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Acrylic and Watercolor paint Paints
There are a lot of differences between watercolor and acrylic paints in the way they are made and the way you use them to paint. There are also some similarities.
Although both watercolor and acrylic paints are water-soluble there are several differences between acrylic and watercolor paints. These differences include, color, surface, and usability and the way they are made, etc. I have explained each difference below.
The joy of painting is to explore different mediums or to choose one that you can fall in love with. But to do that you need to know what each offers and what some of the limitations are.
If you’re just starting out in acrylics, it can be a bit overwhelming standing in the paintbrush aisle at the art store, with a vast sea of artist paint brushes spread out before you.
The wide selection even makes me dizzy sometimes! If you are an absolute beginner and looking for a brush set to just get started then Mont Marte Gallery series Acrylic Paint Brush Set is our top recommendation for you. In the kit, you get two round, two flat and two filbert brushes that is good enough for getting started with acrylic painting.
Paintbrushes for acrylics come in many different shapes and sizes. The shapes and sizes of the brushes you choose to work with will depend mainly on how large you want to work, and how detailed you want to get. Take a look:
There are 8 main types of artist paintbrushes that are used with acrylics, shown above. Each one is specially intended for different uses. Before we get into the particular uses of each paintbrush, let’s get a quick low-down of the different parts of the brush:
The paintbrush
The paintbrush will be your magic wand for weaving colors across the canvas. Artist paint brushes become beloved tools the more you use them! As you paint, you will become increasingly familiar with the way the brushes handle the paint and what they can accomplish for you. Pretty soon the paintbrush will become a part of you that you intuitively know how to maneuver.
If you are an absolute beginner and looking for a brush set to just get started then Mont Marte Gallery Series Acrylic Paint Brush Set is our top recommendation for you. In the kit, you get two round, two flat and two filbert brushes that is good enough for getting started with acrylic painting.
The joy of painting is to explore different mediums or to choose one that you can fall in love with. But to do that you need to know what each offers and what some of the limitations are.
If you are an absolute beginner and looking for a brush set to just get started then Mont Marte Gallery series Acrylic Paint Brush Set is our top recommendation for you. In the kit, you get two round, two flat and two filbert brushes that is good enough for getting started with acrylic painting.
Canvases and other substrates –
* Derivan A3 Watercolour Pad White A3 – can be used for acrylics, need to dampen back and flatten after first layer as it buckles a bit 15 pages $21
* Semco Canvas Panel White – different sizes: 40x30cm or 40x50cm are both ok for this
* Semco Stretched Canvas White from 10 x 12 in, if you want to hang easily
VERY HANDY EXTRAS –
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Transfer paper X-Press It A4 Transfer Paper White 20 Pack . Can be used to transfer your subject drawing (or ours if we supply you one) from your paper to your painted background.
Paint Pens – at least one black and one white, medium tip (if you have no brush skills yet, they can be very easy to get nice clean lines, instead of a detailer brush, which is an acquired skill
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