We got a major project to paint a close-up of a flower (Mine was a water lily) using the composition colours of red and green and I’ve totally messed up on the background… And I’m using my big sister’s acrylic paints so I’m in utter distress because I can’t use too much...
Paint the Pumpkin: To paint my pumpkin I used three different colors of acrylic paint. I started pretty light adding streaks of grey around the whole pumpkin, even painting parts of the stitched twine. Next, I applied black paint and went pretty heavy with it. Last, I went around the pum...
I gave into this to give her the chance to explore this phenomena, but after using an inordinate amount of paint in the process, I thought it might be more frugal to make a batch ofhomemade salt and flour paintfor more economical squeeze painting. This homemade paint recipe issimple, non...
Acrylic Painting is a very versatile and fast drying type of paint. There are numerous brushes, texture paints, colors, and techniques to make acrylic painting easier. It is important to remember that acrylic dries very quickly and maintaining proper care of your brushes will ensure higher quality...
What was interesting about the results was that the heavy body acrylic maintained a pretty good consistency for weeks! It didn’t really move; it stayed in a more stable, thicker form. The real key is to determine how much water to add to the sponge to achieve the desired consistency for...
What is gesso and why is it important? Find out! Learn about all the different types of gesso. Discover how to prime canvas with acrylic gesso.
However, this would probably make the colors flat, when you could also have them have a bit more depth. One way you could do this would be to use thick layers of paint. If you used something a bit thicker like acrylic paint, then you could apply thicker layers without it running. Even...
Handmade slippers are great - but slippery! Here are 10+ great ideas for how to make crochet and knit slippers non slip!
Oil-based paints will cause the puffy paint to separate. You don’t need to use expensive paint; any cheap acrylic craft paint will work great for this. Just for fun, experiment with using acrylic paints with metallic or pearlized finishes! This paint is much thicker than the shaving cream...
How to remove deck stain without chemicals? The best way to remove deck stain without chemicals is to sand the deck. Where semi-transparent deck stains have faded power washing the deck and spot sanding areas of thicker stain is typically sufficient. When removing a semi-solid or solid deck ...