Kick Ass Way To Spice Up Acrylic Paintings

 
 

Kick Ass Way To Spice Up Acrylic Paintings

This lesson explores a kick ass way to spice up acrylic paintings. If you want to explore with acrylics this a great method to get the juices flowing. For this demonstration I mixed heavy body acrylics with compressed charcoal.

Here's What You Will Learn

  • Mixing compressed charcoal with acrylics can add linear interest
  • Get inspiration from the image, but don't copy it
  • Experiment with color by choosing arbitrary hues
  • Avoiding a strict painting approach, and try to explore different techniques
  • Being expressive means having unlimited opportunities
  • Start loose and keep it loose
  • You don't always have to paint finished art, it's okay to doodle & explore. After all, this is where you are more apt to try new techniques.
Kick Ass Way To Spice Up Acrylic Paintings

Kick Ass Way To Spice Up Acrylic Paintings

Essential SkillsRobert Joyner