Painting blog by Masha Eretnova
Acrylics are versatile and one of the most popular mediums for painting. It is easier than watercolor and oil to learn how to use acrylic paint on canvas but still, acrylics offer you an incredible variety of techniques and paintings look amazing and are sold for hundreds of thousands. To paint with acrylic on canvas … Read more
Painting with acrylic paints is fun until you run out of colors. But don’t worry too much; creating your own paint might sound intimidating, but if you know the basics, the question “how to mix acrylic paint” could be fun. You can mix acrylic paint using any of these methods: mixing acrylic paints on a … Read more
Have you seen all these nice workshops painting on wine bottles, lamps and wine glasses imitating stained glass? Gorgeous! But what paint do they use? You can use acrylic paint and acrylic enamel for glass on wine bottles, windows, ornaments, glass doors and bowls and make it stick permanently. Unfortunately, acrylic paints will stick to … Read more
Acrylic paint is a versatile and fast-drying type of paint made from pigment suspended in an acrylic polymer emulsion. It can be diluted with water to create translucent washes or used straight from the tube for a bold, opaque color. It can be used on a variety of surfaces, including canvas, paper, wood, fabric, and … Read more
Have you ever been frustrated with how fast acrylic paint dries? I bet! Especially if you are like me and learned to paint with oils! For my first few paintings, I just wasted acrylics on the palette… On my last trip (Japan) I stumbled on this set of open acrylics and I got it in … Read more
I had a chance to try very affordable oil paints – Van Gogh and it was my second attempt at oils as an acrylic painter. I bought a simple set of 6 colors, only the basics and I was excited to test how oils are different from acrylics and how performant cheap oils can be. … Read more
Have you ever tried to find and match all the pieces of the sky in a puzzle? Not an easy task (I’m a puzzle lover myself!). And the same with painting the sky. There are actually a few colors we observe above us: darker blues on the top and paler blue at the horizon line, … Read more
One time I had a white t-shirt that I wanted to throw away, but as I am an abstract acrylic artist, I was like…wait a second… Can I use acrylic paint on fabric to upcycle my clothes and shoes?! And YES, acrylic paint will stick permanently to fabric and clothes! The next question I had … Read more
Would you like to create thick, textured, expressive acrylic paintings? I’ve been creating textured ad impasto art since 2020 and I can share how I thicken my paint with professional and household items. If you need thickness and texture use heavy-body or ultra-thick acrylics like Gaffrey. If you have thin acrylic paint, add modeling paste, … Read more
Acrylic paint is an easy-to-use, versatile, and, most importantly water-soluble paint. Yet, you may store some paints and later find out dried-out acrylic paints. If this happens to you, learning how to rehydrate acrylic paint is the solution. Even though acrylic paint is water-soluble you can only rehydrate acrylic paint that has some moisture and … Read more
Becoming a successful artist is a dream that many aspiring artists have. However, it takes more than just talent to achieve success in the art world. As someone who has been in the art industry for several years, I have learned that there are several things that artists can do to increase their chances of … Read more
Being an artist is challenging enough but once we made our amazing artworks, where to sell paintings? The sales don’t happen overnight and you don’t want to miss an opportunity. Where Can I Sell My Acrylic Paintings? You can join multiple art selling websites (so-called online galleries) with hundreds of thousands of like-minded artists of … Read more