Acrylic Painting...?

Hey, I've been into painting for quite a while now, but just until recently, I bought some paints of my own. I'm getting the hang of everything again, but I cannot seem to get one thing right.





The acrylic paints do not like to be painted over, like I've been used to in oils. What I mean by this is that the bottom layer always seems to shine through. Is there a technique to keep this from happening? Thanks.Acrylic Painting...?
Some acrylic colors are more transparent than others (i.e.; Hansa orange tends to be pretty transparent, titanium white is not.) You need to mix a more opaque color with the transparent. If the area to be painted doesn't need to be overly blended into other areas, you can paint the spot white, then apply the transparent shade on top of that (once it dries.)Acrylic Painting...?
You're welcome! Good luck %26amp; enjoy. :)

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you have to mix the specific color you want before you paint it on. i know sometimes i paint on one color, then another, and mix it on the canvas, but that doesn't work with acrylics. you have to mix it before it hits the canvas
first off, gesso the painting if you are going to paint over it. if not painting over it but trying to change it use thicker paint - or apply layers, you have to wait till the first layer is dry then recoat this; do this over and over till you get what you want.


also, some paints are more opaque than others; ie, if using Hansa yellow you will need to paint more than 1 layer because what was underneath will shine through - or add Titanium white to the yellow to make it more opaque then add the pure yellow after it dries.


Cadmium colors are the better, more expensive and opaque colors.


*you NEVER add any oil to acrylics, it's like adding oil to water literally.
Well, with acryllics you have to remember that the thickest paint ALWAYS goes on the bottom layer and you have to thin the paint with something like linseed oil (or water, though that's not as effective) in order to keep that from happening.
Theres this stuff called gesso thats like a white paint you paint on your canvass. Like an eraser but you must wait for the paint to dry before gessoing it.





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Hi there,





I don't work with acrylics, so I won't talk about what I don't know.


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