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Get all the supplies you need to get started with the Acrylic Starter Box
Learn how to start painting with acrylic paints with artist Lori George.
Join acrylic artist Lori George as she guides you through all you need to know to learn how to paint with acrylics! Our 6-part Acrylic Beginner Series is filled with all of the foundational techniques and fundamentals for success!
Throughout this Acrylic Beginner Series, you’ll learn:
- The acrylic painting supplies you need for success
- Types of acrylic paints and how to choose which ones you want to use
- Which brushes to use and the marks they make
- How to clean and take care of your brushes and supplies
- Color theory and how to mix shades, hues and tints of paints
- Acrylic mediums that can add texture, dimension, and blendability
- How to add details to your acrylic painting through mark making
- How to use gesso to prep a surface for painting
- How to use fixative and varnish to finish and protect your painting
- The best tips for prepping your painting space and cleaning up
Get all the supplies you need to get started with the Acrylic Starter Box
Intro to Acrylic Paints & Supplies
Throughout this art lesson, Lori demonstrates how each type of acrylic paint performs, so you know what you need when you sit down to paint.
An artist is only as good as their art supplies! In our first Acrylic Beginner Series video, join acrylic artist, Lori George, as she teaches all about basic acrylic painting supplies. Learn about different types of acrylic paint, like heavy bodied acrylic, soft bodied acrylic paint, and different grades of paint, like professional, student and craft paints.
Brushes & Techniques
From flats to filberts and liners to rounds, Lori reviews all the basic acrylic paint brushes and shares helpful tips for brush care and maintenance.
How to use a paint brush? Which paint brush should you use to make a certain stroke? Both of these questions are answered in Part 2 of our Acrylic Painting Beginner Series. Throughout this informative lesson, learn about the different parts of a paint brush and the different acrylic brushes themselves.
Color Mixing Basics
Explore the basics of color theory and how to apply them to your next acrylic painting project in Part 3 of our Acrylic Painting Beginner Series.
This 26-minute tutorial is packed with great foundational color theory lessons, like: how to use a color wheel, how to mix secondary colors from primary colors, how to mix tertiary colors, how to mix brown using complementary colors, and so much more. Throughout the tutorial, Lori demonstrates how to use — and paint — a color wheel, and how to use a brush board to clean off excess paint, which can be turned into a fabulous piece of abstract art!
Mediums & Additives
Add texture and blendability with acrylic mediums and additives in Part 4 of our Acrylic Painting Beginner Series with Lori!
Have we talked about how much we love the versatility of acrylic painting? It's truly our favorite part of painting with acrylic! In Part 4 of our Acrylic Painting Beginner Series, join Lori as she demonstrates how to use mediums and additives for additional texture, dimension and blendability.
Mark-Making & Fun Stuff
Embrace the fun with mark-making on acrylic paintings! From dots to dashes and pens to 3D liners, learn the many ways you can add a dash of flair to your next painting!
In Part 5 of the Acrylic Beginner Series, learn how to use permanent markers, gel pens, Posca paint pens and acrylic markers to create dots, dashes, lines, swirls, outlines etc. to give your painting character and flair once the paint is dry. Lori also teaches how to use chalk pastels for added dimension and shading, along with how to use her absolute favorite, the water soluble Caran D’Ache Neocolor 2’s, perfect for mark-making and blending
Tips & Finishing Techniques
Round out your acrylic painting fundamentals with helpful tips and tricks for cleanup and how to varnish and seal a painting.
That’s a wrap, folks! In our final part of the Acrylic Beginner Series, join Lori as she teaches how to use a varnish to seal an acrylic painting and how to use fixative to adhere mixed media to a painting. In this lesson, she’s also some helpful tips, like how to straighten out a warped paper and how to safely use and dispose of acrylic paint.
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