• Increases the flow of the acrylic paint.
• More effective than adding water to the acrylic paint.
• Does not cause the acrylic paint to break down the way water does.
• Adds substance and body to the acrylic paint.
• Thick, sturdy, water-based paint which can be watered down to create effects like watercolor.
• Dries quickly, don’t let it dry in your brushes!
• Use a palette knife for mixing, acrylic is too thick to mix with a brush.
Acrylic Painting
begin @ 00:13 min.
• Paint the masking fluid onto areas of your watercolor painting that you want to stay the white of the page.
• Once dry, paint with watercolor around the masking fluid.
• Last step is to peel off the masking fluid to reveal the white of the page.
• Pulls and stretches the canvas.
• Prevents you from having to use your hands.
• If you try to stretch large scale canvases without canvas pliers, your hands will hurt!
• Very effective for stretching large scale canvases.
• Comes in different sizes and widths.
• Wider pliers are more solid, but also less flexible to work with.
• Not necessary for small scale canvases.
• Great for lighting a still life, a model, or your artwork.
• Portable and light weight.
• Easy to attach & position the direction of the light because of the clamp.
• Ranges from affordable to expensive.
Self-Portrait in Charcoal
Self-Portrait in Color
Drawing with Crayons
Acrylic Painting
• Primer for acrylic and oil painting.
• Clear, which makes it possible for the texture of the painting surface to show through.
• Especially effective on wood, where the wood grain pattern shows through.
Painting Surfaces
begin @ 08:10 min.
• Inexpensive way to add body to your acrylic paint.
• Creates a gritty, textured surface to acrylic paint.
• Best of the coffee grounds are dry when added to the acrylic paint.
• Can be added in different ratios to the acrylic paint to create a range of textures.
Sensory Playground
begin @ 11:00 min.
• Wax-covered paper to be used as a palette for painting.
• blue tapeUse to tape down on the table.
• Tear-off for easy storage and very fast clean up.
• You can cut pieces of a used freezer paper palette to reference dry paint mixtures.
• Very convenient & affordable.
• You can control how large your palette is, make it small or very large!
Acrylic Painting
begin @ 03:07 min.
• Great primer for priming canvas, paper, and more!
• Acts as a barrier between the raw surface and paint, which is important for oil painting since oil paints will eat through raw canvas.
• Varies on consistency and texture depending on the brand.
• Consistency can be changed by adding more water.
• Thicker gesso is better to get because you can easily adjust the consistency.
• After drying, can be sanded for a smoother surface.
• Very permanent palette that lasts a long time.
• Extremely easy to clean with a window scraper.
• Can be used for either acrylic or oil paint.
• Make it yourself with foamboard, a sheet of grey paper, a sheet of glass, and duct tape.
• Very sturdy, stable surface to mix paint on.
• High quality acrylic paint.
• Doesn’t have filler like other acrylic brands, has strong pigment.
• Thick, juicy, and substantial.
• Rich, luscious colors.
• Winsor & Newton Designer’s gouache is an excellent, high quality gouache.
• Consistency is in between watercolor and acrylic paint.
• Can be used transparently or opaquely.
• Best tool for mixing paint.
• Terrific tool for applying paint to the canvas.
• Easily cleaned with a cotton rag.
• Offset blade makes for easy handling.
• The best shape is the one that works for you!
Painting Surfaces
begin @ 43:48 min.
• Best tool for mixing paint.
• Way more effective than mixing your paint with a brush. When you mix with a brush, your brushes get chunked up with paint and it’s much harder to keep your colors from getting muddy.
• Terrific tool for applying paint to the canvas, really great for creating textures and depth.
• Easily cleaned with a cotton rag.
• If your palette knife has dried paint on it, scrape it off with a window scraper.
• Offset blade makes for easy handling.
• The best shape is the one that works for you!
Oil Painting
begin @ 26:18 min.
• Very time consuming, but worth it because it stretches the canvas very tight.
• Must be used in conjunction with oil primer, cannot be painted on directly.
• Use the exact measurements on the package, incorrect measurements can result in your painting cracking right away.
• Use with boiling water.
• Overnight, the rabbitskin glue will set like jello.
• Dispose of the rabbitskin glue when it is like jello, never reheat.
• Clean your brush right away after applying rabbitskin glue, or it will harden the brush bristles.
Painting Surfaces
begin @ 40:03 min.
• Mix this medium into acrylic paint to slow down the drying process.
• Dilutes the paint, makes it more transparent, colors will not be as rich.
• Terrific for storing small bits of art supplies.
• Great for storing acrylic paint mixtures because they have lids.
• Good for mixing ink wash gradients.
• Terrific for a different way of dispensing paint on your surface.
• Make sure you clean thoroughly after use!
• Easily clogged up if you don’t clean up.
• Works best with acrylic paint.
• Fill the tank with your solvent. (we recommend Gamsol)
• To clean your brushes, press your brushes against the metal coil.
• Since the metal coil is raised, your brush never has to touch the bottom.
• The crud will settle to the bottom, and the solvent will become clean.
Oil Painting
begin @ 28:56 min.
• Great for paint tubes that are almost empty, but not quite!
• Use on soft painting tubes.
• Lets you squeeze every last drop of painting out of the tube.
Oil Painting
begin @ 19:54 min.
• Excellent tool for cleaning a glass palette for oil or acrylic painting.
• Equally effective with dry and wet paint.
• After use, must be cleaned thoroughly with a cotton rag so that the razor blade is removable later.
• Scrapes through the paint and creates a perfectly clean glass palette.
Making a Glass Palette
begin @ 00:51 min.
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