It is always a good idea to lightly sand the canvas before you start, making sure to wipe it with a clean soft cloth after you have sanded it. Use a fine tooth piece of sanding paper rather than a coarse grade.(As you become familiar with acrylics, you can buy unprimed canvas and gesso it yourself, if you wish.) Before you start painting, you will need to think about prepping your canvas. I suggest that you start by buying small, pre-primed canvasses.These sheets will take your artistic life to a whole new level. One of my friends told me she just about wept when she discovered these sheets after painting for years without them! These sheets stay wet in your palette for weeks, and keep your paints fresh and moist for days and days. They really end up saving you money in the long-run.Once you are able to invest more in your artistic endeavors, I highly recommend that you purchase an acrylic palette, and “STA-WET” PALETTE PAPER SHEETS.The paint will stay moist until at least the next day.You can keep your paints from one painting session to the next by covering the plate tightly with plastic wrap.So, while you are painting, you need to spritz over the paints with water from an ordinary spray bottle to keep them moist without getting them too runny. Acrylics dry really fast once exposed to air.Acrylic paint is somewhat thick and creamy as it comes out of the tube, so you must add a bit of water to it to make it a paintable consistency.It helps to keep the paints pliable longer if you have a piece of dampened paper towel on the plate, and squeeze the paint onto it.You can use a paper plate or an old dinner plate on which to squeeze out your paint.Because this is not intended to be an e-book on painting with acrylics, but an article, I will only cover some of the tips I wish I had known when I began with acrylics. Now that you have decided to try these paints, here are a few tips that will help you to fully enjoy this experience. There is no limit to what you can do with acrylics!.There are also many different grounds and mediums to add to acrylics which give different textures.If you want to make your painting more like an oil painting, you can add different mediums to acrylic paint to make it thicker.If you want to slow down the drying time, you can add a medium called a ‘retarder’ and voila’! You have more time to work on getting the painting done just as you want before it dries.Acrylic paint dries very quickly, so unlike oils and watercolor, you do not have to wait before you can proceed further on your painting.You can paint on many surfaces with acrylics – paper, canvas, metal, and wood, just to name a few.If you add water to them, you can achieve watercolor effects on paper, but with the permanence of acrylics or oils. Acrylics are probably THE most versatile of paints.Have you ever thought about trying your hand at painting, or wondered if acrylics might be the right medium for you? Well, let me encourage you to pick up a paint brush and give them a try!
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