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Acrylic Art Painting Techniques BASICS
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Acrylic Art Painting Techniques BASICS

Learn to paint with acrylics - BEGINNERS
Created byKR Moehr
Last updated 1/2019
English

What you'll learn

  • Understand various techniques, mediums and be able to create archival artwork.

Course content

1 section • 8 lectures • 37m total length

  • Introduction to Acrylic Painting0:34

    Learn to paint with acrylics! Best for new artists or those who dabble and want to know more about how to make acrylics work. We'll cover brushes, popular mediums, how to thin acrylics and make them flow (without water), creating blends, creating a watercolor effect with acrylic paints.

  • Brushes - What to choose, what it does10:13

    An overview of acrylic painting brushes. We'll cover:

    • Flat brushes

    • Mottlers

    • Craft brushes

    • Mop brushes

    • Blenders

    • Utility brushes

    • More

  • Acrylic Painting Mediums: An overview8:03

    Every acrylic artist needs to understand mediums. We'll go over popular mediums and what they do. We'll cover:

    • Glazes

    • Gels

    • Textures

    • Retarder

    • GAC 100

    • More

  • Thinning Acrylics - Make them flow (without water)6:29

    How to thin heavy and medium-body acrylics without water. What to use to help them flow.

  • Gesso and Titanium White - Why you need them4:33

    Prepping your canvas or covering over old paintings with Gesso or Titanium White.

  • Keeping Your Palette Workable - Quick Tip1:14

    QUICK TIP: How to keep your palette workable for days.

  • BONUS: Blending - Mop brush1:53

    How to use a mop brush to create blends.

  • BONUS: Watercolor effects with acrylics4:39

    Learn to create watercolor effects with acrylic paint.

  • Acrylics -1

Requirements

  • Some basic knowledge of acrylics - Brush, paint, canvas

Description

Basics Tutorials - Beginners, newbie artists or creators or who have dabbled and want more in-depth understand of how to make acrylics perform. on. command!

We cover:

  • Brushes and tools

  • Acrylic mediums - what does what

  • How to thin your acrylics (without water) and make them flow

  • How to create an archival artwork - STEP ONE

  • How to keep your palette workable for days


    This course contains short segments on tips and techniques; not full training.

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone interested in learning how to make acrylics perform and have control over what they can do.
  • Newbie creators or anyone who has dabbled and wants to really understand how to use acrylics to create artwork.

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