Painting with Acrylics
Rogene Manas shares great information on choosing and using acrylic paints. Check out her painted paper clay project in the November/December issue of Cloth Paper Scissors. Download Now
Rogene Manas shares great information on choosing and using acrylic paints. Check out her painted paper clay project in the November/December issue of Cloth Paper Scissors. Download Now
Artist Sandra Duran Wilson has come up with ways to create her own desired effects by using acrylic paint to mimic encaustic art.
If you love the different abstract looks you can create with acrylic paint, you’ll love today’s blog post. In this excerpt from Surface Treatment Workshop: 45 Mixed-Media Techniques, Darlene Olivia McElroy and Sandra Duran Wilson share two simple acrylic paint pouring techniques. Acrylic painting technique Acrylic Painting Technique for Mixed-Media Art from Surface Treatment Workshop Acrylic pours and drips…
Turning the ugly into the beautiful…or…even uglier…depends on your mindset. I like finding objects that have been discarded or stashed in someone's attic because they just don't know what to do with it…like those Christmas gifts from Aunt Agnes. The Elephant head sconce was a pair (yeeks) given to a friend of mine many years ago…I said…
The long-awaited new issue of Acrylic Artist is here! Our team of editors has pulled together a wide variety of paintings, complete with instructions so that you can learn how these artists have accomplished the artworks throughout this 124-page special issue. Here's a sneak peek from the feature article, "Pieces of Parts" by Lauren B.…
Reclaimed box, found blade, other found objects, antique Straitline ruler, acrylic paint
There's a new baby in the family so it's a perfect time to have fun with art. The layers were built up using paper scraps, acrylic paints, colored inks, stencils, and a lot of finger painting. 16"x 20" on paper.
12 x 16" Mixed media on canvas. I use paper and fabric collage as a base and then add painted elements to finish the piece. This piece has hand painted ladybugs, leaves and sparrow on top of the collage work. Detail:
The wall art shown is made from a trifold certificate holder. I came across 50 or so of these and grabbed them all. They sat in my studio for 6 months before I knew what to do with them. Gesso, paint and paper and you have art! I paid 20.00 for all 50 . Each…