Step-By-Step Acrylic Painting for Beginners

Acrylics paints are the most favorable paints in today’s era due to its versatility. It can be applied to make a thick texture. Secondly it is chosen due to permanence. It will not get harden with age and no yellow look appears like oil paint. Also no more attention is required for the thin and the thick texture as it will remain cracking free till its life.

This article will provide a complete step by step guide for acrylic painting that beginners need to focus.
So the first thing required for the acrylic painting is the painting supplies

ACRYLIC PAINT MATERIALS REQUIREMENT
The first and foremost thing required for making an acrylic painting is the painting materials. There is no need to waste your money on overflow of painting supplies at once in fact you need only limited supplies for the beginners level.

Here’s the list of seven items you need to start an acrylic painting:
# Acrylic Colors
# Good Quality Brushes
# A painting support (canvas or gesso boards)
# Color palette
# Water
# Use cloth rags
# Easel

Let us pick each item one by one and discuss.



# ACRYLIC COLORS
Choose the best of the best quality paint. Try to choose the artist quality not the student quality. The student quality paints are less effective to colors and media mix. Try to bring a small color palette that contains only the basic colors like red, blue, green, black and white. Black can also be made by mixing three primary colors. You can also bring basic color tubes and start with them.

# GOOD QUALITY PAINT BRUSHES
When it comes to brush, try to choose a good quality brushes not the cheap one. Choosing a good brush will give you good control and smooth feel. If you take a good care these brushes will last for long. For example if you are using a brush and done with it, wash it thoroughly with water don’t keep as it is. It will make your brush hard and hair will fall down. Just a simple rule take care of your brushes they will take care of you.

For using simple, use big brush for big areas and relax painting styles, where details are not required. Small brushes are used for small areas where more detailing is needed. So a variety of brushes is necessary.

                                                                                                                                             

# PAINTING SUPPORT
Acrylic painting works on many kinds of surfaces like Stretched canvas, canvas board, canvas paper and even wood. Choice is yours you can use any surface paint but try to choose the surface which is ready to work well for acrylic paint. Also you can buy pre-primed surface but make sure it is primed with gesso or primer.

CAUTION
Try not to buy the surface made for oil painting as acrylic colors don’t get easily stick to the oily surfaces and would peel off with time means no longevity. So try to avoid.

# COLOR PALETTE
What is palette? A color palette is the surface used for mixing of your paints. It can be any flat surface like a tray, glass plate, wood block or any other water-proof material. Try to use a palette that can be covered with a lid because the acrylic paints have a nature of drying soon so if you need a long life of colors cover it with lid and get a long life of colors use it many days. You can choose any one of the color palette ideas but keep in mind the drying capability.

                                                                              
# WATER
Take a big jug of water always handy when using acrylic paints. Keep two jugs with you one for rinsing the brushes when you shift from one color to another and other jug for dilute paints and moist the brushes. Also water is used to lighten the pigment and change the colors hue.

# USE CLOTH RAGS
Use cloth rags or towel or any other soaking cloth to dab the brushes, keep your hands clean and correct your mistakes when needed.



# EASEL
Art Easel is the support for your painting and keep your painting at an angle you want just directly opposite to you. You can adjust the proportions and perspective accordingly. Wooden Easel is easily available in the market with different shapes and prices. Two types are available stand up easel and tabletop easel.

QUALITY OF MATERIALS?
The quality of the materials you use is crucial, especially the paint. There are student quality canvasses, brushes, and paints and professional ones available as well.

When you talk about student quality has a smaller percentage of pigment in the acrylic binder and fillers. It is difficult to see the difference until you start painting with it. The paint behaves in a less efficient and more challenging way. When in doubt, go for the professional quality. Otherwise, you may waste time and energy to obtain the results you want.

Here’s the deal:
Get the best tools you can afford easily. For paint, Golden acrylic paint gold color and Liquitex acrylic paint colors are the great brands. Pay attention to the labels and avoid paints that say "student" or "studio". Go for "artist" quality. That will suit best to start the simple acrylic paintings for beginners.