Acrylic Painting Techniques PDF

Acrylic Painting Techniques Top 10 techniques: Wet on Wet - Applying layers of wet paint on top of each other before drying can set your paint colors. Dry Brush - After a first layer of paint has been applied, using little to no water use a dry brush to add a second color. This will leave brush s...

Acrylic Painting Techniques Top 10 techniques: Wet on Wet - Applying layers of wet paint on top of each other before drying can set your paint colors. Dry Brush - After a first layer of paint has been applied, using little to no water use a dry brush to add a second color. This will leave brush strokes on the artwork. Perfect for texture and abstract artwork. Stippling - Dabbing paint onto the canvas. Perfect way to create foliage and landscape or light highlight texture. Impasto - The technique of adding heavy layers of paint to the canvas. Most commonly done with a pallet knife. Glazing - Using a paint medium added to your acrylic paint to layer and make your color a bit more transparent. Best used for adding shadow to your canvas. Dripping - Spraying the canvas with water to allow paint to create streaks and wash out/down the canvas. Most commonly used in abstract painting to create depth and layers. Lifting - While your painting is half way wet to dry, applying a paper towel or rag to the paint to blot the canvas dry. Spattering - Using a dry brush or toothbrush to flick paint in a splattering effect onto the canvas. Good for stars, ocean sprays and graffiti effects. Sgraffito - After paint has dried onto the canvas, scrapping some pigment off with a bristle brush, nail, toothpick or pallet knife. Useful to create hair, feathers or fur textures. Masking - Using tape or rubber cement to cover over an area of the canvas to allow layering of paint. Allowing white areas of the canvas to remain intact.