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How to Clean Acrylic Paint Brushes and Make Them Last
A simple routine for keeping brushes soft: what to do while you paint, a seven-step wash with water and mild soap, and how to rescue a brush with dried acrylic in it.
Painting Supplies
What a beginner actually needs: paints, brushes, surfaces and palettes described by type, plus how to keep brushes in good shape.
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Acrylic Paint Palettes: Types, Setup and Keeping Paint Wet
Compare five palette types, build a stay-wet palette from a lidded container and baking parchment, and set out your colors so the paint stays workable for the whole session.
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Acrylic Painting Surfaces: Canvas, Panels and Paper Compared
Stretched canvas, canvas panels, paper and wood panels compared by feel, cost and storage, with a plain explanation of priming and gesso, how to tape paper flat and which sizes to start on.
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Acrylic Paint Brushes: Shapes, Sizes and What Each One Does
A clear guide to brush shapes and the marks they make, how size numbers and handle lengths work, and which three brushes to own first before adding any others.
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Acrylic Painting Supplies: A Simple Starter Kit
The minimum kit for a first acrylic painting: six tubes, three brushes, a surface, a palette, water jars and rags. Each choice is explained by type, along with what can wait until later.