How to Acrylic Paint
How to Acrylic Paint
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Title explains it all, learn how to acrylic paint. How to Acrylic Paint, Step by Step
Title explains it all, learn how to acrylic paint.
How to Acrylic Paint, Step by Step
- First, you need thick brushes (not water color brushes) that can hold the heavy acrylic paint.
- Next you need the paint. You don't need to buy every single color they have at the craft store. All you need is ROY G BIV. (Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet). Then you need black and white. BE CAREFUL! Don't buy metallic or oil paints which are often on the shelves right next to acrylic paint.
- Next, you need a canvas. Any thick paper will work and you can even use printer paper for practices. If you're ready to do a complete work of art then you can buy canvas at a craft store.
How to Set Up
- Get a paper plate. (It's much cheaper than a palette.) Squeeze a little bit of each color you know you're going to use. Acrylic paint dries FAST, so you should only put out colors you're going to use within 15 minutes. Find a bright place and set up water, paper towels, paper plate with paint, brushes, and your canvas/paper.
- What should you paint??? Paint what you like! Flowers, kittens, a mountain range, a busy cafe. Go on the internet and look for ideas then you can print of a picture. While you're painting, you can look at this picture(s) for guidance.
- Lightly sketch basic main parts. NO DETAIL!
- Now... load your brush with paint and paint in the background. Skies, grasses, wood, dirt, solid color. What ever. Then do back ground detail. Such as trees, grasses, clouds. Then do background shadows (gently scrub a little bit of black along the bottom of the object in the direction opposite of the light source). Now do middle ground detail. A crowd, a house, a lake, a bowl of fruit. Do their cast shadows. Now do foreground. Kittens, a girl, individual flowers. Finish up their shadows. And don't be afraid to mix colors over and over and over again until you get it just right.
- Soon you'll find your self adding depth by texturing, shadowing, lighting, and adding more and more detail. Your paintings will become better with time!
- Now, clean out your brushes RIGHT AWAY! If paint dries into them, they're ruined. Paint brushes are VERY expensive and should be taken care of. Throw away your paper plate. Dump out water. Throw away paper towels. Cap all bottles. Put work in a safe place to dry. Wipe down table. Store everything in ONE designated spot.
- Another good idea is to buy a "how to" acrylic paint book which will teach you techniques and the names of different brushes, ext.
Painting Tips
- Buy a "How to Acrylic Paint book"! There are so many wonderful techniques like adding sand to paint for texture or just how to add medium so make the paint less thick! BOOKS ARE HELPFUL!
- Practice practice practice! You may want to start out just making lines, start small! Then try painting a tree, or a flower. Don't be afraid to try painting in different ways or styles such as One Stroke Painting or Staffato!
- Don't force yourself to paint! Inspiration comes naturally.
- Don't be scared to paint because of your age.
Things You'll Need
- Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, black and white paint.
- Paper plates (for a palette)
- Well lit spot
- Acrylic Paintbrushes (round and flat brushes) ( NOT WATERCOLOR!)
- Thick Paper or canvas
- A picture (mental image or printed)
- INSPIRATION!
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