10 Acrylic Painting Tips for Beginners - Improve Your Paintings!
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
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00:00 Intro
00:23 Practice Painting On Paper
01:50 Use A Palette That's Made For Acrylics
02:41 Use A Limited Palette
03:47 Use An Acrylic Paint That Works With Your Style
05:26 Sketch Before You Paint
06:40 Tone The Canvas With Color
08:56 Learn How To Control The Drying Times Of Acrylics
09:33 Learn The Basics Of Color Mixing
10:00 Experiment With Blending Techniques
10:28 Mix Colors Slightly Lighter
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In this video, I cover 10 acrylic painting tips for beginners. These are the things that I wish I knew about acrylics when I was a beginner. Below is a quick summary of each tip and links to the products that I mention in the video.
The links that lead to Blick Art Materials and Amazon are affiliate links which means that I earn a commission if you click on them and make a purchase.
1 PRACTICE PAINTING ON PAPER
Acrylic paper is good to practice on because cheap and yet it's archival. There are canvas boards that have actual canvas glued to them and they're more affordable and easier to store than stretched canvases.
Montval Acrylic paper has a cold press watercolor texture
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Strathmore Acrylic paper has a linen finish that's similar to canvas
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Canson XL oil and acrylic paper has a canvas texture
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Raymar canvas panels (the sturdy wood canvas panels)
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Gessobord
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2 USE A PALETTE THAT'S MADE FOR ACRYLICS
Here's the Mijello Fredi Weber Peel-off palette that I find easy to clean.
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I store it in the Masterson Sta-Wet palette, without the sponge or paper.
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3 USE A LIMITED PALETTE
A limited palette is a small selection of colors. I use between 5 and 7 colors plus white. I do use some of the convenience colors to make things easier or when I'm looking for a specific property such as opacity or saturation.
However, as a beginner, using a limited palette will force you to learn how to mix the colors you need instead of relying on using colors straight from the tube.
4 USE AN ACRYLIC PAINT THAT WORKS WITH YOUR STYLE
Acrylic paint is available in a variety of consistencies. You'll have a much easier time if you choose one that has a consistency that works with your style. For example, it's easier to mimic watercolors with acrylics that have a fluid consistency like acrylic inks or fluid acrylics.
Golden High flow acrylics (ink like)
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Liquitex Acrylic Ink
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Acrylic Gouache
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5 SKETCH BEFORE YOU PAINT
It's helpful to sketch out the basic composition with a pencil before you begin painting. You can even use a brush to sketch out the main shapes if you don't like drawing with graphite.
The idea is that it's easier to fix mistakes in the preliminary drawing stage than it is to repaint entire sections of your painting. How much drawing you need to do varies depending upon the subject. Generally speaking, landscapes are more forgiving and portraits require more accuracy.
I like using these pencil extenders.
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6 TONE THE CANVAS WITH COLOR
Toning the canvas with color before you begin painting will eliminate the intimidating stark white canvas. It also helps to fill in the gaps between shapes so you won't have white gaps between the objects in your paintings.
7 LEARN HOW TO CONTROL THE DRYING TIMES OF ACRYLICS
Use retarder to extend the drying times of acrylics or use Golden OPEN acrylics. The slower drying times will help you to create smooth blends and soft edges. On the other hand, you can use a hairdryer to speed up the drying times. Using both of these methods will give you more control over how long it takes acrylics to dry.
Golden OPEN Acrylics Sets and individual tubes
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Liquitex Slow-Dri Blending Medium
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8 LEARN THE BASICS OF COLOR MIXING
It helps to practice mixing colors as an exercise in itself. It's frustrating to not be able to match a color when you're in the middle of a painting. You can watch my color mixing shorts to learn more about color mixing.
9 EXPERIMENT WITH BLENDING TECHNIQUES
I recommend experimenting with blending techniques to find one that works best for you. There are techniques for using acrylics like oils or you can even use them like watercolors. I bet one method will be more appealing to you than another so try them out.
10 MIX COLORS SLIGHTLY LIGHTER
Acrylics have a tendency to dry darker, this is because the emulsion has a milky appearance when it's wet. This lightens the color slightly. The issue is that the emulsion clarifies as it dries which eliminates the lightening effect which makes your color appear darker. The solution is to mix your colors slightly lighter to compensate for this. Some colors and brands of acrylics are more susceptible to this. - Навчання та стиль
I found this channel (thanks to the algorithm) like an hour ago, I watched a couple of your videos and came across this one.
Wow, the first time I watched a video with tutorials (and I watched many of them) and I had the feeling that someone actually really wanted to teach me how to use acrylic paint and other techniques. Thank you so much. You have a new subscriber.👏
Thanks for the compliment! I'm glad you find my videos helpful!🙂
Your videos are excellent. Thank you!
Im a huge fan from tiktok!! I really enjoy how u explain everything
You make your tips easier to understand, thanks very much!
Great video! Thanks for the tips.
Great tips! Thanks for sharing!
Very helpful. I haven't painted in 20 years. Your videos are helpful in getting me going again.
Very useful. Excellent presentation.
Thank you! Very helpful ❤
Your videos have helped to improve my paintings considerably! Thanks so much!
I'm glad to hear my videos have been helpful, I enjoy receiving comments like this! 🙂
Very helpful and clearly presented. Thank you for sharing. Lovely colorful paintings.
Thank you, I enjoyed your video.
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Thanks - this is really helpful summary for beginners,
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Great video!
Lots of really great tips! Well done!
Thanks Marc!
Thank you ! Best to tip for me is make paint a little lighter.
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This is extremely helpful please continue to make videos 💝💝
Thanks for the encouragement, there's more on the way! 😀
Great video
Awesome content Chris! Keep it coming.
Thanks David!
Great tips. I just received my paint from Amazon. I have been watching your videos before I put brush to paint. I plan to jump in with some practice tomorrow. I figure I’ll start with shapes and grading.
Cool! It’s good to see people taking up painting.
I found this so incredibly helpful. Simple and so informative too. Thank you!! I have ocd and I’m struggling with all these options. Your video was so helpful.
Please consider more beginner “painting for dummies” videos lol.
For ex, setting up area to paint and not make a mess.
Thanks! I’m glad you liked the video. There are so many awesome colors available it can be difficult to narrow it down. Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll have to see if I can come up with more beginner videos.
Please do a beginner's video for acrylic painting techniques and colour ratio mixing with water etc.
Ampersand makes a lovely painting surface called Claybord that is excellent for acrylics. It will absorb some paint at first, resulting in a blotchy look on the first go, but as you work in layers with opens, it comes together nicely. If I want to avoid any absorption I airbrush a base coat with golden high flow acrylics before using the opens.
Thanks for the suggestions! Funny you should mention claybords because I have a small sample that I want to try out soon with watercolors, or maybe I’ll paint with acrylics in a watercolor style.🙂
I just purchased an Ampersand clayboard and was wondering how I was going to use it, so thanks for the suggestion!
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I've read an article by Joe Bergholm; Acrylic Color Shift - The Cause and the Cure, where he describes his experience on why color shifts in acrylics and how to avoid it. He says that there is little or no color shift if you avoid using water in the painting process. Do you use water or medium to dilute acrylic paint? I'm using oils and considering acrylics for color studies but dislike the difficulty in matching wet color with dried layers.
The shift is still there even if you don’t use water or medium. I think what he is saying is water makes it worse. I wouldn’t let that stop you from experimenting with acrylics though. Every medium has challenges, watercolors dry lighter for example. I wrote a blog post about this issue which includes comparison swatches so you will get an idea of how much it shifts. I also demonstrate how the surface sheen affects this issue. Matte black actually dries lighter because of the matte finish. Winsor & Newton professional acrylics use a binder that is more clear and are supposed to have less of a shift. I’ve yet to test them but the videos I’ve seen show that they still have somewhat of a shift. drawandpaintforfun.com/acrylics-dry-darker/
@@ChrisBreier Thanks for replying. Will definitely try acrylics.
I often use a techniques that involves doing an oil glaze with an airbrush over the acrylics
I have flow medium which I use to thin my paints to make them easier to use. Am I using it right?
Hi Chris! Just subbed to your channel! I was wondering if you’ve ever used the golden retarder with golden open acrylics? I bought some to try, but someone told me they weren’t too sure about to given the nature of opens to stay wet. Ultimately I’m planning to use it to make out of focus, well-blended backgrounds.
Hi Michael,when I paint with open acrylics I normally use them straight from the tube. If they start to tack up then I add a drop or two of open thinner to loosen them up. If you want to add retarder to open acrylics I think they’re compatible. The only thing you want to avoid is adding too much retarder because the paint may dry tacky or take a really long time to dry-the instructions on the label should say how much you can add. Golden does state that open acrylics are compatible with their other lines of paints and mediums but if you’re still unsure Golden has good tech support.
Controlling drying time.......ummm nope. LOL I live in Phoenix and I struggle so much with the heat/dryness. It really does discourage me from picking up a paintbrush. I've tried everything I've ever read about (seen on UA-cam.LOL) Although I did take art for 4yrs. There's so much more info available now. You would think I could conquer this by now.
Have you tried oil painting? I use cobra water mixable oils and they clean up with soap and water so you don’t need any solvents. In my climate they stay wet for days. Aside from open acrylics, another acrylic option are interactive acrylics. Once they start to dry you can mist them with water and they become workable again.
Is the pen you used a regular calligraphy pen without the ink cartridge installed?
At 4:54 that's a crow quill pen which you can find at craft/art supply stores-they're inexpensive and you can easily replace the nib when it gets worn out. I never tried a calligraphy pen with acrylics. I think calligraphy pens have nibs that are wider.
If u blow dry the open acrylics do u know if it affects the longevity of the painting or messes with the layer bonding yadda yadda?
I use a hair dryer to dry my paintings and never had an issue. I checked the technical data from Golden and they list hair driers and heat lamps as a way to speed up drying times. That’s one advantage open acrylics have over oils is you can force them to dry in a short amount of time. www.goldenpaints.com/technicalinfo/technicalinfo_opendrytime
Any brush recommendations?
For acrylics I usually use the inexpensive synthetic brushes, just check to make sure the bristles aren't falling out before you buy it.
@@ChrisBreier thank you!
Nice. I am giving up, using acrylics. They dry too fast and feel like plastic. Golden open acrylics are too expensive. Going to shift to oils or Atelier, acrylics.
Water mixable oils are another option, I have a few demos. They only smell like linseed oil and clean up with water. My only complaint is they dry too slow!🙂