Acrylic Painting Lessons, Instruction & Techniques
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Beginners Guide To Acrylic Painting - Lessons, Resources & Techniques
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he acrylic painting medium is fairly new and has only been around since the 1950's. Since then, it has continually been under development and refinement. The Acrylic Paint Medium is a highly favorable one amongst new artists because of its versatility. It can be applied in a thick fashion as an impasto having rich texture or in washes mimicking the characteristics of watercolor. Another likable characteristic of acrylic paint is its permanence. Unlike oil paints, acrylic paint is not susceptible to yellowing or hardening with age. With acrylic paint, the artist does not need to be concerned with the order the paint is applied or other special techniques that ensure the paint film remains free from cracking.
So now that you know a bit more about the acrylic painting medium, I am sure you want to get started. This lens on acrylic painting will provide you with all of the information and resources that you need to get started and improve your painting skills.
Enjoy and happy painting! If you should have any questions or comments, please leave your details in the feedback box further down this page. Thanks!
he acrylic painting medium is fairly new and has only been around since the 1950's. Since then, it has continually been under development and refinement. The Acrylic Paint Medium is a highly favorable one amongst new artists because of its versatility. It can be applied in a thick fashion as an impasto having rich texture or in washes mimicking the characteristics of watercolor. Another likable characteristic of acrylic paint is its permanence. Unlike oil paints, acrylic paint is not susceptible to yellowing or hardening with age. With acrylic paint, the artist does not need to be concerned with the order the paint is applied or other special techniques that ensure the paint film remains free from cracking.
So now that you know a bit more about the acrylic painting medium, I am sure you want to get started. This lens on acrylic painting will provide you with all of the information and resources that you need to get started and improve your painting skills.
Enjoy and happy painting! If you should have any questions or comments, please leave your details in the feedback box further down this page. Thanks!
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What Will You Find on this Lens?
Everything you wanted to know about acrylic painting:
- Artist Poll
- Free Art Ebook
- Recommended Acrylic Painting Supplies
- Winsor & Newton Galeria Acrylic Complete Set
- Recommended Acrylic Painting Books From Amazon
- Painting a Mural For a Church By Julie Lamons
- Free Acrylic Painting Video Lessons
- Highly Recommended Acrylic Painting DVD
- Acrylic Painting Resources From Around The Web
- Step by Step Acrylic Painting Tutorial & Tips By Lesly Finn
- If you enjoyed this lens, be a sport and leave some feedback....Thanks!
- At The Dock - A Step by Step Acrylic Painting Demonstration by Brian Rice
- Acrylic Painting Demo From Lorraine Vatcher
- Buy Your Acrylic Painting Supplies Online
- Step By Step Acrylic Painting Demonstration
- DVD - Acrylic Landscape Painting: Tools & Techniques by Hugh Greer
- Step By Step Acrylic painting tutorial By Harmony Steel
- More Squidoo Art Instruction Lenses
- "After Monet" - Acrylic Painting Demonstration By Brian Rice
- More Great Acrylic Painting Books
- A Direct Approach to Acrylic Painting by Greg Biolchini
- Tuscan Landscape - Acrylic Painting Demo by Julie Shoemaker
- Plein Air Painting Demonstration with Roger Bansemer %u2013 %u201CWupatki Pueblo%u201D
- Buy Liquitex Acrylic Colors Online
- Karrie on Canvas %u2013 Abstract Floral Painting Demonstration
- Acrylic Painting Techniques
- Karrie on Canvas: Acrylic Painting Lesson %u2013 %u201CJazz it Up!%u201D
- Blick Presents: Liquitex Slow-Dri Acrylic Mediums and Additives
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Free Art Ebook
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Recommended Acrylic Painting Supplies
What Materials Do I Need To Buy?
No matter what medium an artist is working with, when it comes time to choosing supplies, beginners can become very confused. Today's art supply stores are packed with a variety of brands, tools and materials that can make anyone's head spin.
There is no need to get stressed out over your acrylic painting supplies. In fact, it really is an easy process. In the beginning, there is no need to purchase expensive supplies or any special mediums or tools. A simple beginners kit will suffice.
Below are two excellent beginner kits that I highly recommend.
Liquitex Classic Acrylic Painting Starter Set
This is a great starter set for learning to paint with acrylics The set leads you step-by-step through the process of creating the Old Mill painting featured on the front of the box. The set contains six 22 ml. tubes of Heavy Body Professional Acrylic Artist Colors (formerly known as High Viscosity Acrylic Artist Colors), one 59 ml. tube of titanium white, one bottle of Gloss Medium & Varnish (118 ml.), two brushes (#6 round and #10 shader), one palette knife, one canvas board (10 in. x 8 in.), a project booklet with complete and detailed instructions for completing the painting. Colors in the set are burnt sienna, cadmium red medium hue, cadmium orange hue, cadmium yellow medium hue, cobalt blue hue, and mars black.
Click Here to Purchase This Acrylic Painting Kit
There is no need to get stressed out over your acrylic painting supplies. In fact, it really is an easy process. In the beginning, there is no need to purchase expensive supplies or any special mediums or tools. A simple beginners kit will suffice.
Below are two excellent beginner kits that I highly recommend.
Liquitex Classic Acrylic Painting Starter Set
This is a great starter set for learning to paint with acrylics The set leads you step-by-step through the process of creating the Old Mill painting featured on the front of the box. The set contains six 22 ml. tubes of Heavy Body Professional Acrylic Artist Colors (formerly known as High Viscosity Acrylic Artist Colors), one 59 ml. tube of titanium white, one bottle of Gloss Medium & Varnish (118 ml.), two brushes (#6 round and #10 shader), one palette knife, one canvas board (10 in. x 8 in.), a project booklet with complete and detailed instructions for completing the painting. Colors in the set are burnt sienna, cadmium red medium hue, cadmium orange hue, cadmium yellow medium hue, cobalt blue hue, and mars black.Click Here to Purchase This Acrylic Painting Kit
Winsor & Newton Galeria Acrylic Complete Set
This large, attractive gift set contains nine 60 ml tubes of Galeria Acrylic Color, one 60 ml tube of Acrylic Gel Medium, two Galeria brushes, Winsor Canvas Board, Plastic Palette and instructional pamphlet. Colors are: Cadmium Yellow Medium, Cadmium Red Hue, Crimson, Winsor Blue, Phthalo Green, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber and Titanium White.
Click Here to Purchase the Winsor & Newton Galeria Acrylic Complete Set
Recommended Acrylic Painting Books From Amazon
Painting a Mural For a Church By Julie Lamons
I was asked by the pastor of a local church if I would be interested in painting a mural. Despite some doubts (not least of which was the practicalities of working on scaffolding up to ceiling height), I said yes and before I knew it I was presenting a slide show of ideas at a church meeting.My brief from this first meeting was to present three scenes in one: the cross, the tomb, and the ascension of Christ. I began evaluating the mural space - a 9×23 feet rectangle with a peak at the center - to find the appropriate style and approach to fulfill the church's needs.
I sketched out my composition onto two sheets of paper I'd stuck together. (Later I gridded it up into inch squares to help me transfer the design to the wall.) I wanted to put some landscape (trees or shrubs) between each scene to make it look more natural. I did some research on the Internet to see what the landscape in the area in Israel actually looks like, then mixed in a little artistic license.
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Highly Recommended Acrylic Painting DVD
DVD-Acrylic Landscapes, The Watercolor Way with Charles Harrington
Join Charles Harrington in Acrylic Landscapes, the Watercolor Way and learn how to capitalize on the unique advantages of acrylics including the ability to layer opaque, translucent and transparent effects. See how he combines the subtle color shifts and luminosity of watercolor with the durability of acrylics.Charles Harrington AWS DF, ISAP draws on the best features of both acrylic and watercolor in his acrylic landscape painting workshop. He achieves the subtle color shifts and luminous transparency of watercolor while attaining the durability of acrylic. He also introduces tools and techniques perfected over years as an architect.
At home in the Ozarks, Charles introduces his portable plein air kit and paints a study that will serve as his reference in the studio. Back indoors, Charles works in the watercolorist's style. He uses light preliminary washes and thin layers of pigment, allowing him to vary colors at every stage. Charles modifies his larger painting from his original plein air reference to achieve stronger design and value balance.
Charles also harnesses acrylics unique ability to layer opaque, translucent and transparent passages harmoniously. He mixes sparingly on his palette and heavily on the paper to create complicated blends and avoid flat, dull grays. He uses a spray bottle, splattering and active brushwork to break up large shapes and create lifelike texture.
Discover an alternative to watercolor and capitalize on the unique advantages of acrylics with Charles Harrington in Acrylic Landscapes, the Watercolor Way
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Acrylic Painting Resources From Around The Web
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Step by Step Acrylic Painting Tutorial & Tips By Lesly Finn
I am English and emigrated to New Zealand with my husband in 1999, since when I have been able to pursue a long held dream of expressing myself with paint. Ideas for my work come from a variety of sources, including images from the natural world, dreams, emotions and memories. These are portrayed through a mix of colour, texture and contrast that evolve during the act of painting.I enjoy drawing and pastel work, and paint with acrylic on canvas, often incorporating collage and textured elements. For me one of the many joys of painting is the continuous exploration and development of ideas, and my hope is that the resulting work will give pleasure and invite quiet contemplation.
- Lesly Finn
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At The Dock - A Step by Step Acrylic Painting Demonstration by Brian Rice
Brian has no formal training in art. He is a self taught artist and learns most from a careful observation of the order and design of the natural world . He believes that "nature is the artwork of a creator/master artist who displays a wisdom and a genius that we have only begun to understand". His focus is to create art that will cause the soul to search for a deeper meaning in an increasingly chaotic world.He started striving for a photo realism style in the 1990's and achieved it to some degree, but, he found the style did not evoke much emotion and set out on a journey to find a style that was realistic but, with a much looser impressionistic approach.
Eighteen of his paintings were on display at his hometown Petrolia Library during the Summer of 2004.
The Painting "The Newfoundland Cabin" appeared in "Guest Gallery "which is a page in the downhomer magazine; www.Downhome.com is the biggest magazine on the Canadian eastcoast with 26,000 subscribers. This magazine also has a gallery and gift shop in St. John's, Newfoundland which now carries prints of the painting "seasons of life"
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Acrylic Painting Demo From Lorraine Vatcher
Another amazing painting to share with you. Lorraine Vatcher was kind enough to share another demonstration with us. The title of this painting is "Reflections of Pink and Blue."Click here to view this acrylic painting demo...
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Step By Step Acrylic Painting Demonstration
A new step by step acrylic painting demonstration has been posted on my blog. The painting is entitled "Nature's Decorations" and it was created by the very talented Lorraine Vatcher.Click here to view the free acrylic painting lesson.
DVD - Acrylic Landscape Painting: Tools & Techniques by Hugh Greer
Get a great start in acrylic landscape painting with award winning artist Hugh Greer. The beginning level acrylic painting lessons in this instructional video, Acrylic Landscape Painting: Tools & Techniques, will get you excited to take your acrylic painting to the next level! Learn Hugh Greer's acrylic painting style and the techniques and tools he uses in his landscape painting.Acrylic Landscape Painting: Tools and Techniques
Hugh Greer demonstrates the flexibility of acrylics as both an opaque and a transparent medium. He covers a variety of tools, presents a versatile money-saving limited palette, simple color mixing tips, creating lively blacks and demonstrates several basic landscape images that will get you off to an enthusiastic start.
Click here for pricing, customer review and a free preview!
Step By Step Acrylic painting tutorial By Harmony Steel
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"After Monet" - Acrylic Painting Demonstration By Brian Rice
"After Monet" is my copy of one of Claude Monet's famous paintings " Garden at Sainte Adresse ". It has never been my practice to copy another painter. But , in my progression as a student, in the fine art of painting , I felt that undertaking this course of study, of a master painter, would be beneficial.This painting has a style that I am after in my own work ; a blend of realism and impressionism. The original painting is 38"x 50" . My version of it is aprox one third of that size, at 14" x18". It is an acrylic painting done on a canvas covered panel...
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A Direct Approach to Acrylic Painting by Greg Biolchini
For years I stayed away from acrylics, thinking they were certainly not a medium for a representational realist painter such as myself. They dried too fast, making it impossible for serious paint manipulation. I am very glad my curiosity finally got the best of me and I began to experiment with this wonderful, timesaving, uncomplicated medium."To begin, I like to prepare my own canvas. I start with a medium-textured canvas that I stretch myself on heavy-duty professional stretcher bars. I give the canvas three or four good coats of acrylic gesso, sanding between coats.
Working from my own photographs, I started my Great Blue Heron painting by drawing a center of interest with soft willow vine charcoal. Using a big stick of soft charcoal, I drew the lily pads and grass, quickly blocking in the darks and lights. The soft charcoal was well-suited for this spontaneous process-all I had to do to make changes was wipe away the charcoal with a paper towel....
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Tuscan Landscape - Acrylic Painting Demo by Julie Shoemaker
Sky - First wet the sky area or top half of canvas with white gesso.
Then with a little yellow and a touch of orange added to the same brush, start at bottom of the sky area and work your way up. Use long horizontal strokes. Take the strokes right off the canvas while blending the yellows and orange into the white gesso as you work upward. Gently blend right up towards the top of canvas. Wipe the brush off with a paper towel.
Now add a touch of ultramarine blue and purple to the brush and start at the top of the canvas and work your way downward in the same fashion as you did the yellows.
The bottom part of the painting is under painted with any earth tone colors. Nothing fancy here!
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Plein Air Painting Demonstration with Roger Bansemer %u2013 %u201CWupatki Pueblo%u201D
In this Plein Air Painting Demonstration done with acrylics, Roger Bansemer takes us on a journey to Arizona's Wupatki National Monument, located near Flagstaff. This site is a collection of very old ruins that spreads across many miles of desert. All of the pueblos within this area were built by the Anasazi and Sinagua Indians over 800 yrs ago. This site is wonderfully preserved and an excellent subject for painting. Included in this video is an interesting interview done by Roger's Wife Sarah with a member of the Hopi nation about his heritage. Enjoy
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Buy Liquitex Acrylic Colors Online
I thought it would be helpful if I included links to where you can purchase the four different paints spoken about in the video above.
Liquitex Professional Acrylic Ink
These extremely fluid colors contain super-fine pigments suspended in a state-of-the-art emulsion. Quick-drying, permanent, water-resistant, and non-clogging, they're ideal for a variety of techniques. Use for watercolor effects, color blocking, and under-painting. Since they don't require dilution, they're also ideal for airbrushing, calligraphy, and stamping. Used alone or mixed with other Liquitex Professional Acrylic inks and mediums, these bold, intense acrylic inks offer unlimited artistic possibilities.
Liquitex Professional Acrylic Ink
Liquitex Soft Body Acrylics
The paint you've previously known as Liquitex Medium Viscosity Acrylic Artist Color is now called Liquitex Soft Body Acrylics. Liquitex Soft Body Acrylics were the first fine artist's acrylics sold commercially in the United States. These concentrated acrylics contain rich, pure pigments that produce intense color without opacifiers or fillers. They have twice the covering power of ordinary craft acrylics! Liquitex Soft Body Acrylics are naturally creamy and fluid. That makes them just right for tole and decorative arts, stenciling, murals, silk-screening, calligraphy, printmaking, graphic design, sculpture, photo retouching, hard edged painting, watercolor techniques, fabric painting without heat setting, airbrush illustration ... you name it! They're great for all surfaces, including wood, fabric, ceramics, canvas, or any porous surface.
Liquitex Soft Body Acrylics
Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylics, 2 oz Tubes
Liquitex Heavy Body Artist Acrylic Colors (previously called High Viscosity) are professional-quality acrylics that have an exceptionally smooth, thick, buttery consistency, ideal for traditional art techniques that employ brushes and painting knives, as well as experimental, mixed-media, collage, and printmaking applications. A high pigment load produces rich, brilliant, permanent color, combined with good surface drag that provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open working time. When used for thick and impasto applications and techniques, Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylics retain crisp brushstrokes and knife marks. Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylics remain flexible when dry, and thick films remain free of cracks and chips over time. Multiple Sizes Available - Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylics are also available in 4.65 oz Tubes , 7 oz Tubes , 16 oz Jars , and 32 oz Jars .
Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylics, 2 oz Tubes
Liquitex Super Heavy Body Acrylic
Liquitex's latest is an extra thick-bodied paint for the highest peaks, best brush/knife stroke retention, and dramatic sculptural, textural effects. With extremely low wet-to-dry shrinkage and clean color mixability, it's a superb addition to your acrylics arsenal. The highly pigmented colors are vibrant, and dry to a permanent satin finish.
Liquitex Super Heavy Body Acrylic
Liquitex Professional Acrylic Ink
These extremely fluid colors contain super-fine pigments suspended in a state-of-the-art emulsion. Quick-drying, permanent, water-resistant, and non-clogging, they're ideal for a variety of techniques. Use for watercolor effects, color blocking, and under-painting. Since they don't require dilution, they're also ideal for airbrushing, calligraphy, and stamping. Used alone or mixed with other Liquitex Professional Acrylic inks and mediums, these bold, intense acrylic inks offer unlimited artistic possibilities.
Liquitex Professional Acrylic Ink
Liquitex Soft Body Acrylics
The paint you've previously known as Liquitex Medium Viscosity Acrylic Artist Color is now called Liquitex Soft Body Acrylics. Liquitex Soft Body Acrylics were the first fine artist's acrylics sold commercially in the United States. These concentrated acrylics contain rich, pure pigments that produce intense color without opacifiers or fillers. They have twice the covering power of ordinary craft acrylics! Liquitex Soft Body Acrylics are naturally creamy and fluid. That makes them just right for tole and decorative arts, stenciling, murals, silk-screening, calligraphy, printmaking, graphic design, sculpture, photo retouching, hard edged painting, watercolor techniques, fabric painting without heat setting, airbrush illustration ... you name it! They're great for all surfaces, including wood, fabric, ceramics, canvas, or any porous surface.
Liquitex Soft Body Acrylics
Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylics, 2 oz Tubes
Liquitex Heavy Body Artist Acrylic Colors (previously called High Viscosity) are professional-quality acrylics that have an exceptionally smooth, thick, buttery consistency, ideal for traditional art techniques that employ brushes and painting knives, as well as experimental, mixed-media, collage, and printmaking applications. A high pigment load produces rich, brilliant, permanent color, combined with good surface drag that provides excellent handling and blending characteristics with increased open working time. When used for thick and impasto applications and techniques, Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylics retain crisp brushstrokes and knife marks. Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylics remain flexible when dry, and thick films remain free of cracks and chips over time. Multiple Sizes Available - Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylics are also available in 4.65 oz Tubes , 7 oz Tubes , 16 oz Jars , and 32 oz Jars .
Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylics, 2 oz Tubes
Liquitex Super Heavy Body Acrylic
Liquitex's latest is an extra thick-bodied paint for the highest peaks, best brush/knife stroke retention, and dramatic sculptural, textural effects. With extremely low wet-to-dry shrinkage and clean color mixability, it's a superb addition to your acrylics arsenal. The highly pigmented colors are vibrant, and dry to a permanent satin finish.
Liquitex Super Heavy Body Acrylic
Karrie on Canvas %u2013 Abstract Floral Painting Demonstration
Here is a full episode of the program "Karrie on Canvas" with artist Karrie Evenson. In this episode, Karrie demonstrates her loose and spontaneous techniques by creating an abstract floral piece in acrylics. I really enjoy Karrie's style as she teaches you to just let go and enjoy yourself.
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Acrylic Painting Techniques
Glazing With Acrylic Paint
When we hear the word Glazing in fine art, many of us will automatically think of Oil Paints. While oil paint is an excellent medium for glazing techniques, they are not the only painting medium that can be used. Acrylic paint can also be used with great effect.
Acrylic paints have come a long way since they were made commercially available back in the 1950%u2032s. Water isn't the only medium you can add to alter acrylic paints. There are now mediums available that you can add to acrylic paint to make them more transparent and transparency is what we are after in order to accomplish glazing with acrylics.
Listed below are various videos that I discovered around the Web that talk about and demonstrate the acrylic glazing technique.
Acrylic paints have come a long way since they were made commercially available back in the 1950%u2032s. Water isn't the only medium you can add to alter acrylic paints. There are now mediums available that you can add to acrylic paint to make them more transparent and transparency is what we are after in order to accomplish glazing with acrylics.
Listed below are various videos that I discovered around the Web that talk about and demonstrate the acrylic glazing technique.
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Karrie on Canvas: Acrylic Painting Lesson %u2013 %u201CJazz it Up!%u201D
Here is another full episode of the program "Karrie on Canvas" with artist Karrie Evenson. In this episode, Karrie demonstrates how you can use music to inspire your creativity. Karrie also shows you how to create a painting without any real planning, to let go and just "Wing It" as she puts it.
Karrie uses musicians as her subject in this demonstration, but you do not have to paint the same subject. Pick any subject you want. It is the process that she uses to complete this painting that she would like you to try.
Here is what you will need to complete your painting:
- Medium Size Canvas
- Medium to Large Paint Brushes
- Assorted Acrylic Paint
- Paper Towels or Rags
- Water for Cleaning Brushes
Karrie uses musicians as her subject in this demonstration, but you do not have to paint the same subject. Pick any subject you want. It is the process that she uses to complete this painting that she would like you to try.
Here is what you will need to complete your painting:
- Medium Size Canvas
- Medium to Large Paint Brushes
- Assorted Acrylic Paint
- Paper Towels or Rags
- Water for Cleaning Brushes
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Blick Presents: Liquitex Slow-Dri Acrylic Mediums and Additives
As we all know, acrylic paint dries very quickly and there are times when we would prefer the paint to remain workable for longer periods of time. You could always switch to oil paints, but for those of us who love acrylic paints, this is not an option.
Acrylic paint starts to dry and form that annoying "skin" in roughly 10 to 20 minutes. This can be rather frustrating but luckily there are mediums and additives that we can add to acrylic paints to slow down their drying time and make for a much more enjoyable painting experience.
Watch the video below to learn more about these mediums and additives by Liquitex that you can conveniently purchase online from Blick Art Materials by following the links below.
Acrylic paint starts to dry and form that annoying "skin" in roughly 10 to 20 minutes. This can be rather frustrating but luckily there are mediums and additives that we can add to acrylic paints to slow down their drying time and make for a much more enjoyable painting experience.
Watch the video below to learn more about these mediums and additives by Liquitex that you can conveniently purchase online from Blick Art Materials by following the links below.
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