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Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Acrylic Painting for Beginners

 

Painting with acrylics can give you incredible results if you learn to use them correctly. With practice and dedication, it is possible to learn to paint with acrylics and to handle the technique without trouble. Acrylic painter Jonathan Marsico regularly offers acrylic-painting tips through his blogs posts, because he thinks the process is fun and gives great results. For today’s article, Jonathan Marsico has decided to share a few tips on how to get started with acrylics.

When starting any activity, it is best to have enough information to be able to make good choices and be guided by good professionals. So, before we get started, Denver, Colorado artist Jonathan Marsico explains briefly, what exactly an acrylic paint is.

Acrylics are made from pigments bonded with water-soluble synthetic resins. The paint resulting from this mixture is therefore soluble in water. Its drying is fast. Acrylics are often incorrectly called any paint in which the pigment is integrated into any synthetic resin, be it acrylic or, on the contrary, polyvinyl acetate. In the latter case, we should call them vinyl.