Acrylic Painting for Beginners
Easy Acrylic Painting Lessons and Ideas
Start here: how acrylic paint behaves, how thick to mix it, the mistakes almost everyone makes at first, and a sensible order for your first sessions.
3 tutorials published
Ten problems that spoil early acrylic paintings, from muddy color and streaks to hard blend lines and stiff brushes, each with its cause and fix, plus three dependable ways to correct a painting.
Learn the four working thicknesses of acrylic paint by feel, how to thin a little at a time on the palette, where water stops being helpful and when a medium is the better choice.
A plain orientation to acrylics: what the paint is, why it suits a first-time painter, the few habits it asks of you, a small first setup and a sensible order for your first three sessions.
