ACRYLIC PAINT
Acrylic paint dries very quickly and was initially created as an underpainting medium for oil painting.
So it is perfectly stable to create a painting in acrylic and then place oil paint over the top.
A POLYMER ADDED TO ACRYLIC PAINT WILL EXTEND COLOUR, INCREASE FLOW AND INCREASE WORKABILITY.
A MEDIUM WILL EXTEND COLOUR, CREATE GLAZES AND CREATE TEXTURE.
A RETARDER IS USUALLY WATER BASED BUT I THINK IF YOU ADD WATER TO ACRYLIC PAINT - YOU HAVE 'WATERCOLOUR' - SO AS A PURIST - I NEVER ADD WATER TO ACRYLIC PAINT - ONLY MEDIUMS AND GLAZES.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND YOUR PAINTS AND KNOW WHICH COLOURS ARE:
Transparent, (see through) Semi Opaque (slightly see through) and Opaque (non see through)
So you can achieve 'contemporary' works with certainty.
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PREPARING YOUR CANVAS
It is essential that you put on a first 'underpainting' or 'wash' on your white canvas.
This takes away the glare of the white canvas (which reflects light back at you) and the more layers of paint you get onto your canvas - the more professional looking the painting, the more luminous the paint and the more the painting will 'sing'
This painting has 9 layers of paint and was created using acrylic paint, polymer and glazes
TRADITIONALLY AN 'EARTH' COLOUR of Burnt Umber or Raw Umber, Raw Sienna or an Ochre was put on as a first underpainting.
But it's pretty exciting to put down a bright red or a dark blue as a first underpainting. Especially if you put down three or four layers and let some of the underpainting come through your painting.
Use a big wash brush to apply the first underpainting - which should be paint thinned with some polymer.
you can apply acrylic paint in two methods:
1. Wet on Wet
and
2. Stage Painting or 'Glazing'
Wet on wet is applied by using the paint directly from the tube or pot - perhaps thinned with polymer.
The essential part of painting 'wet on wet' is making your brushes work for you.
You have to have full control of your brush and EXPERIMENT with diffferent brushes to see the marks they make.
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If you can afford the Professional paints - buy them you will
find them completely different to the 'student' paints.
Buy the best brushes you can afford. Da Vinci are the best
professional brushes.
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HELPFUL TIP
'Talent' is the ability to Take Risks .
Play around with your paint BUT FIRST UNDERSTAND IT
Paint at an easel and 'stand back' from your painting all the time.
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SUPPLIERS - REAL WORLD & INTERNET SHOPS
'Atlantis' is one of the best art shops in the UK . It is in East london - Whitechapel. - web site Atlantis is the only supplier in the UK of Tri-Art paint.
You can't buy online but you can order a brochure and order by mail order.
Ken Bromley - web site Excellent service, excellent web site.
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