If paint is dry? Use hot water and something to scrape it off with, be careful though because it will affect the acrylics like melted plastic so you may have to remove more than you want to. I've just done a stencil with acrylics and need to remove fine lines so I dampen it with hot water leave it for a minute then I used a nail to scrape off the fine details.
This was SO helpful! Wish I could post before and after pics of a mistake I made on a nursery painting for my baby! This helped relieve the immediate panic I felt when I realized I’d botched my hard work! I used the “water lifting” technique to remove some flowers and it looks so much better!
Usually when that happens, I first try to get it wet and let it soak a little bit, and then try to get it off. If there is no hope at getting it off, then I just do my best to paint over it. But when you paint over it, you have to remember that it will dry a little bit darker than how it looks when it's wet - so if, for example, you're trying to paint over something with the background color, you'll want it to look a little bit lighter than what actually looks right. I hope that helps!
Hi! If it already dried, you'd probably just need to paint over it. Sometimes when you try to paint over it, the paint is too thin to cover - in that case, I mix the color I'm using with white, and do a few coats of that first, to get good opaque coverage. Then do a final coat of just the color you want (e.g., for orange, do a few coats of orange + white first so it covers better). Hope that helps!
How cool! I've been using matte medium for years for altered art projects as a glue and sealant, but I never knew it did that as well! More great tips! But why didn't you ever finish that painting? That background is gorgeous!
Hi Christy! Sorry, I just saw this comment! That's really interesting that you used it as glue and sealant! I've actually wondered whether it would be good to use as sealant, so now I know! That's pretty cool. I didn't finish the painting! Ha ha. Maybe eventually though!
very helpful! the tip about matt medium was an extra bonus! I have not had a lot of success with the stuff because I didn't know how to use it properly. Thank you!
i have a question....im dealing with this kind of ink...and...i used paper tape to mask some stuff (using it with airbrush, but its the same ink) and....when i pull it off...the ink just stretch and break like if it was rubber....and now i have like little gross details cuz that accident...tryed to remove with water...it just brake it more....(im painting on a plastic surface coat with primer) ....any tip to fix this?
How do you fix acrylic paint on canvas that has cracked? I really need to know or else I'll have to throw away an entire 24×36 in canvas and I really can't afford to buy another one...
i messed uo my background and painted it over with white but when i retried to pain the background, i found that the paint started drying out soooo much faster and left a mark where i put it, is there a way to prevent this?
Thank you. Very helpful. How do you fix mistakes where you have a background of a single colour, but because of different amounts of paint in different places, it looks uneven?
If you can't remove the mistake, then I'd probably paint over it with the background color and try to do my best to blend it with the existing background. You'd probably have to re-paint over some of the existing background to make it look cohesive. You can also thin down the paint with matte medium to blend it better as well.
I do the same thing, the first step is always to remove as much as you can with a wet brush. After that you may have a little bit of touching up to do with the lighter color, or you may even get ALL the darker color off (depending on if you caught it quickly enough where it didn't dry into the canvas) and then you don't have to touch up at all. Does that help?
Once it's dry, you can't do too much except paint over it. You CAN try getting as much off as you can with soap and water, but in the end you'll just have to paint over it :-[ good luck!!
I tried my first acrylic painting on a canvas for a project but entirely messed it up. Can I paint something else on the whole thing? Or will the old dried paint still show through?
If you painted it thick, it might show through. Try washing the canvas with soap and water first to get as much off as you can. Then paint over it with white.
Thanks for sharing! :) it will help me as I am just starting out. Although, there are a lot of fillers that are addtl thoughts that will just prolong the video. Hehe but thanks!
Ugh, I know! Honestly I can't believe how many positive comments are on this video. I'd love to just redo it without all the rambling! I'm not the best at talking, but I have learned to edit those parts out since I first made this one!
I wouldn't, but if it's absolutely necessary I would try very softly wet sanding the area you want to touch up (dip your very fine sandpaper in water then sand lightly - thanks to April Heather Art who originally gave me this tip for murals years ago!), then touch it up, and then reapply your sealant. I use this technique when I seal with Minwax Polycryclic. Your results may vary depending on what sealant you are using.
Hi! At that point you're probably not going to get it off. Maybe try scrubbing with soap and water to get as much as you can, then after that you'll just have to paint over it.
Is there a way to fix or cover little “pimple” that show up on my canvas once the paint dries? I thought about just doing some modeling paste with palette knife but that’d mean I’d have to make the whole painting a palette knife painting and I’m trying to keep it impressionistic :(
How do you fix acrylic on canvas that has a finger hole on it? I was checking my husbands to see if it dried and there’s a circle in the middle of it now. Help please!
Hi! I would gently brush over it with a dry brush to smooth out out, and then wait for it to completely dry and paint over it if you need to touch it up!
Hi Natalie, did you first try just lightly brushing with a wet paint brush and then wiping softly with a paper towel? You could also try lightly wet sanding - maybe even with a magic eraser which would be more gentle than sandpaper. Make canvas and the magic eraser wet and then lightly rub.
Also, I should add that you can test these techniques on a separate canvas where you recreate the mistake, and then if the techniques fail you didn't run your painting even more. Also you may need to take some of it off and then repaint over that area if possible.
One thing I've found that works for me is getting the spot wet, and then rubbing with an eraser! The key is to make sure you get the background wet first. (And if you made the mistake recently, not like a week ago)
If paint is dry? Use hot water and something to scrape it off with, be careful though because it will affect the acrylics like melted plastic so you may have to remove more than you want to. I've just done a stencil with acrylics and need to remove fine lines so I dampen it with hot water leave it for a minute then I used a nail to scrape off the fine details.
This was SO helpful! Wish I could post before and after pics of a mistake I made on a nursery painting for my baby! This helped relieve the immediate panic I felt when I realized I’d botched my hard work! I used the “water lifting” technique to remove some flowers and it looks so much better!
Yay! That's so awesome! I'm so glad I could help!!
Me too!!! Lol!
All the tricks shown is pretty easy, almost every body knows it. What i want is when the paint is hard and dead dry, that's what I am looking for
Usually when that happens, I first try to get it wet and let it soak a little bit, and then try to get it off. If there is no hope at getting it off, then I just do my best to paint over it. But when you paint over it, you have to remember that it will dry a little bit darker than how it looks when it's wet - so if, for example, you're trying to paint over something with the background color, you'll want it to look a little bit lighter than what actually looks right. I hope that helps!
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How can I fix my acrylic on canvas design that has already dried?
Hi! If it already dried, you'd probably just need to paint over it. Sometimes when you try to paint over it, the paint is too thin to cover - in that case, I mix the color I'm using with white, and do a few coats of that first, to get good opaque coverage. Then do a final coat of just the color you want (e.g., for orange, do a few coats of orange + white first so it covers better). Hope that helps!
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I saw this video, pls see this, I think this would help u for..... THe question u asked
How cool! I've been using matte medium for years for altered art projects as a glue and sealant, but I never knew it did that as well! More great tips! But why didn't you ever finish that painting? That background is gorgeous!
Hi Christy! Sorry, I just saw this comment! That's really interesting that you used it as glue and sealant! I've actually wondered whether it would be good to use as sealant, so now I know! That's pretty cool. I didn't finish the painting! Ha ha. Maybe eventually though!
very helpful! the tip about matt medium was an extra bonus! I have not had a lot of success with the stuff because I didn't know how to use it properly. Thank you!
Very helpful for beginners thank you 😊!
i have a question....im dealing with this kind of ink...and...i used paper tape to mask some stuff (using it with airbrush, but its the same ink) and....when i pull it off...the ink just stretch and break like if it was rubber....and now i have like little gross details cuz that accident...tryed to remove with water...it just brake it more....(im painting on a plastic surface coat with primer) ....any tip to fix this?
How do you fix acrylic paint on canvas that has cracked? I really need to know or else I'll have to throw away an entire 24×36 in canvas and I really can't afford to buy another one...
i messed uo my background and painted it over with white but when i retried to pain the background, i found that the paint started drying out soooo much faster and left a mark where i put it, is there a way to prevent this?
It’s awesome 👏 😎 🤩
Wow thank you! Water works like magic haha
Yay!!!
Great tricks! Very helpful!!
Wait so what is the other thing you used ? Something like liquid text ?
Hi! It is Liquitex Matte Medium :)
Thank you. Very helpful. How do you fix mistakes where you have a background of a single colour, but because of different amounts of paint in different places, it looks uneven?
If you can't remove the mistake, then I'd probably paint over it with the background color and try to do my best to blend it with the existing background. You'd probably have to re-paint over some of the existing background to make it look cohesive. You can also thin down the paint with matte medium to blend it better as well.
@@HeatherCashArt Ok thank you :)
What if it's a dark color on a lighter color? How do you remove the dark color from the lighter one?
I do the same thing, the first step is always to remove as much as you can with a wet brush. After that you may have a little bit of touching up to do with the lighter color, or you may even get ALL the darker color off (depending on if you caught it quickly enough where it didn't dry into the canvas) and then you don't have to touch up at all. Does that help?
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oh my god you just saved my painting. THANK YOU
Aw! You're welcome! Yay!!
Hi, I’ve painted 2 dark lines across a large canvas and they were a dark blue on white background. It’s dry and I don’t know what to do pse help. Thx
Once it's dry, you can't do too much except paint over it. You CAN try getting as much off as you can with soap and water, but in the end you'll just have to paint over it :-[ good luck!!
I tried my first acrylic painting on a canvas for a project but entirely messed it up. Can I paint something else on the whole thing? Or will the old dried paint still show through?
If you painted it thick, it might show through. Try washing the canvas with soap and water first to get as much off as you can. Then paint over it with white.
ua-cam.com/video/JNK9k8apHW0/v-deo.html.
I don't know whether this will help u but pls see
Thanks for sharing! :) it will help me as I am just starting out. Although, there are a lot of fillers that are addtl thoughts that will just prolong the video. Hehe but thanks!
Ugh, I know! Honestly I can't believe how many positive comments are on this video. I'd love to just redo it without all the rambling! I'm not the best at talking, but I have learned to edit those parts out since I first made this one!
I accidentally painted a black line. I tried to cover it with a lot layers of red but it didn't work 😢. Can you tell me how can I get that black out
Try getting it wet, and then rubbing with a white eraser. Good luck!
I made a painting and i tried to cover up a mistek in my backround and i accidentaly used a different color paint
The great thing about acrylics is that you can keep painting over it!
Can I touch up a painting after it is varnished?
I wouldn't, but if it's absolutely necessary I would try very softly wet sanding the area you want to touch up (dip your very fine sandpaper in water then sand lightly - thanks to April Heather Art who originally gave me this tip for murals years ago!), then touch it up, and then reapply your sealant. I use this technique when I seal with Minwax Polycryclic. Your results may vary depending on what sealant you are using.
Hi! How to remove black colour which is dried from white background in canvas painting
Hi! At that point you're probably not going to get it off. Maybe try scrubbing with soap and water to get as much as you can, then after that you'll just have to paint over it.
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I don't know whether this will help u but pls see
Is there a way to fix or cover little “pimple” that show up on my canvas once the paint dries? I thought about just doing some modeling paste with palette knife but that’d mean I’d have to make the whole painting a palette knife painting and I’m trying to keep it impressionistic :(
And there’s a lot of pimples right now 😭
Hmm, I don't know what you mean by that. Can you email me a photo? heather@heathercash.com
How do you fix acrylic on canvas that has a finger hole on it? I was checking my husbands to see if it dried and there’s a circle in the middle of it now. Help please!
Hi! I would gently brush over it with a dry brush to smooth out out, and then wait for it to completely dry and paint over it if you need to touch it up!
@@HeatherCashArt Thank you so much! I appreciate it!!
Is there a Way to remove visible lines of an Fixative Spray on an Acrylic painting ? Please I am desperate 🙏😭
Hi Natalie, did you first try just lightly brushing with a wet paint brush and then wiping softly with a paper towel? You could also try lightly wet sanding - maybe even with a magic eraser which would be more gentle than sandpaper. Make canvas and the magic eraser wet and then lightly rub.
Also, I should add that you can test these techniques on a separate canvas where you recreate the mistake, and then if the techniques fail you didn't run your painting even more.
Also you may need to take some of it off and then repaint over that area if possible.
How can you fix a dried glossed acrylic painting that looks greasy?
What is it you want to fix about it? Do you just want it to not be glossy?
SO GOOD WERE YOU LEAN THAT FROM LOL
super practically useful
I love the panting
But how do I fix a crumbly and chalky canvas...
I'm not sure what you mean - can you send me a picture? heather@heathercash.com
@@HeatherCashArt how do I send a picture?
@@DH_LOVE630 email me at heather@heathercash.com 🙂
Late coming here but great tips!
I should of have fixed it when it was wet.Thanks.
What to do when the background is white.
One thing I've found that works for me is getting the spot wet, and then rubbing with an eraser! The key is to make sure you get the background wet first. (And if you made the mistake recently, not like a week ago)
Oh also, I use a white eraser (like from the dollar tree, those little ones that are a bunch of cute shapes) - the pink kind might leave a mark.
I wish i were heather🎶
Probably a big no no but I've used alcohol
Interesting! I don't think I've ever tried that.
Yep my ideas 💡 are going yo wash I MENT HER IDEAS 💡 HAH
Cool
Thank you!
Easy way to remove the paint is with a wet cloth and that’s it, easy water method
True but I like to use a wet paintbrush, I feel like I have more control that way.
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Wish i were heather
Wish I were you, Baby Yoda!! Hee hee! Did you watch the Mandalorian tonight?! 😍