After thorough considerations of all requisites in painting, you might have decided to use acrylics. You made the right choice if you are after versatility and quick-drying time as these are the main advantages that such type of paint offers. Its effect on your artwork, though, is still dependent on how you use it – for better or for worse? Sounds like you're about to engage yourself in a creative yet hard-to-start venture, right? Anyway, that's what makes painting as a great art for those who have guts, skill, and willingness to follow the established rules and tips as the ones provided below:
Keep the Acrylic Paint Workable
Because it dries quickly, it is very important to keep it workable by squeezing only a little amount from its tube. If you're using a normal plastic pallet, though, you have to opt for the spray bottle so that you can spray a fine mist over the paint to keep it moist and usable. And as suggested, the stay-wet types are best to use as you can eliminate the job of putting the paint on a sheet of wax paper placed on top of a watercolor paper. Nevertheless, you can devise your own technique which is more convenient or favorable during the process of oil paintings from photos.
Blot the Brushes
It is usually inevitable for the water drops to run down the ferrule and onto the painting which results to blotches. As such, it's one thing that you have to prevent so that you can make sure getting the desired result. One best strategy here is keeping a piece of paper towel or cloth next to the water jar and then wiping the brushes on such every time you do the rinsing.
Create Hard Edges
You can particularly use a masking tape to put onto and remove from the dried acrylic photo realistic painting without damaging the existing layer. That would make it easy for you to have sharp edges. Just make sure that the edges of your tape are stuck down tightly and you don't paint too thickly on the edges as that could result to a distorted line the moment you lift it.
Blend it Quickly
Given its quick-drying time, it is coherent to make the blending process faster. Needless to say that this could prevent the possibility of wasting the acrylic paint if it's not workable or usable anymore. So if you're working on paper, for instance, you should dampen the paper so that the working time can be increased. Aside from this, you can also try other ways for similar purpose as recommended by the product manufacturer or your co-artists.
Proper Use of Masking Fluid
This material or substance can be used with both the watercolors and acrylic washes. Of course, you know that, right? But be reminded that such should be dried completely before painting over such and avoid applying it too thickly; otherwise, the process would result to scratching away the paint to get to the masking fluid. And while this could work on paper and canvas, it is still clever to try it out first before using on actual Photo Painting. Yet, it is also good to dip a brush into the washing-up liquid prior to the painting so that you'll have easier job in washing the masking fluid out of your brush.
Because it dries quickly, it is very important to keep it workable by squeezing only a little amount from its tube. If you're using a normal plastic pallet, though, you have to opt for the spray bottle so that you can spray a fine mist over the paint to keep it moist and usable. And as suggested, the stay-wet types are best to use as you can eliminate the job of putting the paint on a sheet of wax paper placed on top of a watercolor paper. Nevertheless, you can devise your own technique which is more convenient or favorable during the process of oil paintings from photos.
Blot the Brushes
It is usually inevitable for the water drops to run down the ferrule and onto the painting which results to blotches. As such, it's one thing that you have to prevent so that you can make sure getting the desired result. One best strategy here is keeping a piece of paper towel or cloth next to the water jar and then wiping the brushes on such every time you do the rinsing.
Create Hard Edges
You can particularly use a masking tape to put onto and remove from the dried acrylic photo realistic painting without damaging the existing layer. That would make it easy for you to have sharp edges. Just make sure that the edges of your tape are stuck down tightly and you don't paint too thickly on the edges as that could result to a distorted line the moment you lift it.
Blend it Quickly
Given its quick-drying time, it is coherent to make the blending process faster. Needless to say that this could prevent the possibility of wasting the acrylic paint if it's not workable or usable anymore. So if you're working on paper, for instance, you should dampen the paper so that the working time can be increased. Aside from this, you can also try other ways for similar purpose as recommended by the product manufacturer or your co-artists.
Proper Use of Masking Fluid
This material or substance can be used with both the watercolors and acrylic washes. Of course, you know that, right? But be reminded that such should be dried completely before painting over such and avoid applying it too thickly; otherwise, the process would result to scratching away the paint to get to the masking fluid. And while this could work on paper and canvas, it is still clever to try it out first before using on actual Photo Painting. Yet, it is also good to dip a brush into the washing-up liquid prior to the painting so that you'll have easier job in washing the masking fluid out of your brush.
Do remember these notes before you start painting with acrylics as the process can be too tiresome to commit mistakes and waste your time and expense.