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6 Tips for Painting on Canvas
While a blank canvas can be used for painting, you have to do it with a lot of care. Being full of ideas is not enough. If you want to be on the right track, we suggest that you use the following tips for painting on canvas. Read on to know more. 1. Get Your […]
10 Different Types Of Landscapes
Aerial landscapes These landscapes depict the land from above. Some aerial landscapes have the viewpoint looking straight down from above, so the painting’s all land and no sky. Others have the viewpoint looking across, so the artist can see both the land and the sky, but from a much higher viewpoint. Artists travel in airplanes, […]
Creating Your First Canvas Art Painting
Creating your first canvas painting can be a daunting task. There are so many things to consider; which canvas to use, whether to use oil or acrylic paints and what type of brush to use. The best thing to do is to experiment and find what works best for you. There are a number of […]
How to Paint People
How to paint people with watercolors, oils or acrylics can be done as a detailed portrait or as a simple suggestion of a figure. Either way adding people to your paintings is a great way to add interest. The viewer will spend more time looking at your painting when there are people featured in […]
How to Paint With Oils
Paint is created by combining dry pigment and liquid. In oil paints, the liquid used is linseed oil. You purchase oil paint in tubes. The paint is thick. So when you squeeze it out onto your palette, you mix it with your palette knife and use a stiff brush to apply it to your canvas. […]
The Pros and Cons – Painting Mediums and Consistency
Painters use different types of paint, these are known as the painting mediums and They are usually oil, alkyd and acrylic. Of the different types of painting mediums, the most expensive paint to use is oil. This type of paint is regarded as the best quality. Oil painting is luminous and very rich. Due to […]
Painting Light
HOW TO PAINT LIGHT I teach students how to paint and draw light. I am also a lighting specialist. My fascination with light encompasses, not only the commercial, retailing aspect, but the artistic as well. Once drawing and painting skills are developed to the point where students can accurately put down what they see, creating […]
13 Fast Facts About Acrylic Paint
1. It is less than a century old. The first type of acrylic paint to become commercially available was actually polymer-based house paint, which became available in the 1940s. 2. It was only in the 1950s that acrylics were made commercially available. After that, they took off in popularity and they’re remained a top choice […]
Acrylic Painting – Welcome To the Modern Genre of Painting
The painting field has had several forms of techniques involved to its genre, among which the most revolutionizing technique is that of the acrylic painting This is quite a surprising form of art, as it can take up the task of any of the former techniques that you could relate to. The basic property of […]
Acrylic Painting – The Modern Genre of Painting
The modern art that is being preferred over canvas or oil painting nowadays is the acrylic painting, which comes handful in many ways. Acrylic painting has become the genre of modern painting due to its flexibility, depending upon the type of ingredients that it is made up of. The water resistant property, of the acrylic […]
Five Acrylic Painting Supplies You Must Have
There are just a few supplies you need when using acrylics for your next painting. You can use modest supplies to the most expensive and obscure painting supplies any artist can devour. Whichever way you decide to go you must have the basics. So, let’s start with the first need, the paint. 1. Acrylic Paint […]
