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Why you should paint with mediums: Beginner Acrylics

If you’ve taken any of my courses/tutorials, you know I use these frequenetly to build textures as well as create transparencies with acrylic paints. LEARN TO PAINT LIKE A PRO! One the the very best things I did for my painting was to discover, and USE, mediums! Acrylics are great. However, they can be pasty, […]

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How to paint with acrylics: Watercolor Effects

This muted autumn abstract landscape looks like watercolor. But…it’s actually acrylics on canvas! How did I get the effect? A layer of ABSORBENT GROUND. Let dry. Then a layer of FIBER PASTE. Let dry. This will give the canvas “tooth” and some nubby texture that a wash of acrylics will flow over like watercolors! I […]

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How to Choose Acrylic Paints for Your Project (Inexpensive to High-End) Pros & Cons

HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT ACYLIC PAINT FOR YOUR PROJECT MY PAINT OF CHOICE IS ACRYLICS: -EASY TO USE -LOTS OF COLORS & MEDIUMS -DRIES QUICKLY BEGINNER ACRYLIC PAINTING: HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT ACYLIC PAINT If you have never picked up a paintbrush or painted before or haven’t painted for a long time, it […]

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Painting with flat brushes

How to paint with flat brushes. Techniques FolkArt Acrylic Paint in Assorted Colors (2 oz), , Mossy Meadow 4.8 out of 5 stars(431) Available for Amazon Prime $1.17 ($0.58 / Fl Oz) (as of May 11, 2024 20:16 GMT +00:00 – More infoProduct prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are […]

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Painting with Acrylics: Texture without texture mediums

Painting with Acrylics: How to paint a textured artwork with using texture mediums – 101artists.com

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Glazing a final art painting Acrylic Glaze Recipe

HYPNOTIZE: Glaze Final Finish How to glaze an acrylic painting (TRANSCRIPT) Okay we’re back. And our highlights have dried and we are ready to finish this painting. So, on my palette here I’m going to take some of my glaze mix. If you’ve taken other tutorials, you know what this is. This is about a […]

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How to Paint an Easy Beginner Abstract Landscape: 8 Steps

EASY BEGINNER ABSTRACT ART PAINTING DEMO & TUTORIAL WATCH FULL TUTORIAL https://youtu.be/Gv3kUH9a0ZI HOW TO PAINT AN EASY ABSTRACT LANDSCAPE: 8 SIMPLE STEPS Prep canvas – paint 2 coasts of Titanium White or Gesso. Leave brushstrokes and let dry. (Let dry between coats) Add horizon line with texture medium. Let dry. Mix and paint background. Let […]

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Create an Oil-Like Finish on Acrylics

How to Create an Oil-Like Finish (on acrylic art) Materials used: -Acrylic painting / fully dry and ready to work on-Acrylic mediums: Matte Medium / Gloss Medium (also know as Gloss Gel)-Palette knife / palette Note: The mediums I use are not glazes, but thick mediums/gels. Some of the recommended products I like (affiliate links) […]

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Learn to paint: How to add highlights to acrylic art

Beginning Art Tutorial Painting with Layered Acrylics Tutorial Segment (TRANSCRIPT BREAKDOWN)SECTION OF FULL CLASS ART TUTORIAL) Beginning Art Tutorial Painting with Layered Acrylics Tutorial Segment HEARTBEAT CREATING HIGHLIGHT WITH METALLICS Okay, so it’s been a couple of hours and that has pretty much dried. So, I’m going to take just a little bit of gold […]

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