How to Paint with Acrylics

Transcript Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. The palette knife is a great tool to use in painting with acrylics. They come in a lot of different sizes and shapes, you can find them in …

Transcript Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. Acrylic paint is pigment in a suspension of acrylic polymers. It’s water based so it’s very user friendly. They’re very different than oils in that the water is …

Transcript Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. So we’ve decided to give acrylic painting a try. The first thing you are going to want to do is to get a canvas or a surface to …

Transcript Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. Back in the olden days, the artists used to make their own canvasses. They would have to prepare a frame, a wooden frame. They’d have to buy a …

Transcript Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. When it comes to selecting brushes for your project, there are so many things to choose from. We’re going to select a few for our work today. Today …

Transcript Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. How to Paint with Acrylic Paint: Acrylic Painting Techniques We’re going to talk about some painting techniques. Let’s start with putting our paint out on our palette. Basically, …

Transcript Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. When you buy your acrylic paints you may want initially to spend some time just getting to know how they work together, how they blend, and how much …

Transcript Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. I’m going to show you a few little techniques that you can use when you want to do like a water-color wash. We’re going to build from transparent …

Transcript How to Paint with Acrylic Paint: Keeping Acrylic Paint from Drying too Fast Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. Acrylic paints typically dry very quickly. That’s a good advantage because you can work a …

Transcript Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. I want to show you some fun ways to paint with acrylic without using brushes. These tools can be so much fun. You just have to kinda know …

Transcript Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. Hardboard is a great surface to paint on as well. And it comes in a lot of different shapes and sizes. These are some that we picked up …

Transcript How to Paint with Acrylic Paint: Painting a Simple Background Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. I want to show you how to do a simple background. Now sometimes it’s hard to get the …

Transcript Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. I’m going to show you how to do a mottled background; I have two techniques to show you. We’re going to start with a flat brush and we’re …

Transcript Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. We going to demonstrate perspective by adding a small road to our painting. And we’re going to show how the road disappears at the vanishing point. What you …

Transcript Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. I’m going to tell you about some brush techniques today. We’re going to use our 1-inch flat brush and we’re going to do a cross-hatch technique. We’re going …

Transcript Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. I am going to show you how to create texture and blend it. We are going to do blending by creating a sky with very smooth texture. We …

Transcript Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. Now we are going to show you how to form shadows and highlights and we have prepared a basic apple shape to work with, We’ve got our acrylic …

Transcript How to Paint with Acrylic Paint: Sponge Painting Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. I’m going to teach you some techniques using a sponge today. This is a basic natural sponge. They come out …

Transcript Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. What glazing is basically layering one color on top of another to cause an effect. We water the paint down and then we use on top of dried …

Transcript Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. I’m going to teach you how to make an abstract flower. We’re going to use our one inch flat brush to get started and some red paint. This …

Transcript Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. We’re going to paint a tulip with acrylic paint. We’re going to start by using a one-inch flat brush. I’m going to use yellow paint and some red …

Transcript Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York.. We supply everything you need to complete your painting. All you have to do is come, show up, and expect to have a good time. Our painting workshops …

Transcript Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. The first thing we want to do is establish our horizon line. I am gonna start with my purple paint and i’m using a 1 inch flat brush …

Transcript Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. I’d like to show you how to paint a sky with clouds, in acrylic paint. We’re going to start by using a two-inch chip brush. We’re going to …

Transcript Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. I’d like to demonstrate two different trees. We’re going to do one with sponges and the other one is with a brush. We’re going to start off with …

Transcript Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. We have already prepared our canvas by putting different shades of blue in horizontal strokes. I am going to start with a turquoise blue and I am going …

Transcript Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. We’re gonna start by using our 1.5 inch flat brush and the yellow paint for the sun. First thing we’re gonna do is establish the horizon line on …

Transcript Hi, I’m Linda. I created a company called Paint Along. Check us out at paintalongnyc.com. We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville and New York. Once we learn the basics of color theory we are on our way to have a successful painting. You might want by getting a color wheel at the …