Acrylic Painting Tips & Articles
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Acrylic Painting Articles
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Color Mixing With Acrylic Paints - Make Great Grays
Not all grays are created equal, however. You could think of gray as being just a mixture of black and white. As soon as you've added any amount of white to black, you begin a gray scale. However, the simple black-plus- white gray gives you a rather bland, unexciting neutral. Try mixing various colors together and use them in place of the black-plus-white gray and something exciting begins to happen in a painting.
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Preparing the Painting Surface
The following steps are intended to ensure that I have done everything in my power to guarantee the longevity and physical integrity of my paintings. Furthermore, they allow me to achieve a truly smooth surface that lends itself to the style of painting that I do.
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Painting with acrylics and oils
Painting with acrylics and oils has advantages when combining the two mediums. This article outlines the process for artists.
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Limiting your Palette
For a new artist, nothing can compare to the exploration of mixing a particular colour, as opposed to shopping for it. The relationship between colours is easier to understand when you mix your own. For instance, everyone knows that blue and yellow can be mixed to make green.