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Question: Painting Help for the Semi Experienced Artist!?
I've been drawing for quite a few years now and am pretty good at it!. I really like using oil pastels and photoshop because building the layers seems pretty natural to me!. I've wanted to start painting for a while and even bought some acrylic paints, but I just can't seem to get the hang of it!. Anyone out there got some good tips or sites where I can learn!? I don't need to know the basics, like how to hold the brush or paint by looking for shapes in the image or anything!. I need more details on how to mix the colors, build the layers, and such!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
With acrylic, the paint must dry before you can layer colors!. But the only reason you layer on the paint is because you want the paint to be raised above the canvas or you boo-booed and need to cover it!. When mixing colors, there really is no trick!. You just mix until you get the hue/shade you want!. If you're looking for more opacity (opaque, milky) then try goauche paints!. Those are my pick because they are like watercolors in the term of blending and layering but like acrylics because you can layer over them if you make a mistake (watercolors you cannot paint over to make corrections)!.
Hope this helps and good luck and if you need additional advice you can e-mail me!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
get on You tube and search painting techniques, painting tutorials and stuff like that, they should have great visual references for you!.
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