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How to Easily Thin Out Thick Acrylic Paint For a Better Painting Experience

Easy methods for thinning out thick acrylic paint to add more versatility for your paintings Sometimes, using thicker paint as-is could easily overtake your entire painting, making it harder for you to create those sexy smooth blends, finer details, or crisp lines. When this happens, there are lots of easy methods to thin out your […]

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5 Easy Ways to Keep Acrylic Paint on Canvas Wet

Stupid simple ways to keep your acrylic paint from drying too quickly and get better, more magical blends. So you’re painting your latest masterpiece, dipping your brush tenderly into your acrylic paint. You throw together a bunch of colors onto your palette and after a few careful mixes, you get the perfect color. But, after

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Do You REALLY Need to Varnish your Acrylic Paintings?

Is it totally necessary to varnish an acrylic painting? Here’s a few pointers to help guide your decision. You just completed your latest acrylic masterpiece. You set your brush down and happily gaze upon your work; but just as you’re about to pop open that bottle of merlot in celebration (it’s 5 o’clock somewhere, right?),

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Overcoming Fear of Failure in your Art

How to overcome the fear of failure and under-valuing the worth of your art and skills Lots of artists encounter an intrinsic fear of failure . And oftentimes, this fear is driven by a core deep-seated sentiment: My art (and thus myself) are not good enough. These feelings of unworthiness are common amongst both new

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Palette Knife Painting Tutorial | Aspen Tree Creation Techniques

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5 easy ways to discover your art style

Find your creative art style using 5 simple tips that can help propel your art and boost your self-confidence As you find yourself knee-deep in your creative journey, creating paintings and learning new techniques, you will (or already have) probably stumbled upon this one perplexing question….how can I be original and make art that is

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Fall Chic Pumpkin Palette Knife Painting | Acrylic Painting Tutorial for Beginners

Nothing makes me smile harder than seeing pumpkins. And fall brings lots of pumpkins for us to pick, carve and/or paint, and adorn on our porches and windows for all to admire. So, in this blog post, we’ll be painting this adorable white pumpkin using a palette knife, metallic paint and a bit of titanium

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Are Arteza EverBlend Markers Worth the Money?| My Honest Review

Are Arteza’s everblend markers a good deal? Let’s dive in! It’s my favorite time of the (month? week? year?) where I test out the newest art supplies from Arteza – this time I will be reviewing Arteza Everblend markers! In case you’ve been living under a rock this whole time, I have been on a

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How to Get Better at Drawing from the Imagination

Improve your drawing skills so you can rely more on your imagination and less on reference pictures Is it ever possible to draw from the imagination, without using a reference picture? This is going to be quite a topic of discussion. Why is that? Well, because after much scouring, reading, thinking, and more scouring on

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Acrylic Paint- Choose the Best Type for Your Next Painting

The 6 key components for choosing acrylic paints that are best for your painting project Acrylic paints are a ton of fun to play with, but did you know that not all paints are created equal? As cray cray as that sounds, knowing how to handle your various types of acrylic paint can give you

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