Glazing is an incredibly useful technique used in oil and acrylic painting to build depth and modify colours. Find out how to make a glaze with this how to guide and video!
As a side note, I saw that Masterson makes a large Super Pro Palette version, similar to the A3 size Daler Rowney used to make, which is now out of production. I’m always running out of paint-storing real estate, so I think on this occasion, I’ll have to go big!
This type offluid art, which calls for pouring or dripping paint across a surface, creates incredibly dynamic abstract paintings. Pollock often used sticks, hardened paintbrushes, and basting syringes to paint his masterpieces, shaking up traditional dynamics. Following his legacy, artists have been l...
I have decided on a simple background so that the model and dress are the main character of the painting. I used a Art Masking Fluid to cover my model and dress that way I could go completely across the canvas without covering up the model. Once the canvas is dry I can remove the m...
How to cover your Acrylic painting You have to be aware of a few things if you decide to repaint, and to make the decision, is it worth it? 1.The paint surface won’t feel the same– Once you’ve lost the ‘tooth’ of the canvas the paint behaves differently, it doesn’t pull ...
Acrylic paint stored in egg cartons in a plastic bin will remain useable for up to two weeks. I have also used ketchup bottles and buckets. Each bucket contains a bottle of tempera paint in black, white and the primary colors as well as a magazine. This is how I painted for years at...
Instead of painting the sand ‘yellow’, we have to paint it a dull purple. And what we know as a bright white sail is now a mid-dusky blue in the evening light. It’s a bit more challenging to focus on what the colours actually are, rather than what you think they should be. ...
Oil paints, acrylic paints and watercolour paints are all suitable for use on canvas, but make sure you choose a canvas that has been specially prepared for the kind of paint you want to use. Palette - keep your paints within easy reach on a paint palette. If you are painting on a lar...
Thin Paint: Diluting your paint with water, oil, or a medium will allow it to flow more smoothly, leading to softer, more blended strokes. This is great for glazes or for creating a more fluid, looser style. Mixing on the Palette vs. on the Canvas: Fully mixing your paint on the pal...
Artwork: Paint is made of a pigment, a binder, and a solvent. The binder holds the pigment together; the solvent turns the binder and pigment into a thinner, easier-to-spread fluid.PigmentsThe pigment is the color chemical in a paint. It looks a certain color because it reflects some ...