1/2" wide brush
- small detailing brush (size 1 )
- Hair Dryer (optional)
Instructions
- Watch the video tutorial here
- Put a piece of masking tape down the centre of your canvas (square, rectangular or heart shaped. Then paint a sunset sky on the right side of your canvas. Use white in the middle, then blend in yellow above the white using horizontal back and forth strokes. Above the yellow blend in neon pink. Then make a mix of blue and neon pink to make a purple. Blend in the purple above the neon pink on your canvas. Finally finish with blending in a black at the top. Blend in yellow, pink, purple starting at the center downwards (for the reflection of the sunset in the water). The most important thing here is to use those back and forth strokes to blend each color smoothly. Dry this layer with a hairdryer or leave to air dry
- Peel the tape off, and shift it over to the right. Now you're going to paint in the night sky. Use the same "blending" technique from the step above and add in white in the middle, then blend in blue above. Mix a dark purple with blue+neon pink and a smidgen of black. Add this dark purple above the blue. Finish the top with blending in black. Paint in the water reflection starting at centre and going downwards with white, blue, dark purple and black. Wait for layer to dry.
- Using the free stencil below, trace in the silhouette couple and city skyline.
- Using black paint and your thinnest detailing brush fill in the silhouette couple, pier and city skyline. Wait for layer to dry.
- Add in white highlights to the pier posts and planks using white paint.
- Using yellow paint add some "lighted" windows in your city skyline. I didn't add them to all building, just sparkingly here. This creates a magical "twinkling" nigh time city look.
- Add a linking heart constellation by painting int he connecting dots with white paint. Then using your thinnest detailing brush, connect each of the dots with a straight line. Think of it like a "connect the dots" activity- this will make your constellation look more realistic. You can also add in shooting stars or twinkling in this step too.
FREE Stencil Printable Download
Right click on the picture below to download it to your computer. Then print the stencil out on any printer. You can transfer or trace the drawing using these methods.
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