Acrylic Painting Techniques

Innovation is prominently seen in the art of painting, drawing and sketching. Artisans and painters, all across the world, use a new technique of painting with almost every work of art that they generate. As I mentioned above, acrylic painting is one of the youngest forms or techniques of painting, was innovated in the decade of 1950's. Acrylic painting has gained wide spread popularity and many different methods and techniques, such as acrylic landscape painting techniques, have been created by artisans. Before we proceed to the techniques for acrylic painting, let us get to know more about acrylic paints and acrylic painting. To know more about painting you may read more on famous paintings.

Acrylic Painting
The first acrylic paint was magna paint which was produced by Leonard Bocour and Sam Golden in the year 1947. This paint was eventually reformulated in 1960 and is the basis of all the acrylic paints and acrylic painting techniques. You might now ask, what are acrylic paints made up of? Acrylic paints are fast drying paints, that are principally made up of acrylic polymer emulsion and have pigments suspended within the emulsion. The specialty of these paints is that they get diluted with the help of water, but once they dry they turn waterproof. This characteristic of the paint has been prominently used in many different abstract acrylic painting techniques. Another prominent feature of these paints is that they dry up very quickly.

Acrylic Painting Tips and Techniques
Painters and artisans are almost never out of ideas, when it comes to acrylic painting techniques. Free tips, tricks and ideas are always available in the Internet, but it is always advisable to master the conventional and basic techniques.

Preventing the Paint from Drying
The quick drying of the acrylic paint is often considered to be a drawback of these paints. These paints also dry faster than the normal oil paints, when used on a canvas surface. The technique to prevent the acrylic paint from drying at a faster rate is spray it lightly with water. This keeps the upper surface of the paint moist and you can easily modify parts of this surface. Some artisans also use pallets that retain moisture. In cases where such pallets are not available, sheets of grease-proof paper or wet color paper can also be used.

Creation of Fluid Paints
Diluted forms of acrylic paints can be easily used for glazing and washes, which have a more fluid texture. Water and paint can be used in proportion to create appropriate fluid textures. The mixture of paint and water, is commonly known as a 'glaze'. The proportion of water and acrylic paint can be changed to produce different textures. Some of the famous textures are opaque glaze and the translucent glaze.

Depth
Painting glazes are another very commonly used acrylic painting techniques, where the glaze is made by diluting acrylic paint with the help of water. This combination of water and paint is used to add a depth to the painting. The 'debt' is achieved in the painting by making a translucent glaze that can be painted over the main subject of the painting, which gives a 3 dimensional appearance to the painting.

Pour Painting
Pour painting is one of the most innovative of all the acyclic painting techniques. The paint is first diluted with water. Which makes it translucent and almost transparent. The mixture of paint and water is then artistically poured over the canvas. In some paintings this method is used to give passive finishing touches to the painting, where the subject of the painting has already been completed. Some very skilled painters have used pour painting as a medium of painting, instead of using pour paint to give the finishing touches.

To know more about painting you may also refer to:

• Oil Painting
• Watercolor Paintings

These are the basic acrylic painting techniques, that can be innovated further. According to many artists and painters, mastering these basic acrylic painting techniques is wroth the effort. One can also use many more innovative painting ideas with the help of these acrylic painting techniques.