Mountains always speak to your heart,whether a trail,creek or river below the mountain,it's telling you to slow down and gaze at the beauty.-Lynn Joe,what a beautiful scenery.👍
Hi joe. Nice painting for being new to the medium. A couple of things I learned about acrylics that may help. 1) the streaks were from applying the retarder to the canvas. It makes the acrylic slippery and a bit greasy. Also, using too much paint. Acrylics are nice because you can get brush strokes for thicker paint similar to oils but if you want something soft with smooth transitions use less paint and scrub it into the canvas with a nice bristle brush. What I’ve learned is to apply the retarder to the white paint you put out in a 50|50 mix. It not only keeps the paint on the palette open longer but any color you mix with white gets extended. 20 use a spray bottle with water and 10% retarder in it.
Also, apply several coats of gesso to your canvas or do an under painting. The canvas is sucking the water right out of the paint drying it up to fast. Properly preparing the canvas with keep your paint o-en much longer
Since I painted this one I have painted some other acrylics this video is a couple of years old now. I’ve used retarder as well as Golden open brand and heavy body acrylics. Thanks again for the tips!
@@joemenzaart yea. Different medius and different brands all need different things and sometimes pre-primed may not be primed to your liking. For ex. I like alla-prima oil painting and when using a buttery oil like Windsor a basic pre-primed canvas is ok since I want the canvas to absorb the oil so I can work over it without muddying my paint. The 1980 brand of oil needs additional priming on a canvas since it is so thick to make the paint more fluid since I don’t use medium. I practice with hobby store canvases and find their pre-primed canvas insufficient for acrylic if I want a longer open time with the paint and additional priming or under paint seems to do the trick. Especially with canvas boards. It also allows your retarder to stay on top of the canvas and mixed in the paint instead of in the canvas giving you more work time with the paint. In any event, just food for thought. Your experiences, humidity level in your room and canvases are certainly different then mine.
I think the sky problem is because, doing it first, the retardant and water was still too wet. It had time to dry by the time we got to the mountains. ? Also, while you were laying it in, on the sky, I felt like you needed a heavier dose of the blue on the brush. I noticed that those streaks were going to be there before you moved on.
Thanks, this video is a few years old now and I mostly painted in watercolor so I was pretty new to the medium and trying paints sent to me by the myartscape company. If I remember correctly. Thanks for the comments
@@joemenzaart Yes. It was really only because you had said that you weren’t as certain about the acrylics as you are water paints that I had the … courage … to add my input.
Cool, loved it in acrylics 😁🖌️
This is a really fantastic scene. Rugged and the mountains give it an epic feel.
What an incredible scene! Thank you for trying out our acrylic paints and brushes, Joe! We're thrilled that you liked them. ✨😀
Yes and I ordered the bigger containers should arrive tomorrow. 😀
Mountains always speak to your heart,whether a trail,creek or river below the mountain,it's telling you to slow down and gaze at the beauty.-Lynn
Joe,what a beautiful scenery.👍
“The mountains are calling, and I must go.” John Muir
just beautiful👌
That turned out really nice
Thanks Joe. I like changing mediums now and again. Keeps the mind working and fresh.😃👍
I do believe it will make artist more well rounded to dabble in other mediums. Thanks for watching!
Heyyy dude,,,, THAT'S SOOO PRETTY
I will be ur true supporter !!!!!!!!!!
Stay connected so that it us both...
And grow channel together ❤❤
They have white in a larger jar that can be purchased separately.
Yes I have the acrylic jars which I got after making the video
@@joemenzaart I got that... after I got further in to the video. I spoke to soon. Thanks. I enjoyed the video.
Hi joe. Nice painting for being new to the medium. A couple of things I learned about acrylics that may help. 1) the streaks were from applying the retarder to the canvas. It makes the acrylic slippery and a bit greasy. Also, using too much paint. Acrylics are nice because you can get brush strokes for thicker paint similar to oils but if you want something soft with smooth transitions use less paint and scrub it into the canvas with a nice bristle brush. What I’ve learned is to apply the retarder to the white paint you put out in a 50|50 mix. It not only keeps the paint on the palette open longer but any color you mix with white gets extended. 20 use a spray bottle with water and 10% retarder in it.
Also, apply several coats of gesso to your canvas or do an under painting. The canvas is sucking the water right out of the paint drying it up to fast. Properly preparing the canvas with keep your paint o-en much longer
Thank you for all of the helpful tips. These canvases were supposed to be primed and not needing gesso.
Since I painted this one I have painted some other acrylics this video is a couple of years old now. I’ve used retarder as well as Golden open brand and heavy body acrylics. Thanks again for the tips!
@@joemenzaart yea. Different medius and different brands all need different things and sometimes pre-primed may not be primed to your liking. For ex. I like alla-prima oil painting and when using a buttery oil like Windsor a basic pre-primed canvas is ok since I want the canvas to absorb the oil so I can work over it without muddying my paint. The 1980 brand of oil needs additional priming on a canvas since it is so thick to make the paint more fluid since I don’t use medium. I practice with hobby store canvases and find their pre-primed canvas insufficient for acrylic if I want a longer open time with the paint and additional priming or under paint seems to do the trick. Especially with canvas boards. It also allows your retarder to stay on top of the canvas and mixed in the paint instead of in the canvas giving you more work time with the paint. In any event, just food for thought. Your experiences, humidity level in your room and canvases are certainly different then mine.
@@joemenzaart I use their heavy body. How do you like their open? I’ve never tried them
Wow! This is amazing! I would love to support and connect with each other! New 👍🏽 and 🔔😊
I think the sky problem is because, doing it first, the retardant and water was still too wet. It had time to dry by the time we got to the mountains. ? Also, while you were laying it in, on the sky, I felt like you needed a heavier dose of the blue on the brush. I noticed that those streaks were going to be there before you moved on.
Thanks, this video is a few years old now and I mostly painted in watercolor so I was pretty new to the medium and trying paints sent to me by the myartscape company. If I remember correctly. Thanks for the comments
@@joemenzaart Yes. It was really only because you had said that you weren’t as certain about the acrylics as you are water paints that I had the … courage … to add my input.
@@starrdusk1 yes thank you so much for the input and comments much appreciated!