Flat brushes are most commonly used for applying large areas of color and for creating blended backgrounds. I’ve done this blending exercise with Prussian Blue and Titanium White. Try it again with different colors
1 Set aside a blob of Titanium White about the size of a quarter.
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Acrylic painting is a wonderful way to explore color theory. Its bright, rich pigments are fun to experiment with. Here are the basic color relationships to know.
Primary Colors
The primary colors are red, yellow and blue. All other colors are created from these three. Look at the
color wheel and see how they form a triangle if you connect them with a line.
Secondary Colors
Each secondary color is created by mixing two primaries together. Blue and yellow make green; red and blue make violet; and red and yellow make orange.
Tertiary Colors
Tertiary colors are created by mixing a primary color with the color next to it on the color wheel.
For instance, mixing red and violet produces red-violet. Mixing blue with green makes blue-green, and mixing
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What was the purpose combining acrylic paint with water? The reason is to makes it more transparent. This is useful for the beginning stages of a painting, when you are creating the basic pattern of colors. Thinned acrylics are often used to create a look very similar to that of watercolor paints. Then what was the difference between acrylic and watercolor paint, how could we know the differences? Then the answer is quite simple, a watercolor paint will be blur if you add water even when the painting in dry condition, meanwhile acrylic paint is waterproof when it dries.
As usual you can add more color without pulling up previous layers. Regular watercolor will rehydrate when wet paint is applied on top of it, usually muddying the colors.
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There were lots kind of painting, two of it is acrylic painting and watercolor painting. For beginner, these two’s might be familiar in your ears. Before we got more deeper on acrylic painting, lets have a look on its definition. Acrylic paints are made of dry pigment in a liquid polymer binder, which is a form of acrylic plastic. Acrylics are water-based, which not required any paint thinners as oil paints do, though they can be diluted with water while painting. Acrylic paint dries quickly to a waterproof finish. Because of this quality, it can be used on a variety of surfaces. Such as for painting on windows, outdoor signs, walls and fabric.
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