Go beyond the paint to breathe new life into your acrylics by adding mediums to your repertoire of materials. Mediums are the real manipulators of acrylic paint — but which ones do you use, and when? How do you combine them with your colors, or with each other? Join acrylic artist and instructor Rhéni Tauchid as she helps you navigate these questions and discover ways of getting the most out of acrylic mediums in your creative work. Rheni starts this video by helping you identify the different families of acrylic mediums and the functions of each. Discover endless possibilities for expanding the visual and textural effects you can bring to life on your canvas!
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Palette Set Up for Oil Painting
“By maintaining a consistent palette setup, as artist Katie Liddiard does, you’ll always know where to reach for the color you need. For her basic palette setup, Katie begins the row of light to dark and warm to cool paints with lead white, a creamy,…
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Best Tools for Black & White Drawing
Beautiful drawings require a strong command of your materials, and this lesson breaks down the essential drawing tools every artist should have. Artist and instructor Patricia Watwood begins with a comprehensive overview of different kinds of graphite and charcoal, followed by a demonstration of how…
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How to Draw Lively Eyes with Colored Pencil
Bring the focus to your subject’s eyes and give your portrait life as you learn artist Kerry Brooks’s techniques for drawing accurate eyes that are full of sparkle and emotion. In this lesson, Kerry shares her techniques for creating eyes that capture the specific likeness…
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The Artist’s Approach to Trees
We all know a tree when we see one, but if you’ve ever tried to draw or paint a realistic tree, you know—there’s a lot more to observe than you can catch at first glance! In this video, acrylic artist and author Peter John Reid…
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