Art

1. Wet on dry
technique
Acrylic painting Lesson 2

2. Learning
Intent
• To understand the Wet-
on-dry technique and
create photorealism in
acrylic painting.

3. What is photorealism?
• Photorealism
• Beginning in 1968–69, with formative stages in New York and
California, Photorealism involved the production of images that
deployed near-microscopic detail to achieve the highest degree
of representational verisimilitude possible. Using the
photograph as the primary visual reference, artists such
as Robert Bechtle, Charles Bell, Chuck Close, Robert
Cottingham, Richard Estes, and Audrey Flack painted with the
goal of photographic actuation and often included technical or
pictorial challenges with a focus on surface, such as glass,

10. What do we need?
• 2 brushes
• 1 flat and 1 rounded brush
• Paints: Red, black and white

13. Warm up

16. Let’s start