Top 13 Acrylic Painting Techniques for Beginners
This video will walk you through some of the Top 13 Acrylic Painting Techniques for Beginners.
These Acrylic Painting Techniques will work with any type of acrylic paint – but for your reference I am using Liquitex Basics on student grade watercolor paper.
These 13 Acrylic Painting Techniques are perfect for Beginners!
| Materials: | |
| Watercolor paper | I used 11”x14” |
| Pencil or marker* | For labeling |
| Ruler* | For drawing boxes |
| Acrylic paint, any colors | I used Liquitex Basics |
| Variety of brushes | Different types of brushes will produce different effects |
| Palette for paint | I am using palette paper in the video, you could use a plastic plate too. My favorite is a butcher tray. |
| Cup for water | Keep water clean so your colors don’t get muddy |
| Paper towel | For drying off your brush |
| Gel medium | Gel medium |
| Modeling paste | Modeling paste |
| Sponges | You could also use a foam brush |
| Stencils | Any type of stencils can work |
| Masking tape or washi tape | For masking |
| Scissors* | I used scissors to cut the masking tape |
| Palette knives | For impasto |
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