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  • Marcula Stauffer: Tips for the beginner in Acrylic Painting

    Acrylic paint is a great medium for the beginners because it is relatively inexpensive, water-soluble, quick-drying, versatile, and forgiving. Because acrylic is a plastic polymer, therefore you can do painting on any surface as long as it doesn't contain wax or oil.

     

    Acrylics can be used without any toxic solvents and can be cleaned up easily with soap and water says Marcula Stauffer, who is an expert in doing acrylic painting.

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    If you are planning to learn acrylic painting, then he had mentioned some of the tips that can follow, while learning acrylic painting, which includes:-

    • For doing acrylic painting, you don't need to buy a box of 64 different colors; you can easily start with 10–12 basic colors as well. For doing acrylic painting, he recommended to use stiff-bristled brushes for doing thick acrylic painting and soft-bristled brushes for creating watercolor effects. If you don’t want to spend some money on buying the brushes then you can easily go for a flat, pointed brush as well. Other brushes that can be useful for doing acrylic painting include round brushes and a stylus.
    • Suitable painting material for doing acrylic painting includes a canvas, canvas boards, wooden panels and paper. Wood, glass and plastic palettes can also be used for doing acrylic painting. If you find that the paint dries out very quickly than he had added to go for a palette designed in order to keep the paint wet.
    • Keep your brushes in water while you are doing acrylic painting says Mark Marcula Stauffer so that the paint doesn’t get dry in them.  He further says to use a container with a thin layer of water in order to keep the brush wet without soaking the handles and another container to clean the brushes between colors. He further added to clean the brushes with soap after completing the work.
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