How to gesso a canvas properly is one of the first things you should learn as a beginning artist. A correctly prepped canvas will give you much more satisfactory results and prevent the frustration of the paint not sticking or the brush strokes not being smooth. Gesso can also be used to cover mistakes or …
Orange is not a paint colour you would think you would use often, especially bright, vivid orange. However, you would be surprised how often you actually use variations of orange acrylic paint in your work. If you are a landscape artist, you already know the importance of various hues of orange paint in fall foliage …
One of the most difficult tasks for a beginning artist is deciding how to sign your artwork. Signing your artwork can often lead to some anxiety. Is my work good enough to sign? Where do I sign? What do I use to sign my work? Do I only sign if I am a professional artist …
Ready to try acrylic painting but not sure where to start? Or maybe you have already started painting but just need a few pointers. Acrylics are great for beginners. They are fairly easy to use, dry quickly and are cheaper to buy than oils or watercolours. A few simple acrylic painting tips will help you get …
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We all know that blue and yellow make green. We probably learned that in preschool. But what we probably didn’t learn from making a mess with the non-toxic, washable primary colors we used was how to mix the perfect green paint for our artwork. There is more than one green. There are probably even more …