Creating Soft Edges with Acrylics
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Painting in acrylics is fast, colourful and rewarding. But it's not without its challenges. The main one I get from folks is how hard it is to create soft edges and smooth gradations. I rarely add mediums to my paint, instead I like to use a dry brush technique. See this video for details!
Very helpful. Clears up my issues with the canvas texture vs the effects seen with dry brushing leaving the dot patterns on top and under, in the paint layers . Nice close-ups! I can't find this so full addressed elsewhere. Many thanks.
Thanks, Mike! So glad it was helpful :)
Finnaly i know why my dry brushing looks terrible half of the time
I hope this helps! Up close, dry brushing does look pretty messy. 💕
@@abandurkaart yes it did help, thank you, last night i did a test and i got a texture that looks almost like it were graphite or chark oil with the technic you proposed, im really satisfied. This was exactly what i was looking for
What make of filbert brush do you use? Thank you for your help…I am new to acrylics and I appreciate this information 👏🙏👏
Hi Rosemary! I love the Connoisseur Synthetic Mongoose. It’s not too stiff, but not too wishy washy, either 😘
This was helpful. Thank you for a simple and easy to follow demonstration.
Mary Benton I’m so glad it was of value to you :) Thanks for watching!
Great practical guide, thank you
You're very welcome! Thank you for watching :)
Thank you ❤
This was so very helpful Thanku 😊
Thank you! I'm so glad this was helpful :)
That was so helpful. What if your just starting with a black canvas? I would just be working with different tones of grey and white right?
Unless if I wanted to use a different colour for some depth, then the lovely black dots would just be their from the darkness under tones of said darker colour?right?
Yes, but it’s something you can do with colour as well :) I do it all the time, it’s really my go-to tool for painting with acrylics!! Good luck :)
That's correct!
"Directionallity", I hate these made up words.
Hi Sharon! I’m sorry if this word disturbed you, but it’s not a made up word - though I do that from time to time in an attempt to be “fun”… check it out - here’s the official definition of “directionality”: www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/directionality.
What brand of acrylic do you use?
I like to use M.Graham Acrylics, they are just a little less viscous than Golden, which helps them stay wet a tiny bit longer. Golden is a solid brand as well! I have a few colours in that brand also.
thanks you for your time
Thank you for watching, Sue!
You should try MDF BOARDS or smooth texture surface. Richeson think that's spelled wrong..r very good smooth boards comes already toned in grey or beige. ..your work is nice. ..working with acrylics is challenging and having a canvas as yours is more so. I can see the weave of the canvas. Acrylic also works great on water color boards..but more expensive. The Richeson can be found at Dick Blick...also try Hoftcraft loom for Mona Lisa boards very nice and inexpensive already to go.
Stella Soprano Hi Stella! I actually use boards for my oil painting, but for my acrylics since I like working with dry brushing as I do, I have to have some texture. Plus a bit of an absorbent surface really helps as well. In my work, I use a layer of light molding paste on my canvas to prep before gessoing and painting. Or I work on paper that I affix to a board or canvas. It’s always a good idea to try many different surfaces to see which you prefer! The surface you paint on is as important as anything :) Thanks for watching!
@Stella Soprano, although I think you meant well with your comment, I feel as though you've missed what Angela Bandurka was trying to explain in her video.