If you ever want to get into painting, there really isn’t much of a friendlier entrance then acrylic. Being water-based means it’s easy to clean up and it doesn’t stain as harshly as oil does. You don’t need to have any special sort of studio space to paint, and getting started requires relatively few items.
I’m not much of a painter, but going through art classes and now art school has made me try the three (or four) major paint types: watercolor, acrylic, and oil (the fourth is gauche, a sort of watercolor-acrylic hybrid, but most people don’t think of it amongst the Big Three). Throughout all this, I have developed a severe allergy to watercolor and therefore decided to take the oil painting class that was required of me.
Acrylic, however, lends itself well to my major, which is Illustration. It is a fast-drying and rather versatile medium that can be used in a variety of styles and applied in a multitude of ways. And with it being so favored in my professors’ eyes, I had to pick it up as well.
I’ve learned some tips and tricks since I first seriously used acrylic paint as a freshman in high school. This guide won’t turn you into a great painter, but I hope it provides you with a starting point and a way to perhaps figure out what you want to do.
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Part 1: Paint
Part 2: Tools
Part 3: How to Paint (coming soon)
Part 4: And the rest (coming soon)
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If you have any questions, feel free to comment or PM me.
