#simplycreate Sugar Skull Face Painting

How to Paint a Sugar Skull Face with Acrylics

Learn how to paint and draw a sugar skull face with Simply Acrylics by using this step-by-step guide created by Daler-Rowney artist Amylee Paris, and is easy for beginners to follow and explore using acrylics!

How to Paint a Sugar Skull Face with Acrylics

The materials in your kit

1 x A4 Simply Stretched Canvas

Simply Acrylic paint markers in different colours

1 x Simply Graphite Pencil

1 x Simply Black Acrylic Paint

1 x Simply Eraser

2 x Simply Acrylic Brushes of different sizes

Container with water

Paper towels

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Your step by step guide

The Pattern

Using the graphite pencil, draw a sugar skull facing the centre of the blank canvas, then go over the lines with a black marker.

Use the image to help draw the face template to paint!

Next step

Using the graphite pencil, draw a sugar skull facing the centre of the blank canvas, then go over the lines with a black marker.

Use the image to help draw the face template to paint!

Black Background

Using the black acrylic paint and the wide tip brush, paint the background around the Sugar skull face. You can also paint the 4 sides of the canvas for a nice final rendering. Leave to dry.

Add black to the eyes and nose to give more depth to the face.

Next step

Using the black acrylic paint and the wide tip brush, paint the background around the Sugar skull face. You can also paint the 4 sides of the canvas for a nice final rendering. Leave to dry.

Add black to the eyes and nose to give more depth to the face.

The Ornaments

Use the black marker to add other ornamental lines, dots, spirals, and flowers to adorn the face.

Next step

Use the black marker to add other ornamental lines, dots, spirals, and flowers to adorn the face.

Roses & Red

Use the red and pink acrylic markers to colour the first flower element: around the eyes and on the top of the skull.

Next step

Use the red and pink acrylic markers to colour the first flower element: around the eyes and on the top of the skull.

Blues & Greens

Now use the blue and green acrylic markers to complete the ornaments and vary the colours.

Next step

Now use the blue and green acrylic markers to complete the ornaments and vary the colours.

Final Details

After adding small touches of yellow paint and a few lines of dots to the ornamental patterns, take the marker of your choice (in the demonstration, it is blue) to draw a coloured ring around the entire face and flower.

There you go, all you have to do is find the wall to hang this painting!

Next step

There you go, all you have to do is find the wall to hang this painting!

Optional

To give more shine to the composition, you can add 2 coats of gloss or satin varnish once the paint has dried.

Next step

To give more shine to the composition, you can add 2 coats of gloss or satin varnish once the paint has dried.

Your step by step guide

Step 1

The Pattern

Using the graphite pencil, draw a sugar skull facing the centre of the blank canvas, then go over the lines with a black marker.

Use the image to help draw the face template to paint!

Next step

Using the graphite pencil, draw a sugar skull facing the centre of the blank canvas, then go over the lines with a black marker.

Use the image to help draw the face template to paint!

Black Background

Using the black acrylic paint and the wide tip brush, paint the background around the Sugar skull face. You can also paint the 4 sides of the canvas for a nice final rendering. Leave to dry.

Add black to the eyes and nose to give more depth to the face.

Next step

Using the black acrylic paint and the wide tip brush, paint the background around the Sugar skull face. You can also paint the 4 sides of the canvas for a nice final rendering. Leave to dry.

Add black to the eyes and nose to give more depth to the face.

The Ornaments

Use the black marker to add other ornamental lines, dots, spirals, and flowers to adorn the face.

Next step

Use the black marker to add other ornamental lines, dots, spirals, and flowers to adorn the face.

Roses & Red

Use the red and pink acrylic markers to colour the first flower element: around the eyes and on the top of the skull.

Next step

Use the red and pink acrylic markers to colour the first flower element: around the eyes and on the top of the skull.

Blues & Greens

Now use the blue and green acrylic markers to complete the ornaments and vary the colours.

Next step

Now use the blue and green acrylic markers to complete the ornaments and vary the colours.

Final Details

There you go, all you have to do is find the wall to hang this painting!

Next step

There you go, all you have to do is find the wall to hang this painting!

Optional

To give more shine to the composition, you can add 2 coats of gloss or satin varnish once the paint has dried.

Next step

To give more shine to the composition, you can add 2 coats of gloss or satin varnish once the paint has dried.

What you'll need

Simply Acrylic Paint

Daler-Rowney Simply Acrylic Paints are a perfect starting point for artists and hobbyists looking to experiment with acrylics. These soft-body water-based colours can be used straight from the tube, wet easily onto the surface, and can be thinned with water.

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Simply Acrylic Brushes

Daler-Rowney Simply Acrylic brushes are made with golden Taklon that is a synthetic material formulated to exhibit the qualities of the finest hair brushes.

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Simply Charcoal

Daler-Rowney Simply Charcoal produces a smooth and intense mark, making it an excellent sketching tool for artists and hobbyist willing to experiment this technique.

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About the artist

The painter Amylee Paris tirelessly finds her inspiration in colour and nature. Her abstract blooms and portraits shine in several art galleries in the UK.